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Cover van Chen Qiufan, Waste Tide
Gelezen: Chen Qiufan, Waste Tide
Vertaald door Ken Liu, die ook The three body problem vertaalde, weer een prachtig staaltje Chinese #sf. Afval en vervuiling, neokoloniale bemoeienis en onverwachte samensmelting van brein en techniek. Knap hoe hard […]
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![Atosho's clan was in textiles. Baiyokee's 'bride price' had been some kind of economic interest for his mother. In the vein of shares, or a seat on the board? Maybe both?[1]
[1] I was surprised that they did a bride price and not a dowry. In my world, agricultural societies tended to go with dowries. It was pastoral or human-powered agricultural societies where the groom paid for the bride. I talked it over with Manayka and Atosho later. In my world, women did a lot of work in such societies. The 'bride price' was recompense for depriving the family of a laborer.
In large-scale agricultural societies, establishing a household took not just labor but wealth. More wealth than young people were likely to have. Women's work mostly didn't produce significant wealth in such societies, so her family would put up a chunk of money or goods intended to give the couple as good a start as possible.
At first blush, I'd have expected Cholama - with lots of agriculture - to go for dowries. (Except, of course, that the boy's family would cough up the dough.) However... here, men did a lot of work. It was their purpose in life. Apparently the 'deprive family of laborer' factor outweighed the 'start-up wealth' consideration. By their math.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bu5ob3emr4yddctx53uitqhl/bafkreife24ggkpvj4tb7htf62e7qhr54wsgqii4yv3rwcjbjmhrkw7wqcy)
Atosho's clan was in textiles. Baiyokee's 'bride price' had been some kind of economic interest for his mother. In the vein of shares, or a seat on the board? Maybe both?[1] [1] I was surprised that they did a bride price and not a dowry. In my world, agricultural societies tended to go with dowries. It was pastoral or human-powered agricultural societies where the groom paid for the bride. I talked it over with Manayka and Atosho later. In my world, women did a lot of work in such societies. The 'bride price' was recompense for depriving the family of a laborer. In large-scale agricultural societies, establishing a household took not just labor but wealth. More wealth than young people were likely to have. Women's work mostly didn't produce significant wealth in such societies, so her family would put up a chunk of money or goods intended to give the couple as good a start as possible. At first blush, I'd have expected Cholama - with lots of agriculture - to go for dowries. (Except, of course, that the boy's family would cough up the dough.) However... here, men did a lot of work. It was their purpose in life. Apparently the 'deprive family of laborer' factor outweighed the 'start-up wealth' consideration. By their math.
#WIPSnips 5: except
The way people live affects their whole culture.
#SciFi #SciFiBooks #ScienceFicton #SFF
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Cover for the January 1939 issue of Amazing Stories. Robot holds ack a dog with their metal hand upraised. A man shoots.
Cover for the November 1940 issue of amazing stores. A soldier in blue with an unusual helmet seems to have hit or is next to a falling soldier with a gun. Two green people with blonde tufts of hair run as well -- one is grabbing the upright soldier.
Artist Robert Fuqua (1905-1959) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...
L, 1939; R, 1940
#scifi #scienceficton #art
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#JustWatched #MovieSky #FIlmSky #ScifiSky
#StarWars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
#Scifi #ScienceFicton #Movies #Films #Cinema #CinemaSky #SWROTS #ROTS #Watched
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#babylon5 #battlestargalactica #b5 #bsg #galactica #omega #destroyer #heavycruiser #spaceships #warships #scienceficton #scifi #fanart #art
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Interesting study on AGI and geopolitics from the lovely folks at RAND. #ScienceFicton #Writers take note.
www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
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@bookstodon just found out about solar punk magazine, a bi-monthly publication about hopefully SF. solarpunkmagazine.com/shop/solarpunk-magazine-...
#scienceficton #solarpunk #scify
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Locus Magazine colorful tech design header and a book blurb with picture for Jendia Gammon's May 13, 2025 novel ATACAMA, with text reading: Gammon, Jendia: Atacama (Sley House 978-1957941165, $27.99, 298pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, 05/13/2025) ATACAMA SF horror novel. Appalachian researcher Fiona Hawthorne travels to Chile to investigate when her best friend dies under mysterious circumstances while doing research in the Atacama desert. She encounters a menacing corporation and a potential monster.
Screenshot of Bookshop.org Locus Magazine affiliate page for new releases: science fiction, fantasy, horror books - week of 5/13/2025 showing some books, including Jendia Gammon's Atacama.
Thank you @locusmag.bsky.social for the mention of ATACAMA for New Releases in #scienceficton, #fantasy, and #horror books!
locusmag.com/2025/05/new-...
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"Shut the fc*k up, Hal."
#humor #AI #ScienceFicton #quote #ComputerOverlord #punk
#technology #writer #History
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Bridget Regan b 1982 was in TV's Legend of the Seeker Kelly Sullivan b 1978 was in Found in Time (2012) Kathleen Kinmont b 1965 was in Phoenix the Warrior (1988) #SciFi #birthdays #popculture #scienceficton #trivia #history
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Pamela Franklin b 1950 guested on The Six Million Dollar Man Morgan Fairchild b 1950 guested on Roswell Trisha Noble b 1944 guested on Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Blythe Danner b 1976 was in Futureworld (1976) #SciFi #birthdays #popculture #scienceficton #trivia #history
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Terry Chen b 1975 guested on The 4400 Matt Winston b 1970 had a recurring role on #StarTrekEnterprise Warwick Davis b 1970 was in #StarWars Return of the Jedi (1983) #SciFi #birthdays #popculture #scienceficton #trivia #history
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Fredric Lehne b 1959 guested on Sliders Thomas Calabro b 1959 was in Fall of Hyperion (2008) Time Winters b 1956 guested on Babylon 5 #SciFi #birthdays #popculture #scienceficton #trivia #history
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Stephen McHattie b 1947 guested on The X-Files Stephen Mines b 1939 guested on original Star Trek Victor Buono b 1938 was in Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) John Fiedler b 1925 guested on original #StarTrek #SciFi #birthdays #popculture #scienceficton #trivia #history
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Promo shot of Brad Pitt from the science fiction movie Ad Astra
I somehow missed Ad Astra when it first came out, but I just watched it last night and it's now my favorite science fiction film since Interstellar. #adastra #scienceficton
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Time for the annual diagnostic run back at the shop.
A local generation on my #TitanRTX2080 #nvidia #gpu with 24 GBs of VRAM running on #window10pro #CUDA
#FLUX1 #aiart #aiartwork #ComfyUI #comfyuiartwork #FLUX1FP16 #aiイラスト #robot #robots #retro #repair #CRT #scifi #scienceficton #robotics
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#comedy #standup #standupcomedy #actors #lol #funny #humor #joke #entertainment #comedyshow #comedyclubs #openmic #theater #stage #comedian #comics #comic #sketch #show #improv #horror #scifi #comedynyc #scary #freecomedynyc #movies #film #NYC #monsters #spooky #death #monster #scienceficton #travel
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#comedy #standup #standupcomedy #actors #lol #funny #humor #joke #entertainment #comedyshow #comedyclubs #openmic #theater #stage #comedian #comics #comic #sketch #show #improv #horror #scifi #comedynyc #scary #freecomedynyc #movies #film #NYC #monsters #spooky #death #monster #scienceficton #travel
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#comedy #standup #standupcomedy #actors #lol #funny #humor #joke #entertainment #comedyshow #comedyclubs #openmic #theater #stage #comedian #comics #comic #sketch #show #improv #horror #scifi #comedynyc #scary #freecomedynyc #movies #film #NYC #monsters #spooky #death #monster #scienceficton #travel
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The City & The City TV series that seems like it's based on 'The City & The City' a book by China Miéville,
Hello #ChinaMiéville fans are ya'll just gonna quietly let me find out about this on my own!? I"m gonna slap somebody if this is lame. No spoilers, please! #booksky #weirdfiction #scienceficton #TheCityandTheCity
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Some novels transcend genres. This is one such work. While primarily satire and literary in tone, it is also technically science fiction, though one is not quite sure how seriously to take it. That said, it is a scathing critique of consumer-driven culture. 📚🪐💙
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#satire
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A #gold #xenomorph on the attack.
A local generation on my #TitanRTX2080 #nvidia #gpu with 24 GBs of VRAM running on #window10pro #CUDA
#StableDiffusion35 #aiart #aiartcommunity #aiartwork #stablediffusion_art #stablediffusion_ai #ComfyUI #comfyuiartwork #SD35LFP16 #scifi #scienceficton
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Wil je aan de herfst ontsnappen? 🍁 Duik dan in deze #scifi trip! ✨ Mijn #korteverhalen bundel Het heerlijke leven in onwetendheid, 18 meeslepende verhalen, inclusief voorwoord van James Worthy en een gratis gids voor #tijdreizen!
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#lezen #fictie #boek #scienceficton
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#AtlasTheMovie on @NetflixIndia starring @JLo is amazing, the science fiction full of human #AI emotions. A must watch for the lovers of this genre.
#Netflix #ScienceFicton #movie
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When a lesbian pirate queen hijacks a spaceship, the adventure is just starting in One of Our Spaceships is Missing!
#scienceficton
www.amazon.com/dp/B0B3NJ58NR
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Tom Purdom passed away this month. We've finally had the presence of mind to talk about it:
#ScienceFicton #RIP
journeypress.com/2024/01/31/t...
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These #books are flying off the shelves! Try out a great selection of #scienceficton and #fantasy and get in some fall reading!
books.bookfunnel.com/sales123456/...
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So this just happened.
My new novel just got released.
REPOST:
“Here and shipping now. Link in profile.
#amphetaminesulfate #sjxsjc #sexshopsofshermanoaks #smallpress #scienceficton #sciencefictionpaperbacks #ASSF #sf #stevenpurtill #experimentalfict…...
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