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ScalziI know some people who would spin themselves in tight, angry circles at the idea that anything I've written would be considered hard science fiction.
Silverlion@scalzi I enjoy your work, hard, soft, it's good.
Chris Turnbow@scalzi
Just finished re (re-re-re-) reading Old Man's War; each time I am struck by just how damn GOOD it is.
So of course I have to read the whole series again...
Just finished re (re-re-re-) reading Old Man's War; each time I am struck by just how damn GOOD it is.
So of course I have to read the whole series again...
technicat@scalzi I'm glad you edged out the guy who defends the Xinjiang internment.
Mark Whybird@scalzi IDK, if by “hard” you mean “hard for some fragile egos to accept”, I think you’ve been nailing it for quite some time!
(p.s. really enjoyed STBTS. Also, I’m not someone who usually likes audiobooks when reading is an option - but in this case, I genuinely enjoyed the audio version. The voice given your probe by Kay Elysian was perfect.)
(p.s. really enjoyed STBTS. Also, I’m not someone who usually likes audiobooks when reading is an option - but in this case, I genuinely enjoyed the audio version. The voice given your probe by Kay Elysian was perfect.)
Judson Dunn@scalzi silly boys 👹
James Haus@scalzi i feel like roman from party down parodied this kind of guy into oblivion for me. I just laugh when i think about anyone caring whether something is hard SF now
Mark@scalzi Given that the same website has had a six-ebook collection of Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels featured in the poetry category for well over a year now, this is, by comparison, practically NASA-like precision for their algorithm.
Hacksaw?@scalzi A buck?!? Easy spend. Take that, haters.
James Cook@scalzi Hard to put down?
Patrick McLaughlinCan we watch?
kentpollard@scalzi Maybe they need some Anne McCaffrey?
Rich Alderson@kentpollard @scalzi Don’t knock Anne McCaffrey. I read the first Dragonriders book when it was part of Ballantine’s series of new authors (along with Piers Anthony’s Chthon and Roy Meyers’s Dolphin Boy), about 60 years ago, and enjoyed the followons until she died.
Thomas Hurst@scalzi It's really funny how vague and wishy-washy a term it is. At this point I'm pretty sure its most coherent and widely-shared definition is "contains cool spaceships".
Anyone who uses it unironically should probably be given a wedgie until they stop.
Seth Galitzer@scalzi Guess I better read it to make sure
Tom Streeter@scalzi God Engine. They can shut he hell up.
PossumDark@scalzi I enjoyed Slow Time. Very nicely done.
@mcaloney has moved@scalzi puppies do love spinning in circles.
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@scalzi Aww, I’m used to Amazon sales also being mirrored on Kobo, but looks like this isn’t in Rakuten’s catalogue yet :-/
Chancerubbage@scalzi anything that isn’t sword and sorcery counts these days, as there is relatively so little.
Rai Aren 🖖✨📚🇺🇦@scalzi Wow!! Impressive!! 👏 👏
Merovius@scalzi TBF I wouldn't consider "The Three Body Problem" hard Sci-Fi either
Thinline@scalzi Is there any way to purchase this book if I’m not on a Kindle or using Audible?
My library doesn’t have it, and the Kobo web store also doesn’t list it.
Is there any way of legally obtaining this story that doesn’t go through Amazon?
LeRoc@scalzi This seems a bit out of character coming from you. Since reading you on twitter, I've always known you as someone who celebrates his successes without lashing out at others (even if they deserve it).
@leroc If you've read me on Twitter and never saw me gleefully poke at people who are miserable I exist, I question whether you read me on Twitter.
@scalzi True, I like the snarky comments you direct at them sometimes. But I've never seen you do it when you celebrate a professional success. You've even written a blog post on how to behave when winning an award. Maybe reaching first place on a bestsellers list is different?
@leroc Again, I suspect you've not been looking very hard.
Also, with no disrespect to me or the short story in question, being #1 on most Amazon "bestseller" lists is not an especially huge achievement. The company has literally thousands of micro-categories it slices its wares into (the story is also #1 in "45-Minute Literature & Fiction Short Reads," a rarified category indeed). This was more an observation about "hard SF" than "#1."
@scalzi Whether I've read your twitter feed well enough, not sure if I want to fight about that. In any case (and I mean this sincerely as a fan) I wish to congratulate you on the #1.
CautionWIP (he/him) 🏳️🌈🇨🇦🕎@scalzi Not sure what qualifies as “hard” nowadays, but you definitely wrote some *fuzzy* SF. 😀👍
Mark de Vries 🇪🇺@scalzi Oh joy, Another book for my To Read Pile. 🕺