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Coming Soon – Mind-Controlled Weapons?

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DARPA, the Department of Defense’s research arm, is paying scientists to invent ways to instantly read soldiers’ minds using tools like genetic engineering of the human brain, nanotechnology and infrared beams. The end goal? Thought-controlled weapons, like swarms of drones that someone sends to the skies with a single thought or the ability to beam images from one brain to another. This week, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) announced that six teams will receive funding under the Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology (N3) program. Participants are tasked with developing technology that will provide a two-way channel for rapid and seamless communication … Read more

REVIEW: Waking the Dreamer, by K. Aten

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Title: Walking the DreamerAuthor: K. AtenGenre: Action Adventure, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Romance, DystopianLGBTQ+ Category: LesbianPublisher: Regal CrestPages: 311Reviewer: M.A. Get It On Amazon About The Book By the end of the 21st century, the world had become a harsh place. After decades of natural and man-made catastrophes, nations fell, populations shifted, and seventy percent of the continents became uninhabitable without protective suits. Technological advancement strode forward faster than ever and it was the only thing that kept human society steady through it all. No one could have predicted the discovery of the Dream Walkers. They were people born with the … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Best Game Ever, by R.R. Angell

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QSFer RR Angell has a new queer sci fi book out: Best Game Ever. It is springtime at Bolin College and death is in the air.The Virtual Campus Challenge demo is one week away. To make matters worse, Robby hasn’t had a boyfriend since freshman year and his gender-fluid friend is making that all too clear. When Robby and his team uncover a link between suicides and virtual reality games, Virtuella, SaikoVR’s AI game engine, fights back. Can Robby and his friends defeat Virtuella, save the world, and find love in the BEST GAME EVER? “The Best Game Ever is … Read more

FOR WRITERS: Queer as a Canary

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Olivia Wylie: It seems like the ‘queer character as canary’ trope is rife in sci-fi. From the Handmaid’s Tale to V for Vendetta, killing queer characters is used as a indicator that Something Is Very Wrong In This World. How do you feel about this? What stories buck the trend and show queer characters as warriors, strategists or generally getting some agency in SF/dystopian settings? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as … Read more

Zombie Science: Bringing People Back From the Dead?

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There are few things in life more permanent and guaranteed than death. Yet, that doesn’t stop us from imagining what life would be like if death was only temporary. In AMC’s “Fear the Walking Dead,” returning Sunday, June 2, at 9 p.m. EDT/8 p.m. CDT, reanimated human corpses roam the world, having avoided the permanent stillness of death only to devour the living. Now, we know zombies aren’t real, but reanimated corpses aren’t exactly a figment of the imagination. Scientists have been attempting to restore life to the dead for hundreds of years. In the 1800s, physicist Giovanni Aldini became … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Purple Haze, by Kelly Jensen

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QSFer Kelly Jensen has a new MM sci fi book out in the Aliens in new York series: Purple Haze. Six months have passed since Dillon and Lang crashed into each other on a crowded street in New York City, changing the course of their lives. Now they’re living together as a couple, happy, in love, but not quite ready to say the words out loud.Dillon is about to embark on a new adventure-opening a private art school housed in the brownstone left to him by his father. Lang… Lang is becoming ever more aware of the futility of his … Read more

FOR READERS & WRITERS: Last Time in This Series

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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: Saw this on Twitter “Why is it that TV producers don’t expect us to remember what happened last week without “Previously on” reminders, and yet book publishers expect us to remember the details of a story for a whole year or more? “. So I got to thinking there are a lot of readers who don’t do de reads. Do you think that books in a series should have a recap page/s at the beginning that the reader can skip if wanted? And to the readers-would you read … Read more

REVIEW: Azaran, by Jacki james

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Title: AzaranSeries: The Brotherhood of Ormarr (books 2-4 releasing this month)Author: Jacki JamesGenre: Paranormal/FantasyLGBTQ+ Category: GayPublisher: SelfPages: 139Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Azaran~I was born a dragon rider. A member of the Brotherhood of Ormarr, son of Cadmar, and the eldest of four sons. I was raised to defend the innocent and protect the secret of the dragons, but when I was eighteen, my parents were brutally murdered and the training and care of my brothers fell to me. My entire adult life has been spent helping my brothers grow into the strong, brave dragon riders … Read more

Let’s Move the Earth

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In the Chinese science fiction film The Wandering Earth, recently released on Netflix, humanity attempts to change the Earth’s orbit using enormous thrusters in order to escape the expanding sun — and prevent a collision with Jupiter. The scenario may one day come true. In five billion years, the sun will run out of fuel and expand, most likely engulfing the Earth. A more immediate threat is a global warming apocalypse. Moving the Earth to a wider orbit could be a solution — and it is possible in theory. But how could we go about it and what are the … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Life Siphon, by Kathryn Sommerlot

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Kathryn Sommerlot has a new queer fantasy book out: The Life Siphon. A magical energy drain is siphoning life from the land and leaving a twisted, decaying wasteland in its wake. Safely isolated in his forest home, Tatsu wants nothing to do with the drain or the other citizens in the kingdom of Chayd. The only people he cares about are his childhood friend and her strangely prophetic sister, but there’s no avoiding the threat once Tatsu is arrested and taken to the capital. The Queen of Chayd offers Tatsu his freedom—but only in exchange for sneaking into the neighboring … Read more