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Damon Knight, an sf author, editor, and critic of fundamental importance to the field, once defined sf as distinguished from fantasy in appealing to the authority of science as justification for its inventions. This doesn’t mean that only hard sf is sf, or other only sf that uses science well is...

Another Tangerine Dream veteran you may enjoy. These are in my mix of stuff to listen to when I am collapsing under acute stress and need relief. “Far Way Trains Passing By” has one of the niftiest set of musical elements to evoke trains I know of.

I didn’t set out to make this Bruce’s Weird Music Corner Day, but the YouTube algorithm is on a roll and so am I.

Yeah, it seems like they and Derbyshire have pacts with the same patron.

Hey, you know what YouTube did after I spent an hour looking up classic electronic riffs on classical music? It gave me this. They put out an album in 2012; it’s in Apple Music.

This is fascinating to follow, @Ryujin

I’d go for it if the count started after N rests (like 2) per 8 hours or some such. Systems with rests designed in should let PCs do some resting without penalty. After that, fire it up.

Here’s part of an obscure one, Thomas Wilbrandt and his Electric V album.

Thank you for your contribution, and please be sure to send us pics as you travel to Hell. :)

No. Plate tectonics took it away.

In addition to the PKD adaptations I expect his fan to know about, like A Scanner Darkly, there’s a small but very good movie of Radio Free Albemuth with Dick as the protagonist. City of Lost Children is a jewel, though I tend to think of it as a fantasy. Dark City in the director’s cut is...

When you don’t win, you lose, with one O. When something isn’t tight or secure, it’s loose, with two OOs. When you are loose with your spelling, you lose. (A doomed and futile response to many threads here and everywhere. “Loose” seems to have become the dominant spelling of “lose” in the...

I have several of those really serious consideration for my list. Good choices.

It would be, except: how many D&D 5e threads can any of us point out that doesn’t have the same batch of usual suspects showing up to explain how 5e and/or WotC are doing it wrong and terrible the being doing this and those enjoying the results are, how miserable they’re making the lives of the...

The trick is, they do damage their health. It weakens their immune system and degrades cognitive functions, among other things. They seldom connect the hating their health problems, that’s all.

Who knew that sea lions are Van Halen fans?

That’s altogether delightful. Now I want a matching one of a bunch of dungeon dwellers partying in some big chamber.

Not that o think others’ choices suck, but I’ll go tap others for variety’s sake. 1. Strange Days. Bruce Sterling said the essence of cyberpunk is “the Street has its own uses for things”. In that spirit, this story of what’s gained and lost in a world where memories can be recorded and...

The movie isn’t very good, but their soundtrack for Wavelength is amazing.

Much sympathy, @Thomas Shey