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All the Types of Science Fiction
- com2kid 3y agoHe forgot "Software engineer turned author, self insertion, the novel, the series, coming soon to Netflix." (I love me some Dennis E. Taylor, and I'd love for a Netflix series, but all his stuff comes off as super Marty Sue, and since I am the target audience thatmeans I can relate to his main characters, which I then sort of feel bad about because reading his novels basically becomes a form of self indulgence.)
- TrueGeek 3y agoBobiverse and Murderbot are both in desperate need of a movie / series.
- mcphage 3y agoI think Apple announced recently they're doing Murderbot: https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2023/12/apple-tv-lands-murderbot-with-emmy-award-winner-alexander-skarsgrd-set-to-star-in-and-executive-produce-new-series-from-academy-award-nominees-chris-and-paul-weitz/ https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2023/12/apple-tv-lands-murd...
- ratrocket 3y agoIf you believe wikipedia, the Murderbot half your wish is coming true: On December 14, 2023 Apple TV+, announced that it had ordered a television adaptation of the Murderbot series. Alexander Skarsgård is set to star in and executive produce the series with Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz directing. via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Murderbot_Diaries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Murderbot_Diaries
- mcphage 3y agoI do love the Dresden Codak reference ("Me am play god", which refers to Caveman Science Fiction: https://dresdencodak.com/2009/09/22/caveman-science-fiction/ https://dresdencodak.com/2009/09/22/caveman-science-fiction/)
- B1FF_PSUVM 3y agoMe am sheltered life, found a new word ('findom', sigh). Also, too many names, already or soon to be obscure, not that this is everlasting prose.
- vcg3rd 3y agoLost Words: Science Ficton That Never Left The Desk Drawer Because of "Jurassic Co*kbomb, the Apocalypto."