FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: What are your favorite spec fic tales (queer or otherwise) featuring humankind’s best friend? Writers, write any? Writers: This is a reader & writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: Let’s talk fluff – literally. What are your fave spec fic books featuring pets – specifically cats and dogs, and why? Links please. Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Amy Mills: What are your favorite uses of non-anthropomorphic animals in spec fic (and no, we’re NOT talking bestiality)? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Marie Brown: How do you deal with your pets demanding attention while you write? Have you ever had cat-on-keyboard incidents that screw up your work? Has your dog ever eaten your favorite red pen and dyed his face red? A curious pet owner, currently straining to see the monitor around a cat, wants to know. Join the chat
A trailer for an upcoming Sims expansion featured an adorable gay wedding – with a doggy bridesmaid.,EA released a trailer this week for Cats & Dogs, the upcoming expansion to popular life simulator The Sims 4. The trailer then jumps forward to the same two pets as bridesmaids at a wedding, as their two owners tie the knot. The crowd cheers as the two men kiss, while a dog in a tuxedo is also seen barking. Players have been able to hold gay weddings on The Sims games for more than a decade, but it’s possibly the first time they … Read more
Okay, so yesterday at QSF got a bit hairy. We had our planned discussion topics, and then a friend and QSFer innocently posted his thoughts on the whole JK Rowling thing, and the plaxce went a bit nuts. I am proud of y’all that you managed to keep things pretty civil, even when tempers ran a bit hot. It’s one of my favorite things about this group. But now it’s time for a breather. I promised you puppies and kittens, and I hate to go back on my word. So here it goes! Pets have been a fixture in sci … Read more