Jul 15
Not enough fanart of space opera lesbians imho
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Not enough fanart of space opera lesbians imho
Does anyone have a lesbian space atrocities thematic table lurking somewhere? Like, with columns for war crimes, brain surgery, imperialism, tea, gloves, AI rights? Maybe some body horror? What else should be included?
more authors need to be making wild worldbuilding decisions like this honestly
Lauren: I think fiction is a really great philosophical experiment. It’s one of the reasons I really find sci-fi to be interesting is because it can push the limits of what another mind is or what another mental state is to be thinking in. One thing we didn’t get to in the bonus episode about Arkady Martine’s Memory Called Empire is that there are people who have the capacity to take on the entire previous knowledge state of someone else. I just am like what would an evidential marking system be like for a person who has multiple consciousnesses worth of evidence for a statement.
Gretchen: Like, “I know this because my original consciousness knew this” or “I know this because the consciousness that I got added to mine later in life knows this.” Oh, man.
Lauren: There’re just so many layers of potential knowledge state there. That’s the kind of sci-fi that lets me bring my linguist brain to problems of consciousness.
Excerpt from Lingthusiasm episode 'Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Theory of Mind'
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I can’t believe Yskander’s station went and sold him to Six Direction
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New year, New books! I beat my goal of 40 books with 55 this year.
Obviously I loved Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. I adore The Locked Tomb series and have total brain rot 😅 I can't wait for the final installment to release in 2023 👀
I also read R. F. Kuang's Poppy Wars trilogy last year. I was blown away and she's quickly become one of my favorite authors. I picked up Babel and really enjoyed it too. Definitely keeping an eye out for her future works!
She Who Became The Sun was another one of my 2022 favorites, by Shelley Parker-Chan. I was consumed by this powerful novel and can't wait to read the sequel.
Finally, Arkady Martine's A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace crafted a unique, intense sci-fi world that was easy to dive into. So good.
Additional shout-outs to Nghi Vo's Empress of Salt and Fortune (novella with gorgeous storytelling), Brandon Sanderson's Elantris (closest he'll get to Beauty and the Beast I think), and Alexandra Rowland's A Taste of Gold and Iron (super cute romance with a great plot too).
Havent read desolation yet but Im suddenly worried Mahit doesnt survive the duology. (Also worried the ending for her and Three Seagrass will be tragic)
( I like tragic but also happy end huhu)
Mahit Dzmare × Three Seagrass