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I've been waiting for this post lol

I didn't manage to pace myself until I finished the main storyline. Burned through this series then turned around and read it again

It's THE Ann Bishop. No one worldbuilds like her

Ann gives good story and allegory. Some of the themes still have me ready to fight

Not even a little bit lol

"We don’t just make it to the end.
We were already surviving when the movie started." 🙌🏽

periodic reminder (and apropos of *waves hands at everything*:

"not guilty" ≠ innocent

one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.

Over a yellow background, the words, "Ask me anything on Mary Robinette Kowal's Patreon, Tuesday, February 3rd at 8 PM ET." Then, over a blue background, the words, "Join the Q&A tier at $15/mo before prices increase on March 1st. Patreon.com/maryrobinette." There's also some stars in the background and a photo of Mary Robinette in a blue coat with a cream scarf.

The worlds of writing and publishing (the latter especially) are famously opaque. I don't pretend to have all of the answers, but I am at your disposal for any question you wish to ask during my monthly Patreon Q&A, which occurs tomorrow, Tuesday, February 3 at 8 PM ET. patreon.com/maryrobinette

Book covers for Anne Bishop's "The Others" series

Anne Bishop's The Courtyard of The Others:

Written in Red, Murder of Crows, Vision in Silver, Marked in Flesh, Etched in Bone

The World of the Others:
Lake Silence, Wild Country, Crowbones

*Note: slow starter (b/c worldbuilding/characters subtly developed in multiple directions simultaneously)

Why does everyone want me to shake my fist at the sky and yell?!?!

just so it's clear: this is the exact core function of genAI

Fascist government and climate deniers love it because it can produce the aesthetics of knowledge without any actual tendency towards truth. It is automated denialism.

Shame on every climate scientist promoting its use (there are lots)

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “lmao" said Gandalf, “well it has.”

Your periodic reminder that the US withdrew its signature from the Rome Statute in '02 & doesn't recognize the jurisdiction (for US nationals) of the Int'l Criminal Court

There's no "just send them to The Hague" it would take a Security Council referral to the ICJ & the US ain't letting that happen

War criminals gonna war crime

So the site currently isn’t working, but if you’re a California resident this is probably worth bookmarking to check out once it’s back up

A preview of BJ Colangelo's interview with Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jessie Buckley for THE BRIDE! featuring an image of Buckley's Bride with the title "THE BRIDE! SHE LIVES!"

Beyond honored to announce that I am the first journalist to have an in-depth discussion with Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jessie Buckley about THE BRIDE! and I got to do it for my love @fangoria.bsky.social.

Digital issue is out now, or order it here: shop.fangoria.com/products/fan...

I LOVE this movie soooo much

If you've ever wondered where my tendency to be a whole-ass menace comes from:

My mom called at 12:01 on New Year's to say, "Happy Year of the first ever Hunger Games!" then hung up.

this type of shit is why I don't recommend dystopia-themed books to that lady anymore

oh the universe issued a reminder this year and sat my ass DOWN.

choosing to drop bombs on a country on Christmas in Jesus's name is probably the most quintessentially "christian" thing to do since the Crusades.

Not even Dante's hell will be big enough to hold them.

a woman is crying while holding a cup of ice cream and a spoon . ALT: a woman is crying while holding a cup of ice cream and a spoon .

getting back into the swing of things (thanks constantly backorder meds for the physical collapse it's been GRAND) and discovering the sheer number of important emails and replies I've missed b/c google broke my domain and inbox filters (but took my $) has me ready to spit fire.

*flips table*

Michigan is SENDING me and so is Florida 🫠... and Texas!
(The accuracy.)

*laughs in archivist* anyone who thinks it's all been digitized is out of their goddamn mind. We don't have the staff, resources, or digital infrastructure to digitize, store, check, and maintain at preservations standards a digital copy of every single item in our collections.

I feel like I should apologize in advance for the level of menace we reach this go-round... #IBlameKriss

a man in a suit and tie says absolutely not in front of a crowd of people ALT: a man in a suit and tie says absolutely not in front of a crowd of people

You:

"Led by Casey Hudson, Game director of the original Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic and the Mass Effect trilogy, the team of veteran game developers and storytellers at Arcanaut Studios"