Clearly some Grand Masters of Science Fiction did not get punched enough
Story I've told on the other site: 1980 WorldCon. I'm 15, huge fan of Asimov, meet him walking down a corridor with a group. He's affable, friendly, answers my silly q, and then when a young woman approaches him he grabs her by the shoulders and sticks his tongue down her throat. I got queasy.
February 5, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Clearly some Grand Masters of Science Fiction did not get punched enough
Yup. This is also why I get annoyed when people start suggesting "golden age" science fiction titles to people who are new the genre and are asking for suggestions. You want to turn a modern 15-year-old off science fiction forever, recommend stories that were old when her grandparents were her age.
When people ask how to get into GA SF I always say that the right way is via some of those fat "Best Of" short fiction collections
February 5, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Yup. This is also why I get annoyed when people start suggesting "golden age" science fiction titles to people who are new the genre and are asking for suggestions. You want to turn a modern 15-year-old off science fiction forever, recommend stories that were old when her grandparents were her age.
if you can't accept that great authors were creeps and weirdos you simply can't be a fan of science fiction
To everyone just now finding out Isaac Asimov was rather famously a sex pest: He's been gone 34 years now, you can handle this truth, I believe in you
February 6, 2026 at 1:08 AM
if you can't accept that great authors were creeps and weirdos you simply can't be a fan of science fiction
Ooh, just saw “without Asimov there would be no science fiction,” and no, you stale crouton, you waterlogged saltine, without Mary Shelley—harassed by her husband and Lord Byron—there would be no science fiction.
You’re confusing fandom for canon.
You’re confusing fandom for canon.
February 5, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Ooh, just saw “without Asimov there would be no science fiction,” and no, you stale crouton, you waterlogged saltine, without Mary Shelley—harassed by her husband and Lord Byron—there would be no science fiction.
You’re confusing fandom for canon.
You’re confusing fandom for canon.
Fiction is escapism to me... I am escaping straight people.
February 6, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Fiction is escapism to me... I am escaping straight people.
Lots of debate about what the proper gateway text to science fiction is, so I'm dropping the answer below
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/bhat...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/bhat...
Bhatia, P.I. - Lightspeed Magazine
It’s a few minutes before seven on a cold October evening and I’m just reaching into the bottom drawer of my desk for the Old Monk and my well-thumbed copy of The Big Sleep when I hear footsteps hurry...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Lots of debate about what the proper gateway text to science fiction is, so I'm dropping the answer below
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/bhat...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/bhat...
libs are writing fan fiction about cops fighting against ICE agents like are you truly that fucking stupid
February 7, 2026 at 5:33 PM
libs are writing fan fiction about cops fighting against ICE agents like are you truly that fucking stupid
Isaac Asimov was a founder of modern science fiction. His work and ideas inform almost everything.
He was also a serial sexual harasser, something confirmed by multiple first-person accountings from members of East Coast fandom.
He was also a serial sexual harasser, something confirmed by multiple first-person accountings from members of East Coast fandom.
February 5, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Isaac Asimov was a founder of modern science fiction. His work and ideas inform almost everything.
He was also a serial sexual harasser, something confirmed by multiple first-person accountings from members of East Coast fandom.
He was also a serial sexual harasser, something confirmed by multiple first-person accountings from members of East Coast fandom.
Warp Engines have just left the world of science fiction to enter the realm of physics.
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Warp Drive Could Become a Reality • CuriouStuff
Warp Engines have just left the world of science fiction to enter the realm of physics.
curioustuff.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Warp Engines have just left the world of science fiction to enter the realm of physics.
curioustuff.com/warp-drive-c...
#aliens #ancientaliens #ancientastronauts #ancienthistory #UFOs #ufosightings #UAPs #Ufology #ufolovers #extraterrestrials #mysteries
curioustuff.com/warp-drive-c...
#aliens #ancientaliens #ancientastronauts #ancienthistory #UFOs #ufosightings #UAPs #Ufology #ufolovers #extraterrestrials #mysteries
too much of fiction is dedicated to trying to convince everyone that being a immortal vampire with a huge rack would be sad actually
February 4, 2026 at 10:47 PM
too much of fiction is dedicated to trying to convince everyone that being a immortal vampire with a huge rack would be sad actually
I’ve always thought fantasy is more contiguous with historical fiction than with science fiction.
February 6, 2026 at 1:06 AM
I’ve always thought fantasy is more contiguous with historical fiction than with science fiction.
This is complete, self-serving fiction. The Trump-Epstein friendship didn't end over raping young girls. That is *why* it existed in the first place. It ended over, more predictably, money. Donald outbid Epstein on property Epstein had told Donald he was interested in. Epstein never forgave Trump.
February 6, 2026 at 7:41 PM
This is complete, self-serving fiction. The Trump-Epstein friendship didn't end over raping young girls. That is *why* it existed in the first place. It ended over, more predictably, money. Donald outbid Epstein on property Epstein had told Donald he was interested in. Epstein never forgave Trump.
Friends, what if there was a job where you got to be annoying, extremely online, make terrible "art", and help save lives?
No, it's not fiction. It's real.
No, it's not fiction. It's real.
February 5, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Friends, what if there was a job where you got to be annoying, extremely online, make terrible "art", and help save lives?
No, it's not fiction. It's real.
No, it's not fiction. It's real.
L'état de droit aux USA est devenu une fiction, épisode 5472.
NYT confirming MS NOW reporting:
Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:40 PM
L'état de droit aux USA est devenu une fiction, épisode 5472.
Also, being clear: Tolkien and Lewis did not think of themselves as fantasy writers. To them, they were expanding literary fiction, and fiction publishers responded by creating a genre full of men reproducing patriarchal shit.
If you want to argue for Tolkien/Lewis, sure, whatever.
Invented? Nah. They were just the ones who made other men take it “seriously”.
Invented? Nah. They were just the ones who made other men take it “seriously”.
February 7, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Also, being clear: Tolkien and Lewis did not think of themselves as fantasy writers. To them, they were expanding literary fiction, and fiction publishers responded by creating a genre full of men reproducing patriarchal shit.
When people ask how to get into GA SF I always say that the right way is via some of those fat "Best Of" short fiction collections
February 5, 2026 at 11:16 PM
When people ask how to get into GA SF I always say that the right way is via some of those fat "Best Of" short fiction collections
One million percent this.
But try finding examples in fiction.
But try finding examples in fiction.
One of the reasons I so greatly dislike the “can men and women be friends?” nonsense (yes, full stop, shut up) is that it casts suspicion on people with opposite-sex friends instead of where it more often belongs: on people with no opposite-sex friends.
Anyway, yeah. The overwhelming impression one gets from so many of these emails is that a lot of them are guys who have never had a real, serious friendship with a woman in their lives.
Which sucks for them, but also sucks for every woman who has to deal with them, ever.
Which sucks for them, but also sucks for every woman who has to deal with them, ever.
February 7, 2026 at 8:25 AM
One million percent this.
But try finding examples in fiction.
But try finding examples in fiction.
I once saw a skeet that was like "I love worldbuilding fiction because creative ppl will literally build whole imaginary societies just to talk about their fetishes and hyperfixations, it's all a huge self-report" And
If a skeet could stab you in the heart, man
If a skeet could stab you in the heart, man
February 8, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I once saw a skeet that was like "I love worldbuilding fiction because creative ppl will literally build whole imaginary societies just to talk about their fetishes and hyperfixations, it's all a huge self-report" And
If a skeet could stab you in the heart, man
If a skeet could stab you in the heart, man
I will note there is a section about discussing during session zero how much in-fiction sex your table is comfortable with. In any game that isnt this one, id applaud this endeavor. What are we even doing here.
February 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
I will note there is a section about discussing during session zero how much in-fiction sex your table is comfortable with. In any game that isnt this one, id applaud this endeavor. What are we even doing here.
The media you consume, the games you play, are not your morals. You enjoy playing CoD but hate the militarization of everything? Everyone needs to blow off some steam.
You hate gun culture but love gun drops in Borderlands? That's just gambling babyyyyyyyyyy
fiction is fiction and that's that
You hate gun culture but love gun drops in Borderlands? That's just gambling babyyyyyyyyyy
fiction is fiction and that's that
February 7, 2026 at 6:48 PM
The media you consume, the games you play, are not your morals. You enjoy playing CoD but hate the militarization of everything? Everyone needs to blow off some steam.
You hate gun culture but love gun drops in Borderlands? That's just gambling babyyyyyyyyyy
fiction is fiction and that's that
You hate gun culture but love gun drops in Borderlands? That's just gambling babyyyyyyyyyy
fiction is fiction and that's that
Seriously, if you love genre fiction and/or queerness, you are obligated to watch this video
If you've already seen it, WATCH IT AGAIN
If you've already seen it, WATCH IT AGAIN
Watching the "Genghis Khan" video for anxiety relief upon waking
Miike Snow - Genghis Khan (Official Video)
YouTube video by Miike Snow
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Seriously, if you love genre fiction and/or queerness, you are obligated to watch this video
If you've already seen it, WATCH IT AGAIN
If you've already seen it, WATCH IT AGAIN
Also, it's a novel. Fiction. A story. Heathcliff can be anyone you like.
Allow me to complicate this on a couple of fronts. Firstly, Heathcliff’s background is ambiguous. Various characters in the book conjecture that he’s Romani, Indian, Chinese, American, or Spanish. Literary Terry Eagleton postulates him as a symbolic representation of the Irish..1/x
Also (and I know zero people follow me for Facts About C19th Novels, but anyway) it is quite evident from the novel that Heathcliff is probably Romani, so v odd to see self-righteous comments in my TL from people dismissing concerns about the casting
www.ourmigrationstory.org.uk/oms/romani-g...
www.ourmigrationstory.org.uk/oms/romani-g...
February 8, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Also, it's a novel. Fiction. A story. Heathcliff can be anyone you like.