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ANNOUNCEMENT: Sky Full of Mysteries, by Rick R. Reed

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Sky Full of Mysteries

QSFer Rick R. Reed has a new MM sci fi book out: Although the main theme of Sky Full of Mysteries is enduring love, alien abduction is what the story turns on. Here, read about one of our love-struck heroes, Rory’s first encounter with the alien forces that will separate him from his new love some thirty years ago. What if your first love was abducted and presumed dead—but returned twenty years later? That’s the dilemma Cole Weston faces. Now happily married to Tommy D’Amico, he’s suddenly thrown into a surreal world when his first love, Rory Schneidmiller, unexpectedly reappears. … Read more

FOR WRITERS: Telling Queer Stories in Megastructures

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Jim Comer: Megastructures and where and how they belong in SF/F; where do we fit in? Dyson Spheres/Shells, Ringworlds, Topopoleis. Alderson disks etc. This group deals with QUILTBAG individuals, mostly of human-like species. CAN we tell an LGBT story in such a setting? Is there any point even to discussing LGBT issues when we’re constructing a shell AROUND A STAR? This is a legacy chat. Join the chat

COVER REVEAL: Beyond Meridian, by CC Bridges

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Beyond Meridian

QSFer CC Bridges is revealing the cover for her new MM sci fi book: Beyond Meridian. Captain Rick Raine thinks he’s just picking up a passenger and some cargo when he takes on Karl as a member of his crew. He didn’t sign up for battling privateers, the United Planetary Alliance, and his own heart. But everyone has secrets in space, even a naive kid who knows more than he should. Karl is on a mission, deep in the heart of enemy space. Sam saved him from a life of servitude and now it’s time to return the favor. For … Read more

REPORT: Earth Dangerously Close to the Tipping Point for a ‘Hothouse Earth’

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It’s the year 2300. Extreme weather events such as building-flattening hurricanes, years-long droughts and wildfires are so common that they no longer make headlines. The last groups of humans left near the sizzling equator pack their bags and move toward the now densely populated poles. This so-called “hothouse Earth,” where global temperatures will be 7 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit (4 to 5 degrees Celsius) higher than preindustrial temperatures and sea levels will be 33 to 200 feet (10 to 60 meters) higher than today, is hard to imagine — but easy to fall into, said a new perspective article published … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Digging Deeper, by Sadie Rose Bermingham & Bellora Quinn

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Digging Deeper

QSFers Sadie Rose Bermingham and Bellora Quinn have a new MM paranormal book out in their Elemental Evidence series: Digging Deeper. Unearthing the past brings them closer together…and to danger. A maniac is on the loose in London, drugging young women and assaulting them before burying them in shallow graves. When Inspector John Cordiline asks Jake Chivis for his unique assistance as a Fire Elemental with the Cemetery Rapist case, he feels he can hardly refuse. What begins as a simple job—trying to get memories from a suspect to aid conviction—soon takes a darker turn when one of the victims … Read more

SPACE: Is Terraforming Mars Impossible?

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Space X and Tesla founder Elon Musk has a vision for colonising Mars, based on a big rocket, nuclear explosions and an infrastructure to transport millions of people there. This was seen as highly ambitious but technically challenging in several ways. Planetary protection rules and the difficulties of terraforming (making the planet hospitable by, for example, warming it up) and dealing with the harsh radiation were quoted as severe obstacles. Undeterred, Musk took a first step towards his aim in February this year with the launch of a Tesla roadster car into an orbit travelling beyond Mars on the first … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: On Andross Station, by J.C. Long

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On Andross Station

QSFer J.C. Long has a new MM sci fi book out: On Andross Station. Hikaru Adachi has come to Andross Station to discover what happened to colleague and fellow Inquisitor Katya. Thane, a tracer, has arrived at the station seeking a bounty on Galen Horn, one of the Unity of Planets’ most wanted men. They will find their paths cross as their interests intersect, and soon they are on a hunt that is more dangerous than they know, for Horn has enlisted some dangerous allies, including one from Thane’s past. If Thane and Hikaru together can’t bring Horn down, he … Read more