Login

Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Not available on me.dm.
me.dm is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Ideas and information to deepen your understanding of the world. Run by the folks at Medium.

Administered by:

Server stats:

1.3K
active users

me.dm: AboutProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.3.9

#ScienceFiction

203 posts158 participants4 posts today
Public *
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist

#ScribesAndMakers 2025.08.22 — Do you have a favorite texture? If so, can you describe it? CW: Maybe a little intimate?

Synchronicity? Perhaps, but my MC Bolt, a day angel, today got a chance to feel the inside webbing of the wing of a night angel (resembles a bat wing) with her fingers. She remarked:

The red dusted black velvet was courser than it appeared, most of it downy hair; the rest was stubby burnished red waveguides that sparkled [because] they were a metallic fuzz no longer than a man's five day beard—which had the best feel as far as I was concerned, the type you could nuzzle and rub your cheeks in. Similar, probably; no, I didn't—!

For me, velvet. 😛

[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#photographer #chef #cooking
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory

Public
Ratchman

Chapter 7 - "Sierra Lament"

The HDR Liberator arrives at the planet Sierra Lament, just outside of Republic space. A vanguard team make planetfall, aware of the limitations of the atmosphere. This also has a serious limitation to their defence in that ballistic firearms risk setting fire to the people using them, and so they have to use alternatives. Voight also gets her first insight into how Hanna's gift works.

youtu.be/wOUSu9tqy9A

#bookstodon#scifi#sciencefiction
Public
trainguyrom

So last night I finished the #book Autonomous by Anna Lee Newitz. Super neat cyberpunk-themed book focused on a pirate who copies patented pharmaceuticals to ensure everyone can access needed treatments, but also covering the autonomy and lack thereof of both humans and robots in a world where both can face indenture if they lack the financial means to escape it.

I initially wanted something not dystopian and was taken by the sea-fairing patent-violating piracy, but then as more of the legal structure of this 22nd century world was revealed, it was clearly very dystopian. Brilliant writing and a creepily realistic political environment!

The cover of the book Autonomous by Annalee Newitz. A quote attributed to Neal Stephenson also appears on the cover reading "autonomous is to biotech and AI what neuromancer was to the Internet" The cover depicts a human-like cyborg arm, separated from the body and dangling from a very abstract shackle, the wrist section of the shackle is simply a rectangle with the text "a novel" in it, the chain is depicted through a minimal silhouette, and the full chain and shackle is colored a flat cyber-green indicating that it's not a physical restraint but a digital one
#bookstodon#bookreview#cyberpunk
Public
Whitmad

What people are saying about The Measurement Problem:

"a rich narrative that delivers a deep sci-fi whodunit—layered with unexpected twists, philosophical depth, and a compelling blend of science and mystery."

"This is the kind of book that has you gripped for the entire ride, and then resonating with ideas and thoughts and ideas for days afterwards"

amazon.co.uk/Measurement-Probl

sixwhits.com/

#ScienceFiction
Public
Queer Sci Fi

QSFer S.M. Stiles has a new queer cyberpunk book out (bi, gay): The Heart of the Syndicate.

Synclare “Sync” Thornwryght is just one of the Twenty-One crime syndicate heirs. He’s the weakest, the angriest, and the one most likely to fade into obscurity because no one knows what he really wants in life-and he really doesn’t care. Maybe no ...

queerscifi.com/new-release-the

#SciFi #ScienceFiction #LGBTQBookstodon @LGBTQBookstodon @diversebooks #bookstodon @bookstodon #books #Cyberpunk #Gay #Bisexual

Cover - The Heart of the Syndicate by S.M. Stiles - Cartoon image of two men in blue suits, back to back, the front man shorter with spiky orange hair and a worried expression, the back man taller with a fuscia pony tail; a small dog sits at their feet. Black background; title sideways in fuscia in a high tech font.
Public
Francis Rosenfeld

Door No. 8 - a novel by Francis Rosenfeld
Chapter 1 - The Beginning

“Taylor? Taylor Bradford?” a voice called from behind the counter, with non-dissimulated boredom.
Taylor fumbled with the paperwork and rushed to the counter to finish registering for classes before the four o’clock deadline.

francisrosenfeld.podbean.com/e

francisrosenfeld.podbean.comDoor No. 8 - Chapter 1 The Beginning | Stories“Taylor? Taylor Bradford?” a voice called from behind the counter, with non-dissimulated boredom.  Taylor fumbled with the paperwork and rushed to the counter to finish registering for classes before the four o’clock deadline. The clerk handled the documents absentmindedly, while she watched the clock and switched to a more leisurely mindset in anticipation of the get together she had planned with her friends later at the bar on the campus corner.  Taylor walked out the door thirty seconds after four, trying to avoid the clerk’s resentful glare and careful not to slam the door behind her. She was a shy person and, even if she didn’t want to admit it, she found this whole situation of being on her own a little overwhelming.
Public
Owen Tyme

Chapter 9 of The Next Horizon is available to read on #RoyalRoad: royalroad.com/fiction/102509/t

Captain Denholm runs to a pharmacy and is given an injection to protect her from blood magic, then she heads to the closest lookout tower, where she strains to sense the magic of the Krauss girl.

Meanwhile, the girl stalks the streets, killing those she deems in need of punishment.

@fantasy @scifi
#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #sff #actionadventure #fiction #webseries

Royal RoadThe Book of Newts | Royal RoadHome, safety, and a place to belong – they seem so easy to find, at least for everyone but Amelia Blackwell and her sisters, who run from accusations of witchcraft at every turn. It started so simply, with a book. No one might have predicted that a book apparently filled with pictures of newts might lead to so much trouble, but The Book of Newts is (...)
ExploreLive feeds
About