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Wochenende! Jetzt aufs Sofa und ein wenig klassische Bildung genießen.
(Schätze dieser Art (dieser Pop-Art) fand ich als junger Mensch im magischen Arbeitszimmer meines einen Onkels.) (Oder auch in der Stadtbücherei.)
$9.99 Ebook Omnibus:
https://books2read.com/TheWizardsScion
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F4JS342N
Levi Jacobs dreamed of being like his father, the greatest wizard in the world, but didn't understanding what it would be like if he got his wish. Follow Levi's journey from bumbling teen to hero, while the young wizard learns to master magical powers that are initially completely beyond him and barely under control.
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Chapter 26 of Fey Fighters is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city
Our stalwart heroes pass over fey lands at supersonic speed, while the 50-year stellar storm begins early.
The Final Pheonix is visited by the Queen of the Fairies, who places protective spells on him, then he takes to the air, in preparation to transform the radiation into magic.
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#WordWeavers 2025.08.20 — Is education freely given to all interested people in your story?
Even as a teenager, the main series antagonist was a teacher. She learned to read so she could teach and interpret books so her autistic brother could understand them. Since then, she's always considered her role in life to be education; she knows more than most that she needs others to do what must be done to prevent humans from going extinct. In the stories taking place in during their two century space age, primary education is universal and free to everyone who wants it (keyword: wants) except in the autonomous regions where they autonomously decide these things. University is by merit, and certain special schools require fees or work from the students. Apprenticing and guilds exist for the trades, and aren't always free or fairly administered. This is a world with property stewardship laws not ownership, so organizations work NOT to be noticed by the government (aka the main series antagonist) being greedy or abusive lest they be stripped of stewardship, but as the MC in the current WIP can testify, those in power do sometimes use it selfishly.
Welcome to another installment of Deep Background!
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Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II Hi-Metal R VF-2SS Valkyrie II + SAP figure by Bandai 
$4.99 Ebook/$19.99 Paperback:
https://books2read.com/TheInvertedGlass
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DQCKQN8F
After encountering the worst life has to offer, including the death of his wife and child, destruction of his home world, an addiction forced on him by the one responsible and a third of the galaxy falling under the heel of that tyrant, Levi Jacobs, a wizard, seeks to unravel the secrets of time and fate.
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Chapter 8 of The Next Horizon is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/102509/the-book-of-newts
Amelia takes The Book for a spacewalk and Marta charges a gravitic punch spell, in preparation to hurl the book at ninety-nine percent of light speed.
Ready to get rid of it, forever, Amelia makes one final request for cooperation...
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Wir haben den Nerv der Zukunft getroffen. Die Resonanz auf unsere hier geschaltete Stellenausschreibung für einen Science-Fiction-Roman zur #Cybersicherheit von übermorgen war groß. DANKE.
Wir bitten um Verständnis, dass wir etwas Zeit brauchen, um aus dem großen Pool an Einsendungen die passenden Bewerber:innen zu finden.
Wir sind schon gespannt, wie sich Zeile für Zeile mit Ideen füllen wird.
#sciencefiction #zukunftsszenarien #innovation #cyberagentur
https://social.bund.de/@Cyberagentur/114884332430119890
What are your thoughts on Orson Scott Card's "Songmaster"?
#WordWeavers 2025.08.19 — Could you imagine a story in the same world where your MC is the antagonist?
Yes. Of course. Antagonists don't need to be evil or villainous, and few of mine are. Also, my MCs can be dangerous (however you wish to classify that), and for those SCs who deal with them, they are often antagonists already. In the current WIP, the MC and SC roles are switched from another story. MC finds our former heroine mysterious, frightening, and very challenging to deal with.
The main series antagonist has appeared as the MC in a few stories. I'd argue she's as empathetic a character playing MC role as the antagonist role. She's always very challenging, even when weak and vulnerable.
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#WordWeavers 2025.08.18 — Do you carry any symbols from your own life into your stories?
The main character in the current WIP uses a camera. It would be a Leica were it in our time. Symbolically, photography is something to be passionate about when you can't be passionate about what you really want to be passionate about (in my case, writing). Like me after my burnout, she's in a space where she unable to do what she wants, but in her case her resentment has turned to apathy.
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'Anticipation' by Orlando Arocena
art from Solar, Man of the Atom #21, cover by Joe Quesada, interiors by Peter Grau (1993)
$4.99 Ebook/$19.99 Paperback:
https://books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DDNNGBX8
On a world long thought to have no moon, its sudden appearance inspires terror. Hasty research links the full moon and catastrophe, revealing the existence of the so-called 'Harbingers of Doom', creatures from the moon that harvest souls. Can everyone survive or will they become part of the dark harvest?
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Chapter 25 of Fey Fighters is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city
Harris has a meeting with General King and tells him everything he's learned about the fey doomsday weapon.
King agrees the let them try for peace.
The fighter is repaired and loaded with missiles, then Harris gets a quick lesson on it from Captain Pearce.
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Micromégas (1752), an early/proto #sciencefiction short story by Enlightenment thinker Voltaire (born #onthisday 1694), centres around a visit to Earth from a 37km tall alien who hails from a planet circling the star Sirius. Read it here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/micromegas-by-voltaire-1752?utm_content=buffer1e745&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Ewan McGregor, Léa Seydoux – „Zoe“ (2018)
Ein Film, der inzwischen viel zu unschuldig wirkt und von der Technologie förmlich abgehängt wurde. Denn was 2018 noch wie eine Zukunftsvision aussah, ist aus der Perspektive von heute höchstens eine handzahme Simulation. Der Plot: Ein Programmierer verliebt sich in eine KI – in einer keimfreien, futuristischen Umgebung, die stark nach Silicon Valley aussieht, auch wenn der Ort nie benannt wird. Ein Start-up, das nicht Autos oder Apps, sondern Liebe verkauft. Was haben die sich nur dabei gedacht? (ARD)
