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I am trying to remember a quotation that may or may not exist.

It is a bit like Kiss of the Spider Woman's "This dream is short, but this dream is happy."

Something like "this is a (something) story for bad times."

Any contenders?

{rf}

james_davis_nicoll

James Nicoll Reviews saw its 3000th review on the 17th.

23 works reviewed. 12.5 by women (54%), 10 by men (43%), 0.5 by non-binary authors (2%), 0 by authors whose gender is unknown (0%), and 10.5 by POC (46%).

More stats and a big chart here.

james_davis_nicoll

A stranger comes to Little Marigold.

M. F. K., volume 1 by Nilah Magruder

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thefridayfive

These questions were originally suggested by

twirlandswirl.

1. Did you vote in your most recent applicable election? (If you're not yet old enough, do you plan to vote in the future?)

2. Have you ever protested or attended a march?

3. What political issue is the most important to you?

4. Are you a member of a party in your country? If so, which?

5. Do you ever plan to run for office?

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andrewducker

This morning Sophia announced, as we were about to leave the house, that she couldn't find her school shoes.

Her black school shoes.

The ones that are and integral part of her Wednesday costume. For the school Halloween disco. This evening.

Jane and I frantically tore the house apart for fifteen minutes and checked *everywhere*. Eventually we forced her, crying, to put on her trainers, promising her that if her shoes turned up we would bring them in to her.

Because we left fifteen minutes late we missed the bus. And so it was that we were halfway through the walk to school when Sophia quietly said "Oh."

And then told me that she'd just remembered that yesterday she'd come home from school in her welly boots, leaving her shoes at her peg.

You'll be delighted to hear that I didn't murder her.

dewline

Putin has organized the automation of psychological warfare.

Current Mood: determined

james_davis_nicoll

A fairy's efforts to recover stolen arcane tools via illicit means produce spectacular calamity.

The Fairy of Ku-She by M. Lucie Chin

andrewducker

1. Covid and Flu both raise the risk of heart attacks by 3-5 times for weeks, and many other infections increase risks long-term: (tags:heart disease pandemic flu viaKenny )

james_davis_nicoll

The seventh all-new library of Sanity-shattering tabletop roleplaying ebooks inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos.

Bundle of Holding: Tentacles 7

james_davis_nicoll

The song version of The Great Nebraska Sea. Which seems to call for an actual musical.

Watch on YouTube

james_davis_nicoll

What dark purpose compels a girl and her android companion to wander post-apocalyptic Japan?

Touring After the Apocalypse, volume 6 by Sakae Saito

andrewducker

1. Labour Deputy Lucy Powell says EHRC's single-sex spaces draft is 'not right': (tags:LGBT transgender GoodNews bigotry UK labour )
2. Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows: (tags:games windows Linux )
3. A satellite runs Doom from orbit, using Ubuntu on Arm: (tags:space doom games )

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radiantfracture

There's a gorgeous windstorm going on. Beautiful for listening to, not so great for trying to hear the UPS truck.

Like a fool who thinks it's 2015, I ordered clothing online from the United States and have been fretting about it ever since. All shipping interfaces were as incoherent as you might expect.

But Blamo was having a deep-discount flash sale and I have been drooling over this non-species-specific sock-animal onesie for... a long time.

Sadly, that magnificent garment was not on sale and incidentally profoundly impractical. So I ordered this Completely Normal Cardigan(tm) instead:

... it happens to have this hood:

(Not sure why the resolution is so crap here.)

There did end up being tariff charges, but not that bad.

I... feel more whole as a person.

§rf§

PS I swear it did not have to be a rabbit.

mellowtigger

Well, I didn't have this event on my bingo card for this year. (That's an actual thing, and it's not long until I have to review it for accuracy from the news this year.) Wearing my "animal rights" cap, this news headline is just awful all around.

Law enforcement kills several monkeys after truck hauling them overturns in Mississippi.
According to authorities, the Rhesus monkeys were on their way to a testing facility in Florida after being at Tulane University. The monkeys were 40 pounds and were first reported to be “aggressive,” as well as also carrying hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID.
- https://www.actionnews5.com/2025/10/28/truck-hauling-aggressive-monkeys-carrying-herpes-covid-overturns-mississippi/

Thankfully, the writer included the necessary Oxford comma near the end of that sentence. I had to chuckle, though. This event is an eerie metaphorical summary for 2025.

Edit 2025 Oct 29:
The metaphor gets even better. Those poor monkeys were not infectious (according to Tulane University), so they were killed by authorities for no good reason, based on early misinformation.
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/escaped-monkeys-destroyed-mississippi-police-mistakenly-told-danger-rcna240387

james_davis_nicoll

Sorry if you're a fan of boring old dry land...

Five SF Stories Featuring the Sudden Formation of New and Exciting Bodies of Water

james_davis_nicoll

How could a man die in front of Atocha Chief of Police Loren Hawn when that man died twenty years before?

Days of Atonement by Walter Jon Williams

andrewducker

1. Why Busy Beaver Hunters Fear the Antihydra: (tags:mathematics computers numbers )
2. Trump Defends Demolition Of Yggdrasil, Ancient Tree Of Life: (tags:satire politics USA )
3. No One Actually Knows What a Moon is: (tags:language space moon )

james_davis_nicoll

Nearly two dozen Mythos investigations in many eras from the open-license Cthulhu Eternal tabletop roleplaying game line produced by Cthulhu Reborn.

Compatible with your favorite Lovecraftian percentile-based systems)

Bundle of Holding: Cthulhu Reborn

james_davis_nicoll

2020: Boris Johnson proposes an unbuildable bridge between Scotland and Ireland, Universal Credit successfully sends stress levels soaring, and the Tories handle Covid as skilfully as they did Brexit.

Poll #33767 Clarke Award Finalists 2020

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 45

View Respondents

Which 2020 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?

View Answers

The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell
1 (2.2%)

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
37 (82.2%)

Cage of Souls by Adrian Tchaikovsky
4 (8.9%)

The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
14 (31.1%)

The Last Astronaut by David Wellington
1 (2.2%)

The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
18 (40.0%)

Bold for have read, italic for intend to read, underline for never heard of it.

Which 2020 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Cage of Souls by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
The Last Astronaut by David Wellington
The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley

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October 2025 in Review

M. F. K., volume 1 by Nilah Magruder

Interesting Links for 31-10-2025

The Friday Five for 31 October 2025

Life with two kids: Wednesday shoes

A Reminder re: Politics

The Fairy of Ku-She by M. Lucie Chin

Interesting Links for 30-10-2025

Bundle of Holding: Tentacles 7

New to me

Touring After the Apocalypse, volume 6 by Sakae Saito

Interesting Links for 29-10-2025

Cardigan nights

not on my bingo card

Five SF Stories Featuring the Sudden Formation of New and Exciting Bodies of Water

Days of Atonement by Walter Jon Williams

Interesting Links for 28-10-2025

Bundle of Holding: Cthulhu Reborn

Clarke Award Finalists 2020

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