Wondering if #Scalzi is channeling Randall Monroe of #Xkcd fame’s “What If” work in #WhenTheMoonHitsYourEye
(I’m thoroughly enjoying it, of course! Thanks @scalzi)
Wondering if #Scalzi is channeling Randall Monroe of #Xkcd fame’s “What If” work in #WhenTheMoonHitsYourEye
(I’m thoroughly enjoying it, of course! Thanks @scalzi)
John Scalzi's "The Church FAQ" is a masterclass in turning self-promotion into a religious experience.
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/03/13/the-church-faq/ #John #TheChurchFAQ #SelfPromotion #BaconFan #ScalziFans #HackerNews #ngated
Reading Scalzi's "Starter Villian"
Read it for the cats, love it for the techbro takedowns.
https://www.changinghands.com/book/9781250879394
Last year I read Scalzi's "The Kaiju Preservation Society" which also had something to say about techbros
Scalzi is here on the Fediverse with us, but doesn't often tell us about his burrito crimes
Redshirts (Recommended, meta-fiction)
Redshirts by John Scalzi. Writer having fun. Reader invited along. Tender hearted just-go-with-it spoof. Note: Some familiarity with Star Trek required. Note: If you need an escape from reality, you could do worse than this book. #bookstodon #books #booklovers #Scalzi
https://bookreviewsintenwords.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/redshirts-recommended-meta-fiction/
★★★★★
Neal Stephenson's "Seveneves" is one of those massive, crushing, momentous, century-spanning and era-defining hard sci-fi novels. It starts with the immortal line "The moon blew up without warning and for no apparent reason." Classic! It dives into a world plagued with…
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#BookReview #NetGalley #scalzi #SciFi
I've officially moved over here from @ellotheth@mastodon.technology (and everybody go follow @ashfurrow because he's been a super admin and generally great guy), so it's #introductions time again
I'm mostly a software engineer and #videogamer, with tangents to #cycling/#running, failing to learn #Norwegian, and otherwise wasting a perfectly good B.Mus in #violin performance. I was a #moonkin (SERVER FIRST ALGALON 10), and now I'm a magical space zombie (#destiny2) and sometimes a Viking zombie (#valheim). @pamela is awesome.
#gaming #gameing
#linux #vim #bash #git
#c #golang #php #mobx #reactjs
#weHappyFew #farLoneSails #outward #vampireSurvivors #vRising
#immigrant #expat #norway #norsk
#dogs #coffee #vo2max #gravelCycling #uciwwt #trainerRoad
#starwars (#DarkForces was one of my first video games, I read the 90s-era EU novels obsessively, Rey is not a marysue, #theLastJedi is flawed but I loved it and I will not fight you because I'm just so tired now)
#scifi #asimov #JackMcDevitt #NKJemisin #AnneLeckie #scalzi
#theWestWing #tww #hamilton #btvs
#feminism #transWomenAreWomen #christian