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Captain Suave

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Intrinsic said:
Conversation Tree Press is doing a partnership with Subterranean Press to release a new version of Snow Crash in 2026.

I’m excited as there hasn’t been a small press version of this since SubPress did one ages ago and it is hard to find for sale. Details at link below but there isn’t a lot of information or any artwork yet since it was just announced an hour ago.

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Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Ray Bradbury's There Will Come Soft Rains is a limited edition of 300 copies, letterpress printed with a full colour illustration by Guillem H. Pongiluppi.
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One of my favorites, and among the few physical books that survived the Great Digitization Purge of my cross-country move ten years ago. I'd love to have a nicer copy for the collection.
 
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Intrinsic

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I still don't remember if we had a thread for Murderbot, the TV Show thread exists but doesn't seem like this belongs there.

Finally got around to making a frame for my print of Compulsory, the Murderbot short story printed by Subterranean Press. Had no idea frames were so expensive. Local place wanted over $400 to frame it which was astounding. Worked with American Frame and they were extremely helpful. I ordered 10 samples of different frame colors / types and mat boards to see what worked well, they only charge shipping for samples. Then the lady spent like 30 minutes on the phone walking me through measurements for the mat boards and offsets and how to order it all correctly.

Parts came in today and just finished putting it together and it is so cool! I'm just really excited about how it turned out. Parts were $175 for everything but I saved $200 on the labor. I know for sure that the mat boards were the same thing the local place was going to use b/c I saw the product names when he was helping me.

Everything should be archival / museum quality to not damage the print, and the acrylic is 90% UV blocking. No idea how to take a good picture let alone of a frame. It looks so much cooler in person. The metal red frame looks great with the red in the print and the depth of the board makes it look nicer. Looks very flat in photo.


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INTHEMIDSTOFLIONS

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Im reading Destination Void by Frank Herbert and I really can’t stand the ship chaplain named Flattery, and I just realized why. He reminds me a lot of Pastor Anna from Abaddon’s Gate (the book, not the tv show).

I’m not a Christian, but I have no issue with Christian characters. Matt Murdock from Daredevil, Bishop from Firefly, Nightcrawler from X-Men, etc are all great characters whom I adore.

I think my issue is with pious characters who try to impose their morals on others who don’t share their worldview. Bishop talking to the crew on firefly doesn’t bother me, but Pastor Anna and Flattery in Destination Void are so hamfisted about it, it just comes off as whiney and simultaneously arrogant. Holier than thou / how dare you, etc. It’s the same equivalent of a #girlboss complaining about the patriarchy in a poorly written tv show. I think piety can come in many forms, and no one really likes being preached at.

I think Scifi rarely shows religion in a positive light, which may be an over correction, but showing an overly pious character is a bigger disservice than just the absence of religion entirely.
 
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