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bluedreaming) wrote2025-07-14 11:37 amthe downside to cataloguing your books
A thing: I am not done the books in my bedroom and I’m already over 400. (And this is after I culled/donated a bunch of sff mass-market paperbacks a few years ago, mostly ones we’d gotten from an emptying-nester.) Some of these catalogued books are “family” books and not strictly mine but…most of them are mine.
Another thing: this was motivated by needing to double-fill shelves, so I figured I’d catalogue while reorganizing. And this way it matters less if I can see all the spines…I hope?
ravenna_c_tan) wrote2025-07-14 11:48 amMy Readercon Schedule!
Whew! I’ll be making my Guest of Honor run at Readercon this coming weekend in Burlington, MA! It’s me and P. Djeli Clark in the GoH seats, with legions of super-smart sf/f writers and editors on the program, including Max Gladstone, Rob Cameron, Catherine Lundoff, John Chu, Laura Antoniou, Erin Roberts, Sarah Pinsker, Shariann Lewitt and many many more.
As expected, my schedule will be PACKED. Of note: I added a second autographing slot because of concerns that the first one happens soooo early. I will not have a table selling books: you can get them in the bookshop from Sally at Larry Smith Booksellers and some will also be on the Broad Universe table.
And yes, there will be some copies of the new shiny beautiful Magic University Collectors Edition hardcover. (And if you ordered a copy via Kickstarter, check your email for an update about picking up the book in person if you want to! Or just come to a party!)
FRIDAY
2:00 PM Bisexuals in Science Fiction: Still Hip After All These Years?
3:00 PM Autograph Session #1
4:00 PM Cecilia Tan GOH Reading
7:00 PM Moving from Traditional Publishing to Self-Publishing
9:00 PM Levels of Interiority (in Narrative)
SATURDAY
12:00 Noon The Works of Cecilia Tan (I’m not on this, I’ll just be listening!)
1:00 PM Divination in the Writing Process
4:00 PM Guest of Honor Interview: Cecilia Tan by Charlie Jane Anders
6:00 PM Erotica, Horror, and the Fear of Visceral Fiction
9:00 PM Patrons & Kickstarter Supporters Get-Together
SUNDAY
12:00 PM Noon Beyond the Bio: Weird Jobs & the Worlds They Inspired
1:00 PM Harry Potter and the Undeath of the Author
2:00 PM Autographing Session #2
Mirrored from Cecilia Tan.
bluedreaming) wrote2025-07-10 01:10 pmwhat’s the opposite of tsundoku?
This isn’t quite 100% accurate, but through my life I was first in the stage of borrowing books from the library and then buying them to keep if I really liked them, then a lot of ebooks, never mind my massive fic reading numbers, and all throughout I’ve also had a strong general practice of buying select books to have for whatever reason, often with not much intention of reading them, at least not anytime soon.2
1 These aren’t “large” publishers like 7seas that I can get via my local bookstore but rather Rosmei & Via Lactea etc. and are physical-only (somewhat limited run?) publications.
2 i.e. I somehow randomly decided to start collecting C. J. Cherryh’s sci-fi books in hardcover, and now I’m too far in.
lee_bella) wrote2025-07-09 06:54 pm
The Heartthrob NPC in the VR Game
Currently reading The Heartthrob NPC in the VR Game (全息游戏里的万人迷NPC) by Su HuaiHuang (苏怀荒). A cannon fodder NPC became self-aware and is now testing the limit of what he could do within the game engine's perimeter to hopefully save himself from certain doom. It's quite interesting so far.
This novel has multiple layers. There is the main character's battle of wits against the game engine AI, the love interest's side of the story (he's the CEO of the game company and the game engine creator), the in-game main story about the conflict between gods and demons with lots of conspiracies flying around, the players' perspective both in and out of the game, the game development team's perspective, and the live streamer side. It sounds like there are perhaps too many moving pieces floating about, but the pieces fit quite well together. My favourite part is probably the scene where the scenario writer talks about how the MC's action can be interpreted in different ways since the players aren't privy to his inner thought. (The MC is a metaphorical fox in sheep's skin, or in the tradition of Chinese internet speaks, a green tea character.)
Completely unrelated, Yofukashi no Uta got a new OP and ED by Creepy Nuts. Both the OP song and the OP credit sequence are really cool. Love the flamenco vibe.
Might try out the
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sunshine_revival challenge when I have things to say.bluedreaming) wrote2025-07-08 09:06 pmsunshine challenge 2025
sunshine_revivalI have been working on the challenges, all signs to the contrary, so I figured I’d better just get this post up even if it’s on my phone (always a fun experiment when there’s more formatting than usual).
I’m not really a journalling person, so it seems like I’ll be going with the creative prompts.
As always, this is also a hello post 👋
( Friending Meme )
( Challenge #1 )
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bluedreaming) wrote2025-07-04 02:03 pmcollecting words like tasty snacks: loach
Strong contender for next year’s word of the year? I guess we’ll see.
