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You just articulated a main thematic thread in my current WIP 😎

Aside from the obvious pro-AI, pay-to-pub, or author rights shenanigans? I discovered an online mag recently and checked out the sub page for giggles. The formatting guidelines were unconditionally nut-nut. Take standard Shunn and dump that shit in a blender. Hoo boy.

Everything I say in German makes me sound angry 😂

Hmm 🤔 Maybe I’ll pick something by the Yoshida Brothers…

Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

Nominations for the Ursula K. LeGuin Prize are open now through March 31st. If you've read a work of, as the award calls it "imaginative fiction" that is in conversation with themes in LeGuin's work and was published in 2025, please consider nominating it/them!

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Have you tried the AALA list? You can’t search by genre, so it’s not ideal. Each agent supplies a clear bullet-pointed list of interests, however.

Merleau-Ponty’s my go-to.

I just read that Claude, the GenAI, has achieved consciousness. The same post challenges the reader to say how consciousness functions.

How? Phenomenological recursion.

No matter how sophisticated, LLMs will never achieve consciousness. The input-output architecture's wrong from the jump.

Happy International Women’s Day! 💜

#WomensDay #WomensDay2026

The Expanse - Rocinante, Ryan Dening Turnaround sketches of the "Tachi", later to be painted and renamed "Rocinante" After going through much design iteration, this was the final model sheet that was handed off for VFX to build. For "Th...

Fantastic concept art for The Expanse!

#spaceopera #scifiart #expanse

www.artstation.com/artwork/zQwR6

I hear you. I write out all the major plot points—otherwise, they’d rattle around in my skull like rocks in a tin.

Just finished yesterday. Fantastic read. I almost guessed the proper ending the moment [no spoilers] were mentioned! Is the Dark Forest Theory rightly part of Fermi’s Paradox, or teased out later? Again, brilliant work, Gareth.

Reading Gareth L. Powell’s new sci-fi novel, Jitterbug. I’m halfway through. This book cooks.

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I've never been one to pull the PhD in English card, but...

You've got an imagination that beats all get out. Hands down. Far surpassing intermediate, my friend. In terms of sci-fantasy, you're up there with Tchaikovsky's Cage of Souls. Seriously. Not a you problem.

You’re an excellent writer who knows his stuff. It’s shit that they did what they did, no doubt. But not a you problem.

Really? Wow. When we traded, I thought your comments were really useful.

She’s like a liar gone to burning hell

Snagged the last copy at my local B&N! 🔥 @garethlpowell.bsky.social

The cover of JITTERBUG by Gareth L Powell features a stylised rocket silhouette at the centre of an orrery, with a space suited figure dangling in its wake

THANK YOU for helping me launch Jitterbug with all your good wishes and reposts today! Hugely appreciated!

I wish they’d update more often. Their focus often shifts over time, so even if they’re generally interested in a project I’m shopping, they might be looking for something else specifically.

I can’t name one mag that I regularly read that doesn’t have a strict AI policy.

Separate books make sense to me, especially while working in an expansive universe.

'June' is also a verb meaning "to drive briskly."

So please june responsibly.

What a handsome fella!

This whole album cooks 🔥 I’ve been on a Ladytron kick lately.

Yeah, the only thing worse than irradiated and shitting out your guts? Iambic pentameter. 😂 Seriously, tho—a great podcast. Looking forward to catching up. And congrats on the BSFA nods, btw 👏

I've been meaning to repost this for days now...

Anyone in the #writingcommunity interested in #sci-fi? Give this podcast a listen. Thought-provoking and insightful fun!

I freely admit that I'd rather be deboned by an alien on a weirdo planet than be made to write in iambic pentameter.

Woo-hoo! If you ever need another beta reader, please give me a shout. Keep cracking. 👊

Coming to this late. Hope you got that work done!