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State of Hugos
Feb. 15th, 2024 10:41 amSomething shady in the Hugo world...
https://file770.com/the-2023-hugo-awards-a-report-on-censorship-and-exclusion/
https://file770.com/the-2023-hugo-awards-a-report-on-censorship-and-exclusion/
Prostho Plus
Aug. 18th, 2019 09:12 pmPiers Anthony - Prostho Plus
(Repost from Livejournal)
Dr. Dillingham is a human dentist who suddenly has to treat a denizen of a flying saucer. After the successful treatment, the grateful proto-Greys abduct him and sell him in outer space. Poor doctor gets acquainted with number of (amusingly) alien species and their various dental problems. Eventually he finds himself in the Galactic University of Dentistry and faces its internal politicking.
( Major drilling work for Dillingham )
(Repost from Livejournal)
Dr. Dillingham is a human dentist who suddenly has to treat a denizen of a flying saucer. After the successful treatment, the grateful proto-Greys abduct him and sell him in outer space. Poor doctor gets acquainted with number of (amusingly) alien species and their various dental problems. Eventually he finds himself in the Galactic University of Dentistry and faces its internal politicking.
( Major drilling work for Dillingham )
Hearts Hands and Voices
Jun. 22nd, 2019 12:12 amIan MacDonald - Hearts Hands and Voices
(US edition. Broken Land)
(This is repost from LJ)
( Civil war in a pseudo-African land )
(US edition. Broken Land)
(This is repost from LJ)
( Civil war in a pseudo-African land )
Queen of Angels
Jun. 22nd, 2019 12:10 amGreg Bear - Queen of Angels
(This is repost from LJ)
The year 2047 is coming. Nanotechnology is commonplace and forensic investigators can examine the crime scene molecule by molecule. Recycled organic waste has replaced oil.
( Nanotech in four storylines )
(This is repost from LJ)
The year 2047 is coming. Nanotechnology is commonplace and forensic investigators can examine the crime scene molecule by molecule. Recycled organic waste has replaced oil.
( Nanotech in four storylines )
WorldCon Helsinki 2017
Aug. 16th, 2017 09:23 pmSo there was first WorldCon in Finland. In Helsinki, of course.
(Entrance to the Pasila Conference Center)
( Five days of Finnish WorldCon )
( Programs I did not manage to go to in time )
(Entrance to the Pasila Conference Center)
( Five days of Finnish WorldCon )
( Programs I did not manage to go to in time )
Mindplayers
May. 22nd, 2017 06:22 amPat Cadigan - Mindplayers
(This is repost from LJ, And this is just one of the first written by Queen of Cyberpunk)
Alexandra "Deadpan Allie" Haas, this world's equivalent to a drug junkie, is caught red-brained using an unlicensed psychosis and the Brain Police gives her a choice - train yourself to become a shrink or go to jail. So she goes to J. Walter Tech to become a professional.
( Cyberspace the psychiatrists' way )
(This is repost from LJ, And this is just one of the first written by Queen of Cyberpunk)
Alexandra "Deadpan Allie" Haas, this world's equivalent to a drug junkie, is caught red-brained using an unlicensed psychosis and the Brain Police gives her a choice - train yourself to become a shrink or go to jail. So she goes to J. Walter Tech to become a professional.
( Cyberspace the psychiatrists' way )
Illegal Aliens
May. 22nd, 2017 06:20 amNick Pollotta & Phil Foglio: Illegal Aliens (1989)
(This is repost from LJ)
Spherical alien ship lands on the Central Park of the NYC and teleports a group of test subjects inside to test their suitability to enter the Galactic League. Or that's what they say. The humans just happen to be a gang of street thugs. And the hilarity ensues.
( Not the kind of First Contact the SETI people would probably wish for )
(This is repost from LJ)
Spherical alien ship lands on the Central Park of the NYC and teleports a group of test subjects inside to test their suitability to enter the Galactic League. Or that's what they say. The humans just happen to be a gang of street thugs. And the hilarity ensues.
( Not the kind of First Contact the SETI people would probably wish for )
Retief At Large
Oct. 1st, 2014 12:42 amKeith Laumer - Retief At Large
Jaime Retief is a secondary level diplomat in the CDT - Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne - that represents the interest of Earth humans ("terries") in the galaxy. The main political opponent of humans are the Soviet analogue aliens named Groaci, who are just about as devious as you can think of.
( Only competent human diplomat in the galaxy )
Jaime Retief is a secondary level diplomat in the CDT - Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne - that represents the interest of Earth humans ("terries") in the galaxy. The main political opponent of humans are the Soviet analogue aliens named Groaci, who are just about as devious as you can think of.
( Only competent human diplomat in the galaxy )
