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[?]Ratchman » 🌐
@Ratchman@mstdn.social

S01E01 - The Naled: The Whole Story

This is the whole first story of The Void edited together into a single narrative.

For the uncensored version, do please join my Patreon membership (patreon.com/thevoidseries) or my own website membership (ratchman.com/).

youtu.be/gxNPgGLlOmE

    [?]Ratchman » 🌐
    @Ratchman@mstdn.social

    Chapter 1 - "Little Fish"

    Carter Vincent languishes in a palliative care ward saying goodbye to his family when he loses consciousness. But it is not the end. He awakens in a strange environment only to have his attending physicians babble in an unknown language.

    youtu.be/4OuiyTtXoz0

      [?]Ben! (Boo!) » 🌐
      @famousblueben@mas.to

      I'm currently reading Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert and The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin, so that counts as being bipartisan, right? Le Guin was proud pinko (<3) and Herbert despite being anti-fascist and environmentalist was quite a Nixon-Reagan conservative.

        [?]Walt » 🌐
        @astralcomputing@bookstodon.com

        Died this day: 08/14/1961 (b. 01/13/1893) Clark Ashton Smith was an influential American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction stories and poetry, and an artist. Smith was one of "the big three of Weird Tales", with Robert E. Howard and H. P. Lovecraft.

        en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_As


        @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

        astralcomputing.com

        Cover Art by H.W. Wesso

        STRANGE TALES vol 2 number 3 (October 1932) - featured story: THE HUNTERS FROM BEYOND by CLARK ASHTON SMITH. Cover art by H. W. Wesso. OF MYSTERY AND TERROR, A CLAYTON MAGAZINE, THE HUNTERS FROM BEYOND by CLARK ASHTON SMITH, And Others, 25 cents A man in a blue suit jacket stands with his back to the viewer, looking at an open book while a pale humanoid monster emerges from a doorway. The man has slicked-back dark brown hair and holds the edges of the open book with both hands. To the left, a bare, pale humanoid monster with dark spots on its/its skin leans forward with its mouth open, its hand gripping a wooden door frame. Within the pages of the book on the right, an illustration depicts a smaller version of a similar looking monster. The scene is set in a library filled with books on shelves featuring deep blues, reds, browns, and pale whites.

        Alt...STRANGE TALES vol 2 number 3 (October 1932) - featured story: THE HUNTERS FROM BEYOND by CLARK ASHTON SMITH. Cover art by H. W. Wesso. OF MYSTERY AND TERROR, A CLAYTON MAGAZINE, THE HUNTERS FROM BEYOND by CLARK ASHTON SMITH, And Others, 25 cents A man in a blue suit jacket stands with his back to the viewer, looking at an open book while a pale humanoid monster emerges from a doorway. The man has slicked-back dark brown hair and holds the edges of the open book with both hands. To the left, a bare, pale humanoid monster with dark spots on its/its skin leans forward with its mouth open, its hand gripping a wooden door frame. Within the pages of the book on the right, an illustration depicts a smaller version of a similar looking monster. The scene is set in a library filled with books on shelves featuring deep blues, reds, browns, and pale whites.

          [?]Amy C. T. Serrat 🐙 » 🌐
          @Amy_C_T_Serrat@universeodon.com

          EPSILON-7

          ... the final exam remains ungraded.

          youtu.be/juOTdsyUwzw

          EPSILON-7 ... the final exam remains ungraded. https://youtu.be/juOTdsyUwzw #SciFi #errtling #bookcafe #audiobook #ai #writer #culture #society #education #literature #philosophy #thinking

          Alt...EPSILON-7 ... the final exam remains ungraded. https://youtu.be/juOTdsyUwzw #SciFi #errtling #bookcafe #audiobook #ai #writer #culture #society #education #literature #philosophy #thinking

            [?]Amy Serrat » 🌐
            @amyctserrat.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

            EPSILON-7

            ... the final exam remains ungraded.

            youtu.be/juOTdsyUwzw

            EPSILON-7

              [?]Bob Tregilus » 🌐
              @elaterite@mastoart.social

              It's a Graboid, run!

              The "Tremors (1990)" display at the Museum of Western Film History, Lone Pine, California.

              Yup, Tremors is one of my top ten favorite movies. If you a fan of the film you may not be aware that the producer, S.S. Wilson, posted over thirty videos his father made during the filming of Tremors. In "Tremors: the Lost Tapes" episodes Wilson explains the movie making process.

              youtube.com/watch?v=8rI_R_Q56Fg

              A color portrait photo of a museum display. The display shows one of the giant underground worm monsters from the 1990 movie, "Tremors." The display shows the monster in a vertical position as though it had just popped out of the ground. It has a worm like body and three large axe like jaws. There is a wood fence post with hog wire in the foreground. The Tremors' theater poster hangs on the wall in the background. It shows a more shark like creature with it's jaws open underground about to eat a small group of people on the ground above.

              Alt...A color portrait photo of a museum display. The display shows one of the giant underground worm monsters from the 1990 movie, "Tremors." The display shows the monster in a vertical position as though it had just popped out of the ground. It has a worm like body and three large axe like jaws. There is a wood fence post with hog wire in the foreground. The Tremors' theater poster hangs on the wall in the background. It shows a more shark like creature with it's jaws open underground about to eat a small group of people on the ground above.

                [?]Juan Bauty » 🌐
                @juanbauty@masto.es

                💥📚 ¡ÚLTIMAS 2 SEMANAS en Kindle Unlimited! 📚💥
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                Libros juveniles en Kindle Unlimited

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                [?]mosspiglet » 🌐
                @arborealgeist@bookwyrm.social

                Mild spoiler [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                It's so twisted that Nassun goes to her father in that moment when she walks in on him having just murdered her younger brother 💔

                @bookstodon@fedigroups.social #Books #Reading #SFF #SciFi #Fantasy #Fiction #BrokenEarth

                (comment on The Obelisk Gate)

                N. K. Jemisin: The Obelisk Gate (EBook, 2016, Orbit)

                Alt...N. K. Jemisin: The Obelisk Gate (EBook, 2016, Orbit)

                  [?]Liana Brooks » 🌐
                  @LianaBrooks@mastodon.online

                  “You get a feeling like this place is familiar?”

                  “It smells like magnolias and summer.” She inhaled the perfume of the night air. “Like Alabama.”

                  “That’s what I thought, too. It feels like going home.”

                  📚

                  books2read.com/b/decoherencene

                  The cover for Decoherence– Yellow police tape with the title is crossed in front of a scene with the silhouette of a truck with police lights on the top. The authors name, Liana Brooks, is at the top of the cover and the tag line, “Time itself is hard to beat…” is in the bottom right corner.

                  Alt... The cover for Decoherence– Yellow police tape with the title is crossed in front of a scene with the silhouette of a truck with police lights on the top. The authors name, Liana Brooks, is at the top of the cover and the tag line, “Time itself is hard to beat…” is in the bottom right corner.

                    Carolyn boosted

                    [?]Solar Phasing » 🌐
                    @solarphasing@mastodon.social

                    Star Wars - Illustration by Ralph Fowler from RBCC magazine (1977/78)

                    imgur.com/gallery/star-wars-il

                    Star Wars - Illustration by Ralph Fowler from RBCC magazine (1977/78)

                    Alt...Star Wars - Illustration by Ralph Fowler from RBCC magazine (1977/78)

                      [?]Jendia Gammon » 🌐
                      @jendiagammon@wandering.shop

                      You can now order the full Amethyst Lantern trilogy! The YA first two books (Nebula & BSFA nominees) are available now and the adult prequel comes out October 20. Order the set directly from the publisher, Android Press. Written by me as J. Dianne Dotson. android-press.com/product-page

                        [?]Walt » 🌐
                        @astralcomputing@bookstodon.com

                        Died this day: 08/13/1946 (b. 09/21/1866) (80th anniversary of his death)
                        Herbert George Wells was an English writer. He is considered by many to be the "father of science fiction". The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The Island of Doctor Moreau are some of his best known works.

                        en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._We


                        @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

                        astralcomputing.com

                        Original book cover for H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine" features a central illustration of a sphinx-like creature against a solid, heavily textured background. At the top edge, the title is printed in a deep black, serif typeface with crisp edges and generous letter spacing. In the lower third, the author's name, "H.G. Wells," appears in a smaller, matching black serif font. Cover art by Ben Hardy. The focal point is a profile illustration of a creature resembling a sphinx or winged lion facing right. It possesses a human-like head and torso wearing a stylized, patterned headdress, joined to a powerful feline body. A single large, feathered wing extends upward from its shoulder with visible detail in the barbs. The lower body consists of a thick, muscular, curled haunch and a long tail sweeping toward the creature's chest. The illustration is rendered in a dark brown, sepia-toned line-art style using dense hatching to create a silhouette effect. The background is a uniform light tan or pale beige, displaying a coarse, woven texture reminiscent of raw linen or heavy matte paper. There are no gradients, shadows, or environmental elements; the composition remains minimalist and centered. The lighting is flat and even across the surface, with no indicated light source or depth. The overall aesthetic is vintage and understated, focusing on the high-contrast relationship between the dark graphic element and the pale, textured field.

                        Alt...Original book cover for H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine" features a central illustration of a sphinx-like creature against a solid, heavily textured background. At the top edge, the title is printed in a deep black, serif typeface with crisp edges and generous letter spacing. In the lower third, the author's name, "H.G. Wells," appears in a smaller, matching black serif font. Cover art by Ben Hardy. The focal point is a profile illustration of a creature resembling a sphinx or winged lion facing right. It possesses a human-like head and torso wearing a stylized, patterned headdress, joined to a powerful feline body. A single large, feathered wing extends upward from its shoulder with visible detail in the barbs. The lower body consists of a thick, muscular, curled haunch and a long tail sweeping toward the creature's chest. The illustration is rendered in a dark brown, sepia-toned line-art style using dense hatching to create a silhouette effect. The background is a uniform light tan or pale beige, displaying a coarse, woven texture reminiscent of raw linen or heavy matte paper. There are no gradients, shadows, or environmental elements; the composition remains minimalist and centered. The lighting is flat and even across the surface, with no indicated light source or depth. The overall aesthetic is vintage and understated, focusing on the high-contrast relationship between the dark graphic element and the pale, textured field.

                        Original UK book cover for H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man features a centered illustration set against a solid, heavily textured red background. The title, "THE INVISIBLE MAN," is printed in a crisp, white, uppercase serif font across the top third of the cover with generous letter spacing. The central illustration depicts empty clothing arranged to suggest a seated figure, rendered in stark black line art with minimal hatching to create a hollow, skeletal appearance. A dark-rimmed brimmed hat sits atop an invisible head, tilted slightly over a stiff collar and the upper edge of a jacket. The sleeves of the dark-lined suit jacket extend outward as if resting on unseen armrests, while the torso piece transitions into trousers that drape downward. At the very bottom, a pair of dark, heavy shoes or boots protrudes from the pant legs at an asymmetrical angle, implying the weight of unseen feet. The background is a uniform, deep crimson red, displaying a prominent vertical and horizontal woven texture characteristic of traditional cloth-bound books. There are no gradients or shadows; instead, the minimalist composition relies on high contrast between the saturated red, bright white text, and sharp black lines to create a stark, eerie effect. At the bottom right, the author's name, "H. G. Wells," is printed in a smaller, matching white serif font. Cover art by Geoffrey Biggs.

                        Alt...Original UK book cover for H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man features a centered illustration set against a solid, heavily textured red background. The title, "THE INVISIBLE MAN," is printed in a crisp, white, uppercase serif font across the top third of the cover with generous letter spacing. The central illustration depicts empty clothing arranged to suggest a seated figure, rendered in stark black line art with minimal hatching to create a hollow, skeletal appearance. A dark-rimmed brimmed hat sits atop an invisible head, tilted slightly over a stiff collar and the upper edge of a jacket. The sleeves of the dark-lined suit jacket extend outward as if resting on unseen armrests, while the torso piece transitions into trousers that drape downward. At the very bottom, a pair of dark, heavy shoes or boots protrudes from the pant legs at an asymmetrical angle, implying the weight of unseen feet. The background is a uniform, deep crimson red, displaying a prominent vertical and horizontal woven texture characteristic of traditional cloth-bound books. There are no gradients or shadows; instead, the minimalist composition relies on high contrast between the saturated red, bright white text, and sharp black lines to create a stark, eerie effect. At the bottom right, the author's name, "H. G. Wells," is printed in a smaller, matching white serif font. Cover art by Geoffrey Biggs.

                        Original UK cover for The Island of Dr. Moreau, illustrated by Douglas Rosa, uses a minimalist, high-contrast design featuring only three flat, opaque colors: golden-yellow, black, and bright red. The background is a solid, textured golden-yellow field with a fine, pebble-like grain reminiscent of heavy pressed paper or coarse cloth. At the bottom center, the title appears in a bold, slightly irregular, hand-drawn sans-serif font. "THE ISLAND" and "DR MOREAU" are printed in saturated red, with a smaller red "OF" positioned precisely between them to create a balanced typographic block against the yellow base. The middle section depicts a dark, silhouetted landscape of an island or rocky coastline, rendered in dense black ink using horizontal, broken lines that suggest texture and rhythmic movement. Below this silhouette, several thick, jagged black lines stretch across the width of the cover, mimicking churning waves or distorted water reflections. The stark layering of these heavy dark shapes against the expansive yellow field creates a sharp sense of structural depth. Occupying the top third of the cover is a prominent formation of clouds rendered in vibrant, saturated red. These clouds consist of long, horizontal, organic streaks and patches of varying thickness, effectively mimicking a dramatic sunset sky. The entire illustration features even lighting across the surface with no specific light source or internal shadows.

                        Alt...Original UK cover for The Island of Dr. Moreau, illustrated by Douglas Rosa, uses a minimalist, high-contrast design featuring only three flat, opaque colors: golden-yellow, black, and bright red. The background is a solid, textured golden-yellow field with a fine, pebble-like grain reminiscent of heavy pressed paper or coarse cloth. At the bottom center, the title appears in a bold, slightly irregular, hand-drawn sans-serif font. "THE ISLAND" and "DR MOREAU" are printed in saturated red, with a smaller red "OF" positioned precisely between them to create a balanced typographic block against the yellow base. The middle section depicts a dark, silhouetted landscape of an island or rocky coastline, rendered in dense black ink using horizontal, broken lines that suggest texture and rhythmic movement. Below this silhouette, several thick, jagged black lines stretch across the width of the cover, mimicking churning waves or distorted water reflections. The stark layering of these heavy dark shapes against the expansive yellow field creates a sharp sense of structural depth. Occupying the top third of the cover is a prominent formation of clouds rendered in vibrant, saturated red. These clouds consist of long, horizontal, organic streaks and patches of varying thickness, effectively mimicking a dramatic sunset sky. The entire illustration features even lighting across the surface with no specific light source or internal shadows.

                          [?]Walt » 🌐
                          @astralcomputing@bookstodon.com

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                          The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells, with original artwork by Charles Mozley, is a Collector's Edition from the Masterpieces of Science Fiction collection by The Easton Press, issued in a limited run and bound in full leather of deep aubergine with a fine pebbled grain and a low satin sheen. A rule of 22kt gold frames the front board, broken at the corners by scrolled flourishes and a small curling ornament set into the upper right. Centered within the frame is a tall rectangular panel outlined in gold and rising to a shallow peak at its top, filled with dense concentric contour lines that ripple inward like the ridges of a fingerprint and gather into a rounded form suggestive of a bowed head. A short line of gold lettering sits beneath the panel toward the lower left, too fine to be legible. The spine is hubbed, with paired horizontal gold rules above and below a circular medallion of interlocking gold spirals near the head; the title runs the length of the spine in tall gold capitals, the author's name, H. G. Wells, is lettered in gold across two lines at the foot, and a scrolled gold ornament fills the panel below it. The volume is Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, printed on acid-neutral archival paper, finished with 22kt gold gilded page edges, and carries a pristine bookplate inside the front cover. It is single owner, unread, from a private collection, always kept in dust-free bookcases in a dry climate, and its condition is pristine, as new, and unread.

                          Alt...The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells, with original artwork by Charles Mozley, is a Collector's Edition from the Masterpieces of Science Fiction collection by The Easton Press, issued in a limited run and bound in full leather of deep aubergine with a fine pebbled grain and a low satin sheen. A rule of 22kt gold frames the front board, broken at the corners by scrolled flourishes and a small curling ornament set into the upper right. Centered within the frame is a tall rectangular panel outlined in gold and rising to a shallow peak at its top, filled with dense concentric contour lines that ripple inward like the ridges of a fingerprint and gather into a rounded form suggestive of a bowed head. A short line of gold lettering sits beneath the panel toward the lower left, too fine to be legible. The spine is hubbed, with paired horizontal gold rules above and below a circular medallion of interlocking gold spirals near the head; the title runs the length of the spine in tall gold capitals, the author's name, H. G. Wells, is lettered in gold across two lines at the foot, and a scrolled gold ornament fills the panel below it. The volume is Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, printed on acid-neutral archival paper, finished with 22kt gold gilded page edges, and carries a pristine bookplate inside the front cover. It is single owner, unread, from a private collection, always kept in dust-free bookcases in a dry climate, and its condition is pristine, as new, and unread.

                          The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, with original artwork by Joe Mugnaini, is a Collector's Edition volume from the Masterpieces of Science Fiction collection by The Easton Press, issued in a limited run and bound in full leather of deep burgundy with a fine pebbled grain and a soft satin sheen. The front board is framed by a double rule of 22kt gold set close to the edges, and within that frame the whole surface is given over to Mugnaini's vortex: dense ranks of fine gold lines that sweep in from the corners and margins, bending and rippling as they spiral inward, tightening into concentric wave bands that circle a plain leather oval at the center of the board. That oval carries the title in gold capitals across three lines, THE TIME MACHINE, the only lettering on the board. The spine is hubbed, divided by raised bands into panels; the title runs the length of the spine in gold capitals, the author's name, H. G. Wells, is lettered in gold in the lower panel, and decorative gold medallions of radiating sunburst design fill the panels at the head and foot. Construction follows the press's archival standard, with Smyth sewn binding, concealed muslin joints, acid-neutral archival paper, and 22kt gold gilded page edges, and a pristine bookplate is affixed inside the front cover. Provenance is single owner, unread, from a private collection, always stored in dust-free bookcases in a dry climate, and the condition is pristine, as new, and unread.

                          Alt...The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, with original artwork by Joe Mugnaini, is a Collector's Edition volume from the Masterpieces of Science Fiction collection by The Easton Press, issued in a limited run and bound in full leather of deep burgundy with a fine pebbled grain and a soft satin sheen. The front board is framed by a double rule of 22kt gold set close to the edges, and within that frame the whole surface is given over to Mugnaini's vortex: dense ranks of fine gold lines that sweep in from the corners and margins, bending and rippling as they spiral inward, tightening into concentric wave bands that circle a plain leather oval at the center of the board. That oval carries the title in gold capitals across three lines, THE TIME MACHINE, the only lettering on the board. The spine is hubbed, divided by raised bands into panels; the title runs the length of the spine in gold capitals, the author's name, H. G. Wells, is lettered in gold in the lower panel, and decorative gold medallions of radiating sunburst design fill the panels at the head and foot. Construction follows the press's archival standard, with Smyth sewn binding, concealed muslin joints, acid-neutral archival paper, and 22kt gold gilded page edges, and a pristine bookplate is affixed inside the front cover. Provenance is single owner, unread, from a private collection, always stored in dust-free bookcases in a dry climate, and the condition is pristine, as new, and unread.

                          The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells, with original artwork by Jeff Fisher, is a Collector's Edition from the Masterpieces of Science Fiction collection by The Easton Press, produced in a limited run and bound in full leather of deep burgundy with a fine even grain and a soft satin sheen. A rule of 22kt gold frames the front board a short distance in from the edges, and within it the design is drawn entirely in fine gold line: a broad spray of straight rays fanning outward from a point set low toward the fore-edge, crossed by a long tapering vertical form that rises through the center of the board, with a dense curling ornament gathered against it at the upper left. The finer internal detail of that ornament is too small to be legible. No lettering appears on the front board. The spine is hubbed, raised bands dividing it into panels; the title is lettered in gold capitals across three lines in the upper portion, the author's name, H. G. Wells, sits in gold at the foot, and large circular gold emblems fill the panels above and below the lettering. The book is Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, printed on acid-neutral archival paper, finished with 22kt gold gilded page edges, and carries a pristine bookplate inside the front cover. It is single owner, unread, from a private collection, always stored in dust-free bookcases in a dry climate, condition pristine and as new apart from a single artwork plate/page that was folded-in and not face-trimmed properly by manufacturer.

                          Alt...The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells, with original artwork by Jeff Fisher, is a Collector's Edition from the Masterpieces of Science Fiction collection by The Easton Press, produced in a limited run and bound in full leather of deep burgundy with a fine even grain and a soft satin sheen. A rule of 22kt gold frames the front board a short distance in from the edges, and within it the design is drawn entirely in fine gold line: a broad spray of straight rays fanning outward from a point set low toward the fore-edge, crossed by a long tapering vertical form that rises through the center of the board, with a dense curling ornament gathered against it at the upper left. The finer internal detail of that ornament is too small to be legible. No lettering appears on the front board. The spine is hubbed, raised bands dividing it into panels; the title is lettered in gold capitals across three lines in the upper portion, the author's name, H. G. Wells, sits in gold at the foot, and large circular gold emblems fill the panels above and below the lettering. The book is Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, printed on acid-neutral archival paper, finished with 22kt gold gilded page edges, and carries a pristine bookplate inside the front cover. It is single owner, unread, from a private collection, always stored in dust-free bookcases in a dry climate, condition pristine and as new apart from a single artwork plate/page that was folded-in and not face-trimmed properly by manufacturer.

                            [?]ethanOS » 🌐
                            @ethanOS@infosec.exchange

                            "He knew that kindliness and generosity were as universal as deception and cut-throat competition."
                            Robert A. Heinlein, For Us, the Living: A Comedy of Customs

                              [?]Liana Brooks » 🌐
                              @LianaBrooks@mastodon.online

                              Her cheek burned where she’d scraped it on the ground. Blood, black in the moonlight, dripped onto her hands.

                              📚

                              books2read.com/b/daybefore?utm

                              The cover of THE DAY BEFORE next to the words: A bad day at the office, Girl (just wants to be the) Boss, Killer plays with a Detective, Giant Doggo, Twist Ending

                              Alt...The cover of THE DAY BEFORE next to the words: A bad day at the office, Girl (just wants to be the) Boss, Killer plays with a Detective, Giant Doggo, Twist Ending

                                [?]Walt » 🌐
                                @astralcomputing@bookstodon.com

                                Weird Tales vol 15 number 02 (February 1930) - featured story: Thirsty Blades by Otis Adelbert Kline and E. Hoffmann Price.




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                                @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

                                astralcomputing.com

                                Cover art by Hugh Rankin.

                                Weird Tales vol 15 number 02 (February 1930) - featured story: Thirsty Blades by Otis Adelbert Kline and E. Hoffmann Price. Cover art by Hugh Rankin. The Unique Magazine A man stands over a reclining woman while another man sits nearby holding a blade. In the center left, a bare-chested man with short dark hair wears a brown skirt with a blue waistband and a gold circular buckle, standing with his torso twisted toward the right as he holds a large curved blade above his head. At the bottom left, a woman with long, wavy dark hair reclines on her back upon a stone slab with her head turned toward the viewer and her body bare. On the center right, a man with short dark hair sits facing left wearing a white and red striped garment and a headband while holding a large curved blade horizontally. The background consists of dense green foliage and swirling misty shapes in shades of green, brown, white, red, and black.

                                Alt...Weird Tales vol 15 number 02 (February 1930) - featured story: Thirsty Blades by Otis Adelbert Kline and E. Hoffmann Price. Cover art by Hugh Rankin. The Unique Magazine A man stands over a reclining woman while another man sits nearby holding a blade. In the center left, a bare-chested man with short dark hair wears a brown skirt with a blue waistband and a gold circular buckle, standing with his torso twisted toward the right as he holds a large curved blade above his head. At the bottom left, a woman with long, wavy dark hair reclines on her back upon a stone slab with her head turned toward the viewer and her body bare. On the center right, a man with short dark hair sits facing left wearing a white and red striped garment and a headband while holding a large curved blade horizontally. The background consists of dense green foliage and swirling misty shapes in shades of green, brown, white, red, and black.

                                  [?]My Boston » 🌐
                                  @my_roxbury@mastodon.world

                                  Livesuit

                                  A novela in The Captives War series.

                                  It's good. They are fighting the same baddies.

                                  ramblingreaders.org/book/41550

                                    [?]A Guy Named Brian (he/him) [He/Him] » 🌐
                                    @GuyNamedBrian@mastodon.social

                                    This is very good news indeed!

                                    “Pluribus creator Vince Gilligan appeared on Deadline’s Crew Call podcast this week. The episode mostly focuses on the show’s music, as composer Dave Porter is a guest as well.

                                    But the subject of Pluribus season 2 comes up, and Gilligan shares a substantial update.”

                                    9to5mac.com/2026/08/12/vince-g

                                      Nick boosted

                                      [?]Assoc for Scottish Literature » 🌐
                                      @scotlit@mastodon.scot

                                      “What an incredible coincidence it is that our moon fits exactly over our sun…”

                                      —In his 2009 parallel-universes novel TRANSITION, Iain (M) Banks suggested that one of our planet’s near-miraculous total eclipses would be a perfect place to look for alien tourists

                                      @bookstodon

                                      hachette.co.uk/titles/iain-ban

                                      "Now, most jet travel on Earth is for tourism. Not business; tourism. Would our smart, curious aliens really be that different from us? I don't think so. Most of them would be tourists. Like us, they'd go on cruise ships. And would they want to actually come to a place like Earth, set foot – or tentacle, or whatever – here? Rather than visit via some sort of virtual reality set-up? Well, some would settle for second-best, yes. Maybe the majority of people would. But the high rollers, the super-wealthy, the elite, they'd want the real thing. They'd want the bragging rights, they'd want to be able to say they'd really been to whatever exotic destinations would be on a Galactic Grand Tour. And who knows what splendours they'd want to fit in; their equivalent of the Grand Canyon, or Venice, Italy, or the Great Wall of China or Yosemite or the Pyramids? "But what I want to propose to you is that, as well as all those other wonders, they would definitely want to see that one precious thing that we have and probably nobody else does. They'd want to see our eclipse. They'd want to look through the Earth's atmosphere with their own eyes and see the moon fit over the sun, watch the light fade down to almost nothing, listen to the animals nearby fall silent and feel with their own skins the sudden chill in the air that comes with totality. Even if they can't survive in our atmosphere, even if they need a spacesuit to keep them alive, they'd still want to get as close as they possibly could to seeing it in the raw, in as close to natural conditions as it's possible to arrange. They'd want to be here, amongst us, when the shadow passes. "So that's where you look for aliens. In the course of an eclipse totality track. When everybody else is looking awestruck at the sky, you need to be looking round for anybody who looks weird or overdressed, or who isn't coming out of their RV or their moored yacht with the heavily smoked glass. ""If they're anywhere, they're there, and as distracted – and so as vulnerable – as anybody else staring up in wonder at this astonishing, breathtaking sight.”

                                      Alt..."Now, most jet travel on Earth is for tourism. Not business; tourism. Would our smart, curious aliens really be that different from us? I don't think so. Most of them would be tourists. Like us, they'd go on cruise ships. And would they want to actually come to a place like Earth, set foot – or tentacle, or whatever – here? Rather than visit via some sort of virtual reality set-up? Well, some would settle for second-best, yes. Maybe the majority of people would. But the high rollers, the super-wealthy, the elite, they'd want the real thing. They'd want the bragging rights, they'd want to be able to say they'd really been to whatever exotic destinations would be on a Galactic Grand Tour. And who knows what splendours they'd want to fit in; their equivalent of the Grand Canyon, or Venice, Italy, or the Great Wall of China or Yosemite or the Pyramids? "But what I want to propose to you is that, as well as all those other wonders, they would definitely want to see that one precious thing that we have and probably nobody else does. They'd want to see our eclipse. They'd want to look through the Earth's atmosphere with their own eyes and see the moon fit over the sun, watch the light fade down to almost nothing, listen to the animals nearby fall silent and feel with their own skins the sudden chill in the air that comes with totality. Even if they can't survive in our atmosphere, even if they need a spacesuit to keep them alive, they'd still want to get as close as they possibly could to seeing it in the raw, in as close to natural conditions as it's possible to arrange. They'd want to be here, amongst us, when the shadow passes. "So that's where you look for aliens. In the course of an eclipse totality track. When everybody else is looking awestruck at the sky, you need to be looking round for anybody who looks weird or overdressed, or who isn't coming out of their RV or their moored yacht with the heavily smoked glass. ""If they're anywhere, they're there, and as distracted – and so as vulnerable – as anybody else staring up in wonder at this astonishing, breathtaking sight.”

                                        [?]CodeByJeff » 🌐
                                        @codebyjeff@hachyderm.io

                                        Giving a big thumbs up to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operatio

                                        Narrator voice of "Starship Troopers", a bit more thoughtful if you let yourself

                                          [?]Nick East (Indie Writer) » 🌐
                                          @NickEast_IndieWriter@mastodon.art

                                          Another another sneak preview of The Last Philosopher: Part Two 😊

                                          Ebook of Part One available here: books2read.com/b/m0pJYA

                                          @reading @books @fantasy @bookstodon @worldbuilding






                                          Whose trap is it anyway? “When the herd of people get together in anger to hand out justice, you can be certain it’s not justice for all.” -Earl Westman, former drunk-fellow and current marshal of Stagna

                                          Alt...Whose trap is it anyway? “When the herd of people get together in anger to hand out justice, you can be certain it’s not justice for all.” -Earl Westman, former drunk-fellow and current marshal of Stagna

                                            [?]Liana Brooks » 🌐
                                            @LianaBrooks@mastodon.online

                                            Clone or corpse? If the body on the ground is a clone, Sam is dealing with littering. If it’s not, she’s finally caught the murder case that can reset her career. But the question Sam needs to be asking isn’t What but Who is in the body bag.

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                                            books2read.com/b/daybefore?utm

                                            On a black background is the cover of THE DAY BEFORE next to the photo of a large brown mastiff dog yawning. Around it are city and crime scene photos.

                                            Alt...On a black background is the cover of THE DAY BEFORE next to the photo of a large brown mastiff dog yawning. Around it are city and crime scene photos.

                                              [?]Curt Johnson - Indie Genius » 🌐
                                              @indiegenius@mastodon.social

                                              Movie TV Tech Geeks 5 Hard Sci-Fi Books That Are Perfectly Written dlvr.it/TTzHkK

                                                [?]Liana Brooks » 🌐
                                                @LianaBrooks@mastodon.online

                                                They stepped out into the swamp of June in Alabama. “Weather control, is that too much to ask for?” she muttered.

                                                📚

                                                books2read.com/b/daybefore?utm

                                                The cover for The Day Before - Yellow police tape across the foggy background hinting at a crime scene. The title is in black on the police tape. There are handcuffs in the foreground. The tagline reads "It's not a murder if there's no body."

                                                Alt...The cover for The Day Before - Yellow police tape across the foggy background hinting at a crime scene. The title is in black on the police tape. There are handcuffs in the foreground. The tagline reads "It's not a murder if there's no body."

                                                  [?]Hysterical woman writing code [She, her, hers / Hun, henne, hennes / Ella] » 🌐
                                                  @RosaCtrl@social.vivaldi.net

                                                  Love that Nautilus is making these read guides now. Coincidentally I started Becky Chambers’ last night nautil.us/an-astrobiologists-g

                                                    [?]Ratchman » 🌐
                                                    @Ratchman@mstdn.social

                                                    Chapter 15 - "The Gauntlet"

                                                    Now that the vanguard team has retreated to the HDR Liberator, Captain Carl Schafer now needs to lead his ship to safety. But to do that, he needs to run a gauntlet of Naled ships: a number that is rapidly growing as the living bioships emerge from their slumber.

                                                    youtu.be/yaqiXLha_-Y

                                                      [?]Walt » 🌐
                                                      @astralcomputing@bookstodon.com

                                                      Reading Now:

                                                      Stars Rain Down
                                                      by Chris J. Randolph

                                                      goodreads.com/book/show/935965

                                                      So far it's fun, I'm about half-way through... but had to share this quote:

                                                      "It was the look of a little girl who'd just been told that unicorns were not only real, but also the source of hamburger meat."



                                                      @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

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                                                      Biotech Legacy Volume 1 - STARS RAIN DOWN by Chris J. Randolph. The cover depicts a massive cosmic event over Earth. A gigantic, mushroom cloud—floats in deep space above the planet. This cloud features a rugged surface of swirling matter and light. A brilliant white plume of concentrated light and particulate descends from the cloud's bottom edge, striking Earth's North Pole to create a vertical axis of energy. Earth occupies the lower half of the frame in pale, de-saturated tones. Landmasses like Africa, Europe, and Asia appear as muted, creamy shapes against dark, murky seas. Thin, dark streaks and sharp light rays radiate from the central impact point toward the frame's edges like spindly veins. Jagged debris fragments are scattered around the cloud's base and Earth's upper atmosphere. The background is a dark gradient of murky brown and charcoal grey, overlaid with a faint, translucent grid of thin white lines for a technical, digital look. High-contrast lighting from the intense white plume casts harsh light on the cloud's underside and the Earth's northern curve. The monochromatic palette is dominated by sepia, deep brown, cream, and stark white. All text uses a bold, white, sans-serif font with a subtle drop shadow for legibility.

                                                      Alt...Biotech Legacy Volume 1 - STARS RAIN DOWN by Chris J. Randolph. The cover depicts a massive cosmic event over Earth. A gigantic, mushroom cloud—floats in deep space above the planet. This cloud features a rugged surface of swirling matter and light. A brilliant white plume of concentrated light and particulate descends from the cloud's bottom edge, striking Earth's North Pole to create a vertical axis of energy. Earth occupies the lower half of the frame in pale, de-saturated tones. Landmasses like Africa, Europe, and Asia appear as muted, creamy shapes against dark, murky seas. Thin, dark streaks and sharp light rays radiate from the central impact point toward the frame's edges like spindly veins. Jagged debris fragments are scattered around the cloud's base and Earth's upper atmosphere. The background is a dark gradient of murky brown and charcoal grey, overlaid with a faint, translucent grid of thin white lines for a technical, digital look. High-contrast lighting from the intense white plume casts harsh light on the cloud's underside and the Earth's northern curve. The monochromatic palette is dominated by sepia, deep brown, cream, and stark white. All text uses a bold, white, sans-serif font with a subtle drop shadow for legibility.

                                                        [?]Curt Johnson - Indie Genius » 🌐
                                                        @indiegenius@mastodon.social

                                                        Movie TV Tech Geeks 8 Most Prophetic Sci-Fi Books of All Time dlvr.it/TTywlv

                                                          [?]Walt » 🌐
                                                          @astralcomputing@bookstodon.com

                                                          Born this day: 08/11/1928 (d. 06/19/1992) Alan Edward Nourse was an American science fiction writer and physician. He wrote both juvenile and adult science fiction, as well as nonfiction works about medicine and science. His novelette "Brightside Crossing" was a 1956 Hugo Finalist

                                                          en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_E._


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                                                          astralcomputing.com

                                                          Art by Lloyd Birmingham

                                                          AMAZING TALES vol 63 (Classics To Go Collection) Featured story: "Brightside Crossing" by Alan Edward Nourse et al. Cover art by Lloyd Birmingham. A man in a black suit falls horizontally through a bright cyan sky above a landscape of red and orange flames. Positioned at the mid-right edge of the frame, the man has dark hair and wears a black suit jacket and black trousers with his arms and legs outstretched. Below him, a large spherical spacecraft is supported by tripod-like landing legs and connected to a smaller saucer-shaped spacecraft by thick black cables and wires. Beams of yellow light extend from the vessels across the sky, while red and orange flames occupy the bottom of the scene against the cyan background.

                                                          Alt...AMAZING TALES vol 63 (Classics To Go Collection) Featured story: "Brightside Crossing" by Alan Edward Nourse et al. Cover art by Lloyd Birmingham. A man in a black suit falls horizontally through a bright cyan sky above a landscape of red and orange flames. Positioned at the mid-right edge of the frame, the man has dark hair and wears a black suit jacket and black trousers with his arms and legs outstretched. Below him, a large spherical spacecraft is supported by tripod-like landing legs and connected to a smaller saucer-shaped spacecraft by thick black cables and wires. Beams of yellow light extend from the vessels across the sky, while red and orange flames occupy the bottom of the scene against the cyan background.

                                                            [?]Ratchman » 🌐
                                                            @Ratchman@mstdn.social

                                                              [?]Ratchman » 🌐
                                                              @Ratchman@mstdn.social

                                                              Chapter 14 - "Firestorm"

                                                              The Naled begin their assault on the command centre where Commander Voight and her colleagues are holed up. Besieged, it looks as though they have no way out. But the insectoid alien species does not attack, merely hemming them in. It is then they pull something unexpected: they want to negotiate.

                                                              youtu.be/ixfR4ljgCZw

                                                                [?]Walt » 🌐
                                                                @astralcomputing@bookstodon.com

                                                                Born this day: 08/10/1962 Suzanne Collins is an American author and television writer who is best known as the author of the young adult dystopian fiction book series The Hunger Games. She is also the author of the children's fantasy series The Underland Chronicles.

                                                                en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_


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                                                                astralcomputing.com

                                                                Cover Art by Tim O'Brien

                                                                A composite image featuring three book covers for Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games trilogy, with art by Tim O'Brien. The first cover (left) is titled "THE HUNGER GAMES" in large, white, bold, sans-serif uppercase letters on a black background. Below the title, a gold mockingjay pin—depicting a bird with outstretched wings pierced by an arrow—is centered within a golden circular frame overlaid with thin, dark gray lines. The bottom right reads "New York Times Bestselling Author SUZANNE COLLINS" in white, sans-serif uppercase letters. The second cover (center) is titled "CATCHING FIRE" in large, white, bold, sans-serif uppercase letters. Above the title, small text reads, "The Second Book of THE HUNGER GAMES." Set against a dark red gradient, a black mockingjay silhouette is centered within a golden circular frame and thin lines. The bottom left features "New York Times Bestselling Author SUZANNE COLLINS" in white, sans-serif uppercase letters. The third cover (right) is titled "MOCKINGJAY" in large, white, bold, sans-serif uppercase letters. Above the title, small text reads, "The Final Book of THE HUNGER GAMES." The background is a light blue gradient with faint, concentric circular patterns, featuring a large, detailed, light gray mockingjay in flight, angled toward the right. The bottom center displays "New York Times Bestselling Author SUZANNE COLLINS" in white, sans-serif uppercase letters.

                                                                Alt...A composite image featuring three book covers for Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games trilogy, with art by Tim O'Brien. The first cover (left) is titled "THE HUNGER GAMES" in large, white, bold, sans-serif uppercase letters on a black background. Below the title, a gold mockingjay pin—depicting a bird with outstretched wings pierced by an arrow—is centered within a golden circular frame overlaid with thin, dark gray lines. The bottom right reads "New York Times Bestselling Author SUZANNE COLLINS" in white, sans-serif uppercase letters. The second cover (center) is titled "CATCHING FIRE" in large, white, bold, sans-serif uppercase letters. Above the title, small text reads, "The Second Book of THE HUNGER GAMES." Set against a dark red gradient, a black mockingjay silhouette is centered within a golden circular frame and thin lines. The bottom left features "New York Times Bestselling Author SUZANNE COLLINS" in white, sans-serif uppercase letters. The third cover (right) is titled "MOCKINGJAY" in large, white, bold, sans-serif uppercase letters. Above the title, small text reads, "The Final Book of THE HUNGER GAMES." The background is a light blue gradient with faint, concentric circular patterns, featuring a large, detailed, light gray mockingjay in flight, angled toward the right. The bottom center displays "New York Times Bestselling Author SUZANNE COLLINS" in white, sans-serif uppercase letters.

                                                                  [?]Walt » 🌐
                                                                  @astralcomputing@bookstodon.com

                                                                  Weird Tales vol 15 number 01 (January 1930) - featured story: The Curse of House Phipps by Seabury Quinn.




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                                                                  Cover art by C. C. Senf.

                                                                  Weird Tales vol 15 number 01 (January 1930) - featured story: The Curse of House Phipps by Seabury Quinn. Cover art by C. C. Senf. The Unique Magazine. Stories by Murray Leinster, Edmond Hamilton, Otis Adelbert Kline, H. De Vere Stacpoole, Frank Belknap Long, Jr., Lieutenant Edgar Gardiner, and others. 25¢. 15¢ IN CANADA. Two men support a reclining woman across their laps near the edge of a dark pit. The woman has long, wavy red hair and wears a yellow sleeveless dress with her wrists bound by rope as she rests against the arm of the man on the left and the leg of the man on the right. Behind her, an older man with thick grey hair and a full grey beard leans forward wearing a white shirt under a dark brown vest, with his hand touching the woman's shoulder. To the right, a man with short dark hair sits in a white shirt, supporting the woman's lower body with his legs and torso. A shovel rests near the group on a stone ledge or well edge where thick ropes are visible. The scene is set in a dimly lit room containing blue curtains and a green chair in the shadows, all framed by a vibrant orange border.

                                                                  Alt...Weird Tales vol 15 number 01 (January 1930) - featured story: The Curse of House Phipps by Seabury Quinn. Cover art by C. C. Senf. The Unique Magazine. Stories by Murray Leinster, Edmond Hamilton, Otis Adelbert Kline, H. De Vere Stacpoole, Frank Belknap Long, Jr., Lieutenant Edgar Gardiner, and others. 25¢. 15¢ IN CANADA. Two men support a reclining woman across their laps near the edge of a dark pit. The woman has long, wavy red hair and wears a yellow sleeveless dress with her wrists bound by rope as she rests against the arm of the man on the left and the leg of the man on the right. Behind her, an older man with thick grey hair and a full grey beard leans forward wearing a white shirt under a dark brown vest, with his hand touching the woman's shoulder. To the right, a man with short dark hair sits in a white shirt, supporting the woman's lower body with his legs and torso. A shovel rests near the group on a stone ledge or well edge where thick ropes are visible. The scene is set in a dimly lit room containing blue curtains and a green chair in the shadows, all framed by a vibrant orange border.

                                                                    Stan Stewart aka muz4now boosted

                                                                    [?]Solar Phasing » 🌐
                                                                    @solarphasing@mastodon.social

                                                                    Bonsoir! 🖖😎


                                                                    Crazy Synchronization
                                                                    from Machines

                                                                    solarphasing.bandcamp.com/trac

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                                                                    @ExperimentalMusic

                                                                      [?]Solar Phasing » 🌐
                                                                      @solarphasing@mastodon.social

                                                                      Illustration by Bernie Wrightson for Frankenstein Book by Mary Shelley (1983)

                                                                      imgur.com/gallery/illustration

                                                                      Illustration by Bernie Wrightson for Frankenstein Book by Mary Shelley (1983)

                                                                      Alt...Illustration by Bernie Wrightson for Frankenstein Book by Mary Shelley (1983)

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                                                                        [?]Cactuar Joe » 🌐
                                                                        @CactuarJoe@retro.pizza

                                                                        oh shit it's, uh, about a half hour until the weekly monster movie watch party! Better set up a hashtag filter if you wanna avoid it!

                                                                        If you wanna join in, this week we're watching IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1994)! It's a Carpenter thing, heads up for gore probably!

                                                                        You can watch it free with ads over on Tubi: tubitv.com/movies/715444/in-th

                                                                        Or you can download from Archive.org: archive.org/details/in-the-mou

                                                                        Just hit play at the top of the hour and toot along! Don't forget!

                                                                          [?]Ratchman » 🌐
                                                                          @Ratchman@mstdn.social

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