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Years are arbitrary lines, but they help.
First new short fiction from PA Cornell on Frivolous! Also a round up on Writing Excuses podcast, vaccinated bees, and our take on using rituals in worldbuilding.…
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Deadly VR, More Radch Space, & Questions about emotions
Ars Technica article on a gaming VR that can kill the gamer; more stories in Ann Leckie's Imperial Radch universe; Tochi Onyebuchi's post on emotional evolution throughout history…
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Path to villainy, writer tools for the driven, a rich story by Lavie Tidhar
Path to villainhood; writer tools; the military using science fiction; and new book by Neom by Lavie Tidhar.…
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We're back! Check out a show, samurais, and a thought on AI and Machine Learning
Fellow Frivolous!
You've all been incredibly patient. It's been several week since we posted anything and we should explain why.…
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Winners, Horseshoe Crabs, & Spacefaring details
Morning Fellow Frivolous!
One thing to note before the topics of the day. I had a wonderful conversation with the…
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Past futures; living with megastructures; and nostalgia
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin and the Paratwa Saga by Christopher Hinz; Orbital indie movie by Hashem Al-Ghaili; and a shout out to TimeMachiner.io…
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Help with writing; short fiction by Aun-Juli; and Ignition
Helping writers with mental models and crafting their first page; The Grief Portal by Aun-Juli Riddle; and Nuclear Fusion.…
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PODCAST! & JWST Space Images, Reading Broadly, and Midnight Diner
Our first podcast lands on Friday July 15 - my conversation with Shingai Njeri Kagunda; James Webb Space Telescope images; reading more broadly, a cozy show in Midnight Diner on Netflix.…
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Fellowships, Stories in Context, & Punctuating Dialogue
Suyi Davies Okungbowa's inaugural Fellowship awards; how to write dialogue; and why fiction and stories matter.…
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Super short stories, massive bacteria, Cixin Liu coming to Netflix
Meditative short stories by Yoon Ha Lee; Netflix & ChineseThree-Body Problem Adaptations; Thiomargarita Magnifica - the magnificent bacterium…
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Glass Magic, Pride SFF Films, & a Kickstarter
Pride month films from DUST Films; In the Shadow of Lightning by Brian McClellan; and Strange Horizon's Kickstarter…