Notices by James Davis Nicoll (jdnicoll@wandering.shop)

Before Salk created his polio vaccine, we knew of no confirmed exoplanets. Now, almost everyone is vaccinated and we know of almost 6000 exoplanets. Do vaccines cause exoplanets?

Ontario cancels contract with American President Musk's Starlink.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ford-ripping-up-province-contract-with-starlink-1.7448763

The Science Fiction Book Club Will Be Greatly Missed

If reports are true, and I did not simply misunderstand, we bid a fond farewell to an SF institution.

https://reactormag.com/the-science-fiction-book-club-will-be-greatly-missed/
#reactor

No reason

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPtu5V3kHTM

@cstross I am not keen on the current cover art fashions.

Books Received, January 4 — January 10

15 books new to me, of which 12 are fantasy, one is a role-playing game, and two are science-fiction.
Two are stand-alone, eleven are series, and one I wasn't sure how to classify.

https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/post/books-received-january-4-january-10

First four.

#BooksReceived #Bookstodon

Five SF Stories About Rebuilding After a Cataclysmic Event

Rising from the ashes of civilization, determined to build a new world.

https://reactormag.com/five-sf-stories-about-rebuilding-after-a-cataclysmic-event/
#ReacTor

Complete Planetary Destruction Is Not as Easy as It Seems

More boundless optimism: humans might constitute an existential threat to many species on Earth but life as a whole has and will survive worse.

https://reactormag.com/complete-planetary-destruction-is-not-as-easy-as-it-seems/

Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day!

Techbros often try to implement dystopian ideas from science fiction. Has anyone tried framing the society in which they want to live as a dystopia?

"In the grim world of tomorrow, health care is abundant, egalitarianism rife, and children wake every day knowing they won't be shot at school!"