Notices tagged with scifi

When it comes to science fiction, Raumpatrouille Orion is seriously underrated. Launched in 1966, it could never compete with big-budget productions like Star Trek, but it’s still amazing what they accomplished in that era.
#startrek #scifi #tvshow #germany #retro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft-Fyw02jEs

Some Expanse art to enjoy.

#fanart #scifiart #scifi #Expanse

From: blenderdumbass . org

I don't think you think of Science Fiction often when thinking about Lars Von Trier. Yet, his 2011 masterpiece Melancholia is one of, if not the best, science fiction film(s) ever.

Read: https://blenderdumbass.org/reviews/melancholia_is_the_best_science_fiction_film_ever

#melancholia #depression #mentalhealth #film #movies #cinemastodon #sciencefiction #scifi #larsvontrier #review #KirstenDunst #BradyCorbet #TheBrutalist

The Fight for Doctor Who's Future Begins on April 12

#DoctorWho #NewSeason #April12 #SciFi #NcutiGatwa

https://gizmodo.com/doctor-who-2025-season-release-date-bbc-disney-plus-2000568635

This already looks much better. There is no Chaos Destruction, I added better conditions and the stone can accumulate laser damage and show override material. Pieces can be picked up for crafting or destroyed, even by robot reactor overload. I love Unreal Engine. Am I a genius?

#gamedev #indiedev #scifi #games #UnrealEngine #UE5 #indiegame #gaming #HashtagGames #GameDevelopment #indiegamedev

Here is an example of both my variants, near ones without Chaos - rocks with objects inside for crafting, far stones based on Chaos Destruction (I decided to use this in the game for glass objects, tiles, etc.)

#gamedev #indiedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gaming #scifi #games

Has anyone got any recommendations for something to read set in an optimistic future, perhaps something like #Solarpunk, without the heavily hammered down "messaging" and tokenisms usually prevalent in those settings?

I am quite sick of these quasi-ironic obvious fourth-wall "winks" at the reader that drive down the moral of the story in plain words every time. I would love some interesting stories that stand on their own.

#books #reading #sciencefiction #scifi #bookstodon #socialism

Our sixth issue is out in early March!

📚 12 amazing stories
🤖 scifi
🦄 fantasy
💀 horror
🧠 all about our inner lives

Explore our past issues here while you wait: https://inner-worlds.ghost.io/past-issues/

#SpecFic #SpeculativeFiction #ShortFiction #ShortStories #Horror #SciFi #Fantasy #Writing #WritersOfMastodon #AmWritingFantasy #LitMag #HorrorCommunity

Remember in Childhood’s End when the benevolent alien overlords’ only intercession in human affairs was to protect the white farmers in South Africa. Joining the war on apartheid on the side of apartheid lmfaoo thank you 1950s British sci fi author Arthur C. Clarke for taking us with you to the soaring heights of your humanistic imagination

#SciFi

I'm re-running my AI upscale of Star Trek Deep Space Nine to HD, and I'm just about finished with Season 2.

I check every episode before copying them to my library, and I'm noticing that almost every episode in Season 2 either starts with one of the runabouts flying across a star field, or some other ship, but mostly a runabout.

A bunch of episodes also start with Bashir and Garak. So much repetition. 😅

#StarTrek #DS9 #SciFi #Upscale

The BBC’s library of classic sci-fi sounds is now available to sample
#scifi #sounds #music #BBC #fantasy #blerd #nerd #geek
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/615584/bbc-radiophonic-workshop-archive

How to enrage* nerds.

Step 1, attached.

There is no Step 2.

* Or perhaps amuse.

#humor #startrek #starwars #firefly #stargate #dune #spaceballs #battlestargalactica
#scifi #DoctorWho

Folks it is about an hour until #MONSTERDON, the weekly monster movie watch party. If you don't want to see the toots, set up a filter!

If you want to join in, this week we're watching THE GORGON (1965)! It's on Tubi or downloadable from Archive.org over here: https://archive.org/details/the-gorgon

We start at 9pm eastern!

#Cinema #Cinemastodon #Scifi #Horror #Movies

Sunday’s book was Jezero City: Colony Four Mars by Gerald M. Kilby.

Fun, fast-paced murder mystery/conspiracy thriller set on a newly independent Mars.

https://geraldmkilby.com/product/colony-four-mars-audiobook/

@bookstodon #SciFi

Wednesday’s book was Surface Tension: Colony Five Mars by Gerald M. Kilby.

Imagine, if you can, a world where wealthy corporate overlords buy their way into power.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/5792ed29-fcb9-4654-8599-b8667bbde998?redirect=true

@bookstodon #scifi

Wednesday’s book was Plains of Utopia: Colony Six Mars by Gerald M. Kilby.

It’s a conspiracy … on Mars!

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/0d825aae-1de2-4629-8b62-452c9c943f17

@bookstodon #SciFi

Robert A. Heinlein's #SciFi novella, 𝘐𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘎𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘖𝘯…, written in 1940 (also collected in 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘯 2100), is about an American theocratic society ruled by christian fundamentalist prophets, the first of whom becomes a dictator in 2016 (!!).

The good thing with dystopian fiction is that, in the end, you usually escape into a much better reality. The bad thing with dystopian reality is that it takes a huge effort to make it a refuge of better reality.

#SciFi #RobertHeinlein #USpol

Books make the best #valentinesday gifts! 💙📘
OF SHADOWS, STARS, AND SABERS is new this week, and full of timeless, wondrous tales both light and dark...and even some with a bit of #romance. Order from your favorite bookseller!
Links: https://www.starsandsabers.com/of-shadows-stars-and-sabers/
#fantasy #scifi #horror #BooksWorthReading #books

I guess now that this #Friendica instance is actually working, I'd better do an #introduction. I never did one when I created my #Mastodon account (at @gmc@chasmcity.net).

I'm a retired #hacker, #scifi #author, #software architect working for a silicon manufacturer, #pinball enthusiast, #RetroComputing #nerd, #SelfHosting zealot, #gay, card-carrying #adhd (#add) member and #migraine warrior. I live in #Sweden, but am originally from #TheNetherlands. I love #nature, #snow, the #cat and the #dog.

I'm not sure how I will use this Friendica account, since I also have the Mastodon account. We'll see. There's things I like about Friendica (especially how easy it is to follow threads) as well as Mastodon (especially how easy it is to filter and block to protect my #MentalHealth). I might set up some scripts to synchronise followers or some such, or maybe not and cultivate a different vibe on both accounts. Who knows.

I'll be trying on some other #SelfHosting #Fediverse servers as well.

Wheel of Time S3 trailer tees us up for Last Battle

#WoT #FantasySeries #AmazonPrimeVideo #SciFi #EpicFiction

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/02/dragon-reborn-flirts-with-the-shadow-in-wheel-of-time-s3-trailer/