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Gerald So

@sogerald.bsky.social

I run THE FIVE-TWO: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/ and FANS OF #RobertBParker: https://matrix.to/#/#rbp-fans:matrix.org My posts also range into TV, film. Blog: https://geraldso.blogspot.com/ Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@sogerald

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Martin Edwards@martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social · 2h ago

Thanks so much for this lovely review. So glad you enjoyed the stories. And there’s a Bacharach melody for everyone 😃

Caroline G 📚@loopyk.bsky.social · yesterday

What The World Needs Now, edited by @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A brilliant collection of mystery shorts from a variety of crime fiction authors, with all proceeds going to autism charities. 🎵 See my review on www.goodreads.com/loopykaz #WhatTheWorldNeedsNow #MartinEdwards #BookSky 📚💙 #⚡📚

Gerald So@sogerald.bsky.social · 4h ago

A YouTuber summed up the difference between drawing and painting, "Drawing is containing form with line; painting is suggesting form with value." Value here measures distinctness. If two different colors have the same value, in a grayscale image the two would be indistinguishable.

Gerald So@sogerald.bsky.social · 10h ago

Classic #Superman PR sounds like circus hype never meant to be taken literally: "Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive. He can bend steel in his bare hands, leap tall buildings in a single bound..." "Man, I saw #LarryBird hit 300 threes in a row." "Don't lie."

Gerald So@sogerald.bsky.social · yesterday

I'm kind of out halfway through Season 4 of #Reacher. It feels as if the al-Qaeda villains from GONE TOMORROW have been replaced by Indonesians. Yes, Indonesian terrorism is real. I just dislike fiction prolonging the stereotype of Asian villains. It's not a simple swap.

Gerald So@sogerald.bsky.social · 2d ago

I've been thinking about how movie and TV adaptations deviate from the book or previous movie and TV source material. I think it's largely done to offer something surprising. If you know the source, do you really want an adaptation that follows it to the letter? That's not creative for the adapter.

Gerald So@sogerald.bsky.social · 6d ago

I appreciate that YouTube's AI label shows once you play a video. I'd also like "AI" to be added to the titles of these videos, so I wouldn't have to play them to find out.

Gerald So@sogerald.bsky.social · 7d ago

While the lack of nearby humanoid life in outer space lets me down, I think it can and should motivate us to try and prolong Earth's resources and resolve interpersonal issues. We're all we've got.

Jeff Abbott@jeffabbott.bsky.social · 7d ago

i had a lot of fun deciding what crime novels the characters in JANUARY AND JULY would enjoy for @crimereads.bsky.social (I love their series of author essays on books matching themes) crimereads.com/jeff-abbott-...

The 5 Books the Characters in Jeff Abbott’s New Thriller Would Read

In my new thriller, January and July, there’s not a lot of spare time for reading. Most of the reading is in old case files as January Holte, a “tenacious bookworm” and intel analyst who is trying …

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Gerald So@sogerald.bsky.social · 7d ago

Is it really a win that MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE is No. 1 on Prime Video? Doesn't that mean it's included w/ everyone's subscriptions so it's not gaining Amazon/MGM any money?

Gerald So@sogerald.bsky.social · last wk.

Having posted a bit about realism in fiction, I think one of the best things about fiction is it can completely ignore current events and (in)famous people. Maybe that's why some of those ppl want to ban books.