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Is Earth Headed for Another Supercontinent?

January 3, 2021 by scott

Supercontinents — giant landmasses made up of multiple continents — could emerge again on Earth 200 million years from now, and where they form on the globe could drastically affect our planet’s climate. Scientists recently modeled this “deep future” view of Earth with a supercontinent makeover, presenting their findings Dec. 8 at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), held online this year. They explored two scenarios: In the first, around 200 million years in the future, nearly all continents push into the Northern Hemisphere, with Antarctica left all alone in the Southern Hemisphere; in the second scenario, … Read more

FOR WRITERS: Future Addictions

November 26, 2020 by scott

FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: How will people get high in the future? Authors, share your stories about future addiction – the drugs, the methods, the effects, and the ramifications. 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 part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

FOR WRITERS: Solarpunk

November 25, 2020 by scott

FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Scott: As the world tries to transition off of carbon-based power, solar will become an important part of the mix. Writers, have you written solarpunk – sci fi involving a solar-powered future? 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 part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABVMeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

What Happens After the Sun Dies?

November 11, 2020 by scott

Our sun’s death is a long way off — about 4.5 billion years, give or take — but someday it’s going to happen, and what then for our solar system? The trouble begins before the death proper: The first thing we have to contend with is the elderly sun itself. As the fusion of hydrogen continues inside the sun, the result of that reaction — helium — builds up in the core. With all the waste product hanging around, it gets harder for the sun to do its fusion dance. But the inward crushing weight of the sun’s atmosphere doesn’t … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Tethered Pair, by Elizabeth Noble

February 15, 2020 by scott

QSFer Elizabeth Noble has a new mm gay futuristic romance out, book five in her Sentries series: “Tethered Pair.” Wars are fought on many fronts. A battle is raging across New Colorado Protectorate with both human and demonic players. Todd and Nick Ruger are sentries with an arsenal of talents and training to combat threats from a variety of enemies. Todd and Nick are given a mission to find and stop weapons smugglers by going undercover on the riverboat, Annabelle. These aren’t typical arms dealers, they’re demons and they’re not afraid of a pair of sentries. The Rugers will have … Read more

WELCOME TO THE FUTURE: A New App Scans Your Face to Verify You Are a “Girl”

February 8, 2020 by scott

A new app designed exclusively for women is raising eyebrows for requiring users to send in pictures for their bio-metric gender verification software to get access. The app, called “giggle,” explains that the gender verification process “ensures that those within the platform are verified as girls.” Users are required to send in a “3D selfie” that examines their bone structure, a process that “ensures that those within the platform are verified as girls.” “It’s Bio-Science, not pseudo-science like phrenology,” the app claims. At the end of this explanation in the app’s FAQ, a message about trans women casually states “Unfortunately … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: The Shoreless Sea, by J. Scott Coatsworth

October 14, 2019 by scott

QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth has a new queer sci fi book out, the final book in his Liminal Sky trilogy: “The Shoreless Sea.” And books one and two are on sale! As the epic trilogy hurtles toward its conclusion, the fight for the future isn’t over yet. It could lead to a new beginning, or it might spell the end for the last vestiges of humankind. The generation ship Forever has left Earth behind, but a piece of the old civilization lives on in the Inthworld—a virtual realm that retains memories of Earth’s technological wonders and vices. A being named … Read more

FOR WRITERS: Money, Money, Money

October 10, 2019 by scott

FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Tam Ames: Money. Gimme Gimme. How do you deal with that in sci-fi? Did Han Solo have a Visa card? Does everyone used gold pressed latinum? I can barely get my shit together to get the right currency when I’m traveling an hour away, what if I’m going across the galaxy and have never even know this planet exists? Do we just ignore it? Barter? 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 part … Read more

FOR READERS & WRITERS: The State of Fantasy Romance

August 25, 2019 by scott

FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: At a writing retreat I was at a couple years ago, I was told that fantasy romance was one of the lowest selling categories in queer romance. But things change. So get out your crystal balls and tell me – what’s the state of fantasy romance now, and what’s likely to happen with it in the near future? 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 part of … Read more

FOR WRITERS: What Will The Internet Become?

July 25, 2019 by scott

FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: The internet today is vastly different from the one of twenty years ago – both in how we access it (fiber optics, mobile devices) and what it does and how it influences society, for good and ill. What will it be like in another twenty years? Dust off your crystal balls. 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 part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat