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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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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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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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as the only series i am currently reading, guess another year till release

2025-10-20

The Bobiverse

I have just handed book 6 to my editor. The title will be “The Infinite Extent.”

The Bobiverse Series has been optioned to Lord Miller Prods/Universal
 
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Goatface said:
as the only series i am currently reading, guess another year till release

2025-10-20

The Bobiverse

I have just handed book 6 to my editor. The title will be “The Infinite Extent.”

The Bobiverse Series has been optioned to Lord Miller Prods/Universal
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Bobiverse series is amazing, highly recommend to folks to check out. I read the first 3 on a plane somewhere and got hooked.
 
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Cad said:
Bobiverse series is amazing, highly recommend to folks to check out. I read the first 3 on a plane somewhere and got hooked.
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Tuco said:
+1 vote for Bobiverse, very fascinating series.
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My wife convinced me to give bobiverse a try since I have all these extra audible credits and I'm waiting on DCC book 8. The narrator rubs me the wrong way. It could be that I'm just spoiled by Jeff Hayes, but the way this guy says shit is always the most soyboy way possible. Despite that I couldn't put the book down. I stayed up late listening to it the second day instead of staying up late playing playstation like I had planned.

Anyway, didn't see a bob thread so I thought I would bump this one with talk of the bob. I'm sure this has all already come to a head by now, but bob's going to keep getting his ass whipped if he keeps underestimating meduros. The dates are pretty fucky. I think it helped me that I was listening and didn't pay attention to the dates. Because when I went back and looked at them in a list I could see they were jumping back and forth a lot. In one case, Bill even jumped back a couple years. Maybe he will stop doing that once everyone gets the comms network running.
 
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Hoss said:
My wife convinced me to give bobiverse a try since I have all these extra audible credits and I'm waiting on DCC book 8. The narrator rubs me the wrong way. It could be that I'm just spoiled by Jeff Hayes, but the way this guy says shit is always the most soyboy way possible. Despite that I couldn't put the book down. I stayed up late listening to it the second day instead of staying up late playing playstation like I had planned.

Anyway, didn't see a bob thread so I thought I would bump this one with talk of the bob. I'm sure this has all already come to a head by now, but bob's going to keep getting his ass whipped if he keeps underestimating meduros. The dates are pretty fucky. I think it helped me that I was listening and didn't pay attention to the dates. Because when I went back and looked at them in a list I could see they were jumping back and forth a lot. In one case, Bill even jumped back a couple years. Maybe he will stop doing that once everyone gets the comms network running.
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I love this series, and recently reread all of the available books. I don't listen to audiobooks so I can't speak to the narrator.

The series has taken some turns that I would say, on paper, I never would have thought would keep my interest. But somehow it does. I don't want to spoil anything so I won't go into detail, but a couple of things happen that initially make me roll my eyes and think, "Here we go again." And yet I still devour the book and want more. Not sure what it is that makes it so appealing, but it has whatever that is in spades.
 
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