Richard Garfinkle
@rgarfinklesff.bsky.social
Writer and Computer Programmer. I write science fiction, fantasy, and popularizations / textbooks for science, math, and computer programming.
No AI.
He/Him They/Them
No AI.
He/Him They/Them
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We had McCoy.
We had Guns
We had phasers set to stun
But the stars we could trek
Were just starships we would wreck.
We had Guns
We had phasers set to stun
But the stars we could trek
Were just starships we would wreck.
December 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
We had McCoy.
We had Guns
We had phasers set to stun
But the stars we could trek
Were just starships we would wreck.
We had Guns
We had phasers set to stun
But the stars we could trek
Were just starships we would wreck.
We had McCoy.
We had Guns
We had phasers set to stun
But the stars we could trek
Were just starships we would wreck.
We had Guns
We had phasers set to stun
But the stars we could trek
Were just starships we would wreck.
December 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
We had McCoy.
We had Guns
We had phasers set to stun
But the stars we could trek
Were just starships we would wreck.
We had Guns
We had phasers set to stun
But the stars we could trek
Were just starships we would wreck.
Leia's theme song.
December 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Leia's theme song.
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Hah! Macho square-jawed militaristic guys in space need more easy listening theme songs.
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Hah! Macho square-jawed militaristic guys in space need more easy listening theme songs.
Hah! Macho square-jawed militaristic guys in space need more easy listening theme songs.
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Hah! Macho square-jawed militaristic guys in space need more easy listening theme songs.
My mother had a very similar reaction.
December 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
My mother had a very similar reaction.
Short answer: LLMs flatten toward the generic.
Long answer: Classical information theory and its role in the development of digital computers.
Medium answer: Advertising has never been anywhere near as competent as people expect it to be.
Long answer: Classical information theory and its role in the development of digital computers.
Medium answer: Advertising has never been anywhere near as competent as people expect it to be.
December 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Short answer: LLMs flatten toward the generic.
Long answer: Classical information theory and its role in the development of digital computers.
Medium answer: Advertising has never been anywhere near as competent as people expect it to be.
Long answer: Classical information theory and its role in the development of digital computers.
Medium answer: Advertising has never been anywhere near as competent as people expect it to be.
But it makes more sense. A cast dreidel is more likely to be a fair dreidel then a hand made clay dreidel.
December 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
But it makes more sense. A cast dreidel is more likely to be a fair dreidel then a hand made clay dreidel.
One of the ways I approach this is to examine tropes that are blatantly Christian in origin.
Power and success coming from belief is such a trope.
Redemption arcs are also Christian tropes.
The Ruler of the Land of the Dead is a tempting corrupter is a Christian trope.
Power and success coming from belief is such a trope.
Redemption arcs are also Christian tropes.
The Ruler of the Land of the Dead is a tempting corrupter is a Christian trope.
December 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
One of the ways I approach this is to examine tropes that are blatantly Christian in origin.
Power and success coming from belief is such a trope.
Redemption arcs are also Christian tropes.
The Ruler of the Land of the Dead is a tempting corrupter is a Christian trope.
Power and success coming from belief is such a trope.
Redemption arcs are also Christian tropes.
The Ruler of the Land of the Dead is a tempting corrupter is a Christian trope.
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And keyword searches favor known genres over harder to classify.
November 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
And keyword searches favor known genres over harder to classify.
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It is in some ways easier than when I started because the internet makes it possible to communicate directly (like this). It also makes self publishing and small presses a lot more viable then they used to be, but at the same time, it's a much larger universe of available titles.
November 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
It is in some ways easier than when I started because the internet makes it possible to communicate directly (like this). It also makes self publishing and small presses a lot more viable then they used to be, but at the same time, it's a much larger universe of available titles.
And keyword searches favor known genres over harder to classify.
November 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
And keyword searches favor known genres over harder to classify.
It is in some ways easier than when I started because the internet makes it possible to communicate directly (like this). It also makes self publishing and small presses a lot more viable then they used to be, but at the same time, it's a much larger universe of available titles.
November 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
It is in some ways easier than when I started because the internet makes it possible to communicate directly (like this). It also makes self publishing and small presses a lot more viable then they used to be, but at the same time, it's a much larger universe of available titles.
It did. It's my most well known book. And is generally classified with alternate history. I subtitled it A Novel of Alternate Science, but it has an alternate history embedded in it.
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It did. It's my most well known book. And is generally classified with alternate history. I subtitled it A Novel of Alternate Science, but it has an alternate history embedded in it.
Oh. I am stunned into relative silence.
November 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Oh. I am stunned into relative silence.
It's available on Amazon and it is explicitly related to the Myth of Eros and Psyche.
November 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It's available on Amazon and it is explicitly related to the Myth of Eros and Psyche.
Here's my first novel which came out around thirty years ago when pitches could be a lot longer.
www.amazon.com/Celestial-Ma...
www.amazon.com/Celestial-Ma...
Celestial Matters
Celestial Matters [Garfinkle, Richard] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Celestial Matters
www.amazon.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Here's my first novel which came out around thirty years ago when pitches could be a lot longer.
www.amazon.com/Celestial-Ma...
www.amazon.com/Celestial-Ma...
It's the story how she fell in love with love,The story of how love fell in love with her And the story of a great many other beings who sought to complicate what should have been a simple story But wasn't. /2
November 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
It's the story how she fell in love with love,The story of how love fell in love with her And the story of a great many other beings who sought to complicate what should have been a simple story But wasn't. /2
Here's my easiest to pitch book with its blurb.
www.amazon.com/Eros-Takes-B...
Eros Takes A Bow is a modern fantasy drawn from the Greek myth of Eros and Psyche. It is the story of Callie Bowen a divorced software engineer with a teenage daughter. /1
www.amazon.com/Eros-Takes-B...
Eros Takes A Bow is a modern fantasy drawn from the Greek myth of Eros and Psyche. It is the story of Callie Bowen a divorced software engineer with a teenage daughter. /1
Eros Takes A Bow
Eros Takes A Bow [Garfinkle, Richard] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Eros Takes A Bow
www.amazon.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Here's my easiest to pitch book with its blurb.
www.amazon.com/Eros-Takes-B...
Eros Takes A Bow is a modern fantasy drawn from the Greek myth of Eros and Psyche. It is the story of Callie Bowen a divorced software engineer with a teenage daughter. /1
www.amazon.com/Eros-Takes-B...
Eros Takes A Bow is a modern fantasy drawn from the Greek myth of Eros and Psyche. It is the story of Callie Bowen a divorced software engineer with a teenage daughter. /1
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Ironically, I've had an easier time getting interest in textbooks I write because they aren't expected to be simple. /2
November 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Ironically, I've had an easier time getting interest in textbooks I write because they aren't expected to be simple. /2