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leebrontide · 1 year

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:sobs in near future scifi author:

#scifi #writeblr #writing #AI #writing scifi #near future scifi

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arsenatupin · 1 year

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Born from a writing prompt last year on Reddit

After boarding my ship for the new exploration program, I took the letter that my previous commander slipped me when he learned I was gonna take my first command and have some human crew with me. It seemed strange, but boarding was done, we were on the way and outside routine reports, I had nothing else to do.

„Dear Sterpiin,

Congratulations on passing the command examination and lending your first exploration vessel. I learned you were assigned to sector 235B and you had some human crew on board. Read carefully my letter as its content means survival of your crew and success of your mission.

You see, the humans had this custom when they were still exploiting minerals on their home planet. They were bringing a yellow flying pet with them underground and if it died, it means danger and the humans were running away from that place.

Now what I’m trying to say is this: if you land on a planet, all your instruments say the atmosphere is breathable and you don’t detect any dangerous wildlife, turn to your nearest human crew member and ask them what they think of this new planet you just landed. This human is your flying pet. If it tells you, that it ressembles any part of their home planet, you put a gag-order on the ship and don’t let anyone set a single step outside.

I was on one of the first explorations with humans in year 2,523 A.S. We landed on a planet full with dense vegetation and some insectoid form of life. The human said it reminded him of a place called Amazonia on his planet. After 3 cerelan hours, we had two crew members dead after being bitten by a 8-legged horror not bigger than a plate, and some small 6-legged entities invaded the ship by thousands. Those were the worst, they dilapidated our provisions, cut cables and melt several of our Xeraus friends with some acid in their buttocks. We lost 10% of the crew before running away, 25% more due to deficiency of survival systems in the following weeks and the rest barely made it home due to food rationing. When we asked the human about it, he said that they had the same kind of bio-hazard on their planet and as they used to see those all the time, he didn’t think there would have been any issue.

Remember it well, what humans consider home is a lethal environnement for most of us and our allies. They don’t mean to downplay the dangers, they just don’t see them, they are numb and quite immune themselves.

Your human crew is your flying pet for minerals adapted to space travel. If they say that the planet you landed reminds them of any place on their planet, DON’T EXPLORE!

Wishing you safe travel out there!

PS: be careful of any pet native from their home planet that they bring onboard. Some are obedient to them, but others just ignore all instructions and knock things all over the place

Sincerely yours,

Commander Fhiljan”

I put down the letter and thought pensively... I should ask a human for the name of this yellow flying pet, that could be useful.

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First time writing a prompt, advice welcomed (written on mobile sorry for formatting)

#humans are space orcs #writing prompt #writing scifi

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novlr · 7 months

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rew0205 · 1 month

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talefoundryshow · 2 months

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NOW ON NEBULA!

We certainly wouldn’t want to be stuck like this guy for eternity… or to experience any of the other torments featured in today’s video!

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ipsogender · 9 months

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Alternative language for biology of sex without using "hermaphrodite"

So, you're worldbuilding a scifi alien species or a fantasy race that can reproduce as both male and female. Or you're a biologist or science educator. And you want what you're writing/making to be inclusive to intersex people.

The term hermaphrodite in biology refers to species that can reproduce as both male or female. The problem is it's also a slur when used against intersex people (it's also incorrect - we're not hermaphrodites). I recently polled other intersex folks informally and a plurality were fine with the h-word being used with the correct meaning in appropriate contexts. But the qualitative feedback I got was, all things equal, most people who wrote to me said they'd just be happier seeing the term less.

So here is a glossary of words you can use to talk about the biology of sex without invoking the h-word:

Gonochoric species where individuals (typically) reproduce only as either male or female. This means the species produces two types of gametes that have different sizes, and conventionally the larger is female. Gono- for generation/reproduction and -choric for separated/distinct. Note that "non-gonochoric" includes both hermaphroditic species and those that can reproduce asexually (e.g. parthenogenesis).

Gonosyne: species where individuals (typically) can reproduce as both male or female. Gono- for generation/reproduction and syne for together/combined. This is a term I have coined to be an alternative to hermaphrodite.

Types of gonosyny: it's common to categorize different forms of gonosyny based on temporality and how many gonads an individual has.

Grouping by Temporality:

Cosex: species where individuals can reproduce as both male and female simultaneously. Alternative terms: cosexual, simultaneous hermaphrodism. For example: land snails/slugs typically mate by linking up both pairs of genitals.

Dichosex: gonosynic species where individuals reproduce as male and female at different times in their lives. Protandrous species start as male then switch to female; protogynous start female then switch to male. Some species cycle between the two (serial/bidirectional hermaphrodism/disexuality). Alternative terms: dichosexual, dichogamous, sequential hermaphrodism. I coined this one after feedback that "dichogamous" was not intuitive to non-botanists, keeping dicho- (in two parts/paired) for simplicity. Example animal: clownfish (the Finding Nemo fish).

Grouping by Gonads:

Digonic: species that can reproduce as both male and female because they have separate male and female gonads. Digony can be cosex or dichosex. In botany the term monoecious is used for flowering plants. For example: barnacles have their ovaries in the base of their body, and testes in the back of their head.

Syngonic: species that can reproduce as both male and female, because their gonads can produce both male and female gametes. Alternative terms: syncoecious, monoclinous, ambisexual. (Note ambisexual has other meanings.) Syngony can be cosex or dichosex. In dichosexual species the gonad changes which gametes it produces when the individual changes sex. For example: land slugs have a single gonad (ovotestis).

Together this makes four categories. Examples come from: Sex change in plants and animals: a unified perspective.

Syngonic cosexual. Simultaneous gonosyny within the same flower/gonad. Examples: Black-jack daisy, Lady of the Night cactus; mangrove killifish, stubby-root nematode.

Syngonic dichosexual. Non-simultaneous gonosyny within the same flower/gonad. Examples: Bromelia chrysantha, grape ivy; California sheephead fish, common limpet.

Digonic cosexual. Simultaneous gonosyny from different flowers/gonads. Examples: bitter melon, jaraguá grass; barnacles, flatworms.

Digonic dichosexual. Non-simultaneous gonosyny from different flowers/gonads. Examples: papaya, catsfoot; staghorn coral, earthworm.

Hope this is helpful! I have two little notes I want to add on: Note on "non-gonochoric": it's possible this could also include isogamous speries? There's some ambiguity in use. Isogamy refers to sexual reproduction where you don't have two different sized gametes - instead it's two identically sized gametes that are getting combined. This is the standard amongst unicellular eukaryotes and very common in fungi.

Note on ambisexual: this is the term that Ursula K LeGuin used for the dichosexual aliens in the Left Hand of Darkness. The term in biology these days refers to undifferentiated (immature) tissue that has yet to develop into a given sex - e.g. a human embryo has ambisexual gonads until sexual differentiation later on in development. The term ambisexual has a ton of other meanings in other contexts such as a sexual orientation. For this reason I'd personally avoid it.

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worldanvil · 7 months

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Journey with us into the cosmos of sci-fi worldbuilding! Unlock the secrets of crafting otherworldly landscapes, species, and technologies that will leave your readers and players spellbound.

#scifi #worldbuilding #world building #sci fi worldbuilding #writing scifi #science fiction #space opera

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thetownsendsw · 6 months

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NaNoWriMo 2023, in which I’ll be working on a sci-fi project begins…now!

#writing scifi #am writing #nanowrimo

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digital-chance · 10 months

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WIP: Nova Futurum

an intro to my current story and brainrot.

overview

status // planning

genres // romance, slice of life, cyberpunk, dystopian, action

target length // novel

setting // tbc, late 2040 maybe

rating + content warnings // various, mostly wip. most likely swearing.

tropes + themes // found family , queer characters , poc characters , mafia shenanigans , friends to lovers , soulmates , gang shenanigans , wip

inspo // cyberpunk 2077 , akira , the last of us , the song of achilles (madeline miller) , heartstopper (alice oseman) , mystery flesh pit national park

synopsis

wip

characters

main character: rowan reyes (they/them) is a punk by the alias of GH0$T who hacks/cracks into databases of corrupt corporations. they are a thoughtful person and tends to be reserved around people they don't know. [MORE]

wip

will be updated when i have more things sorted out :)

tag list // @dru-reads-writeblr @another-white-hole @outpost51 @zeenimf

#writeblr #writeblr intro #wip #wip intro #current wip #cyberpunk #work in progress #cyberpunk writing #writing scifi #writerscommunity #queer author #queer writing #nonbinary mc #lgbtq+ romance #intro post

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the13thmonth · 9 months

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So…You Want to Write Sci-Fi?

When you think of science fiction, what do you think of ?

This post is a way to branch out and see what ideas would form that are not primarily space-related, alien-related, evil corporations or apocalyptic.

This is a short list of “What If?” science fiction prompts.

Feel free to use :)

MIND CONTROL

What if you willingly brainwashed yourself, to enjoy the convenience of society?

What if your suppressed memories resurfaced, and you were labeled “defective” ?

What if everybody in society had a mind implant that could fabricate and erase each other’s memories?

What if the government could control you by changing the frequencies of sound? Music, radios, alarms etc.

What if you split your memories with a clone version of you?

FUTURISTIC WORLD/ CYBERPUNK

What if you lived in an machine graveyard of old technology?

What if everything went digital? Everything around you was simulated?

What if “real” food didn’t exist anymore and you had to eat plant paste from pouches?

What if you could live forever by transferring your mind to different bodies?

What if you were at the beginning stages of the New World Order? Everything you ever knew about your world was changing, for the better or worse.

MISCELLANEOUS

What if built your own robot army?

#writeblr #writing prompts #scifi #writing ideas #writing #worldbuilding #the13thmonth #mind control #cyberpunk #writing tips #writing advice #writing scifi #writers on tumblr #story prompts #prompt list

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leebrontide · 10 months

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Writeblr re-intro!

I'm just gonna make these periodically so that new people joining the community might see it.

Hi, I'm Lee Brontide (any pronouns but "it"). I'm queer, middle aged, midwestern (in the US), and have a variety of disabilities. I'm also a therapist, but I'm pretty specific in how I allow that to show up in online spaces. (please don't ask for therapy in my DMs).

I have a once a month newsletter called Shed Letters.

I'm on tumblr to dink around, meet other writers, find readers, share my animation attempts, and show off my cats.

I read pretty much anything scifi or fantasy, but am especially interested in finding more scifi writeblrs. Especially YA scifi writers. There must be others, right?

My work is about

queerness

trauma

medical trauma especially

disability

interpersonal dynamics

systems/power

disaster teens trying really hard

And taking genre conventions far too seriously

I've got one book out now called Secondhand Origin Stories, which is character-driven, low-neon, near-future cyberpunk scifi with a superhero twist. My WIP, Names in Their Blood, is in edits now and will be going to beta reading soon!

Which means I'm also going to get to work on the as yet untitled novella that goes between book 1 and book 2 in the series soon. It's from the point of view of an AI building management/security system/medical information database, who decides that they want a more portable body so they can follow their family on the next family trip, and explores the process of choosing a new physical form.

I am ask and tag game friendly, and for now at least, my DMs are open! But I work on a major delay because life.

I'm looking for writeblrs who write any or all of:

queer stuff

character driven scifi

psychological exploration

found family

messy family

YA or NA

Things that remind me of: DS9, tlt, murderbot, Leverage, The Disasters, or AtLA

Let me know if that's you!

#writeblr #writeblr intros #writeblr reintro #writing #writing scifi #scifi writing #second sentinels #superheros #scifibooks

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the960writers · 1 year

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Science in Sience Fiction: Radiation

The Expert: Sifa Poulton

The heroes enter the room and an irregular click click clicking noise can be heard. The frequency of the clicks increases as they slowly advance. That is the sound of a Geiger-Müller counter, ubiquitous in media and labs as a way of detecting ionizing radiation.

Ionizing radiation isn’t just present in the labs of villains, though. It constantly arrives on Earth from the sun and the rest of the universe as cosmic rays, radiates from rocks in the ground, and can be deliberately created in accelerators. Some of its many uses include medical imaging, cancer treatment, inspecting manufactured goods, and determining the age of historic objects.

The Expert: Steven Fritz

Radiation is widely misunderstood in both science fiction and popular culture. The word is used to refer to radiation emanating from many things that have little in common: power lines, cell phones, microwave ovens, UV lights, X-ray machines, radioactive isotopes, and nuclear reactors among others to name a few. But the real hazard in space comes from specific types of ionizing radiation. Ionizing radiation, as the name implies, is radiation with enough energy to ionize atoms as it passes through material.

#science fiction #writing scifi #radiation #radioactivity #Dan Koboldt

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authorbettyadams · 1 year

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If a human is deliberately ingesting a non-fatal toxin it can be dangerous to interfere.

HAW Books

Amazon

“I Said I Liked it” Animatic

youtube

Barnes & Nobel

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Humans+are+Weird

Powell’s

https://www.powells.com/book/humans-are-weird-9798588913683?partnerid=32322

Kobo by Rakuten

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Humans+are+Weird

Google Play Books

Signed First Edition Copy!

#SciFi #ShortStory #HumansAreSpaceOrcs #EarthisSpaceAustralia #HFY

#science fiction #scifi #writing scifi #dying embers #humans are weird #earth is space australia #humans are space orcs #hfy #book #scifiart #art #sci fi oc #scifibooks #sci fi art #Youtube

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novlr · 10 months

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Writers have tons of creative ideas, but most of us aren’t scientists. So, how do we make sure that we get the science right in our fiction?

Even if you write speculative fiction or fantasy stories, there’s still some thought that must go into making sure there’s an internal logic to your worldbuilding. A sense of cause and effect. Readers get lost if they can’t easily follow or make sense of your big ideas, but this is especially important when discussing real-world science, and how it might affect our future, or manifest on other worlds.

In the Reading Room today, you'll find a list of books that are perfect for science-fiction and worldbuilding research, to keep you grounded, and give you a great basis for building out sci-fi, fantasy, and future worlds.

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rew0205 · 1 month

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#digital art #artwork #drawing #illustration #cyberpunk art #cyberpunk 2077 #cyborg #cybersecurity #cybercore #cybernetics #cyberpunk #cyberpunk aesthetic #futuristic #writing scifi #scifiart #scifi #science fiction #sci fi art

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talefoundryshow · 3 months

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NEW VIDEO!

In a future free from all evils, what’s left for us to do? According to a certain creator, we play ball. Game on!

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