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tinderness<p>📖 <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/clifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clifi</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/buchstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buchstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/buchstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>buchstodon</span></a></span> </p><p>Gerade <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/TerminationShock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TerminationShock</span></a> von <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/NeilStephenson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeilStephenson</span></a> abgeschlossen. Das Buch hinterlässt einen eigenartigen Eindruck, so als hätte man sich an einer sehr reichhaltigen Torte überessen. Sollte heute mit der Rezension fertig werden. Immerhin eine lange Bahnfahrt nach Wien.</p>
tinderness<p>Der Lektüre von <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/TerminationShock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TerminationShock</span></a> von <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/NeilStephenson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeilStephenson</span></a> verdanke ich eine Reihe denkwürdiger Begriffe, etwa jenen der Laber-Klasse. Wüsste gerne, wie das im Original auf Englisch heißt.</p><p>Was die Laber-Klasse und Social Media betrifft, hätte ich so eine Bemerkung,, aber die vermeide ich tunlichst auszusprechen. Aus Gründen der Höflichkeit ...</p><p>Natürlich, das gibt einen Eintrag in mein <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/LexikonDerNeuzeit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LexikonDerNeuzeit</span></a></p>
tinderness<p>📖 <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Clifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Clifi</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/buchstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buchstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/buchstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>buchstodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://swiss.social/tags/NeilStephenson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeilStephenson</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/TerminationShock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TerminationShock</span></a> Zugegeben, geschwätzig ist der Erzähler schon: vor allem, wenn er neue Figuren einführt und dies und das und das und dies dabei besprechen muss. Trotzdem bleibe ich dran und hoffe auf eine gewisse Verdichtung der Erzählstruktur.</p>
tinderness<p>📖 <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/clifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clifi</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/buchstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buchstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/buchstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>buchstodon</span></a></span> </p><p>Sehr fulminant, wie <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/NeilStephenson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeilStephenson</span></a> am Beginn seines Buches <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/TerminationShock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TerminationShock</span></a> (2021, 2023) die beiden Handlungsebenen "Königin" und "Desperado" zusammenfügt. Man merkt, da kann einer sehr gut erzählen und beherrscht sein Handwerk. Er hat diesen schnoddrigen Stil, der wenig wirklich ernstzunehmen scheint. Das Genre der Climate Fiction wird dadurch auch genießbarer. Erholsam nach der Holprigkeit deutscher Erbauungsliteratur!</p>
tinydoctor<p>Waiting for Neil Stephenson to take the pulpit at the First Congregational Church of Boulder.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/neilstephenson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neilstephenson</span></a></p>
💭 tinderness<p><a href="https://literatur.social/tags/LiebesTagebuch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiebesTagebuch</span></a> Verdammt, hab meinen E-Reader in Wien vergessen! Wollte gerade <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/SnowCrash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnowCrash</span></a> von <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/NeilStephenson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeilStephenson</span></a> herunterladen. Was soll ich bloss mit meinem Leben in den nächsten Wochen anfangen?</p>
sharpstick<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@RickiTarr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RickiTarr</span></a></span> “The Rise and Fall of DODO” handles time travel is a very unique way and isn’t afraid to get into the details of how it works in-world and the frustrations and monotony of try to change something in the past while under a deadline in the present. <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/neilstephenson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neilstephenson</span></a></p>
💭 tinderness<p>📚 Immer wieder falle ich darauf rein, Bücher zu lesen, die angeblich am Anfang eines kulturellen Phänomens gestanden sind. Trotz geringer Erwartungen war schon <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/JohnNormans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnNormans</span></a> "Tarnsmen of Gor" (1966) ziemliche Zeitverschwendung. </p><p>Nun kommt "Snow Crash" von <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/NeilStephenson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeilStephenson</span></a> (1992) um die Ecke gebogen, angeblich Ankerliteratur für den Begriff des <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/Metaverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metaverse</span></a>. Will ich, soll ich mir das tatsächlich antun?</p>
Bjorn Toft Madsen<p>Wetabix are just about edible using <a href="https://social.coop/tags/NeilStephenson" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NeilStephenson</span></a>’s cereal principle (the ice-cold milk injector spoon theorised about in the <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Cryptonomicon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cryptonomicon</span></a>) but then only just.</p>
Mycotropic<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@bascule" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bascule</span></a></span> didn't <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/NeilStephenson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeilStephenson</span></a> publish <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Zodiac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zodiac</span></a> quite a long while ago? It tells you how to perform various acts of <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/EcoTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EcoTerrorism</span></a> and does it with a great storyline as well!<br><a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a></p>
hobs<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://cybre.space/@niconiconi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>niconiconi</span></a></span> if you're curious what upload is like, _FALL_ is a well-researched and incredibly gripping <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> (spec fiction) novel from the perspective of an uploaded consciousness and some of the variants on that consciousness that evolve and cooperate/compete with each other in that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cloud</span></a> of bits and bytes, server farms, and quantum computers. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/upload" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>upload</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NeilStephenson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeilStephenson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/singularity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>singularity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Miasma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Miasma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metaverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaverse</span></a></p>
Luna Station Quarterly<p>Ode to the Infodump</p><p>When I think of infodumping, the practice of including far too much backstory or explanation in fiction (or nonfiction!) writing, there is one man who stands above the rest: the science fiction author Neal Stephenson.</p><p>Stephenson is famous for his infodumps, including his long, long lists, which transcend the winking comedic effect most writers use them for</p><p><a href="http://lunastationquarterly.com/ode-to-the-infodump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">lunastationquarterly.com/ode-t</span><span class="invisible">o-the-infodump/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/FantasyandScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FantasyandScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/infodump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infodump</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/neilstephenson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neilstephenson</span></a></p>