"Science fiction is an expression born from dissatisfaction with where the world is versus where the world could be. The same is true for protest." -- Micaiah Johnson, intro to "Those Beyond the Wall"
02.02.2025 13:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"Science fiction is an expression born from dissatisfaction with where the world is versus where the world could be. The same is true for protest." -- Micaiah Johnson, intro to "Those Beyond the Wall"
02.02.2025 13:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"What a world this would be, were it not held wholly and solely in the grip of stubborn old men." -- from Empire of the Vampire, by Jay Kristoff
20.01.2025 13:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"It is the obligation of those of us born to power or who earn it to wield that power with virtue, because power is no virtue unto itself." -- from Demon in White, by Christopher Ruocchio
18.01.2025 12:52 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0"...wasn't marriage itself a long bath? ... she wanted a steady surface to sink beneath when the world around them grew chaotic and cold ... warm water to ease the things in life that ached." --from In Universes, by Emet North
15.01.2025 04:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Who started the romantasy trend of referring to elf/faerie characters as "the male" and "the female"? Was it you, SJM? Whoever is responsible, let it be known that I hate this trend. Not only does it enforce a strict gender binary, it also makes them all sound like animals in a zoo.
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