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ToddZ Ⓥ

Today's three good things:

1.) Successfully hack-fixed my drooping pneumatic office chair with a $5 hunk of PVC.

2.) The first episode of The Studio (Apple TV+) is pretty great. I hadn't read the cast list so it was full of surprises.

3.) Several interesting posts at #TASAT that added books to my reading list.

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#TASAT outreach: in a post still seeking answers, a member asks:

> Cory Doctorow recently wrote, “science fiction is not a topic, it is an approach”. This was in his review of the recent Neal Stephenson novel, Polostan, which contains no fantastic elements at all, but which is written in the style of a science fiction novel.

> ...I am sure that there are many classic works of fiction which are technically not science fiction, space opera, or fantasy, but which are structurally and narratively similar to science fiction.

> ...for an intellectual reader who is looking to broaden their literary diet beyond science fiction, what books would you recommend?

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See the full post and share any suggestions at TASAT (There's A Story About That!) :

forum.tasat.org/t/non-sf-ficti

TASAT Forum · Non-SF Fiction for SF Fans?Cory Doctorow recently wrote, “science fiction is not a topic, it is an approach”. This was in his review of the recent Neal Stephenson novel, Polostan, which contains no fantastic elements at all, but which is written in the style of a science fiction novel. However, this is not a new phenomena - I am sure that there are many classic works of fiction which are technically not science fiction, space opera, or fantasy, but which are structurally and narratively similar to science fiction. An ex...
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ToddZ Ⓥ

@nicksherman My ongoing Thing is #TASAT ("There's A Story About That!"), an initiative from scientist and #scifi author @davidbrin

It's meant to deliver weighty, timely questions to a network of #sciencefiction fans who can cite books/stories/films exploring possible outcomes of similar situations. (We also encourage general sci-fi discussion, reviews, etc.)

My role in the project has been to create a landing page and set up, maintain, and administer a self-hosted #Discourse forum. It's been a great experience:

tasat.org/

TASAT - There's A Story About That!TASAT - There's A Story About That!Launch alert! David Brin and the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination at UC San Diego are bringing to life a resource leveraging visionary science fiction to help solve real-world problems.
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