EruditeGoblin - OnBluesky

Author of the Slickdust Trilogy. Writer of sci-fi, fantasy, dieselpunk, new weird, and other nonsense. DEFUNCT: Go to

[EruditeGoblin - OnBluesky @NLemelson]

"...stellar worldbuilding and quick pacing...sure to entertain any fan of gritty speculative fiction." – Publishers Weekly

"Funny, dark, irreverent, and endlessly entertaining... a rustpunk wonder and a first-rate debut." - Brian Evenson

https://t.co/ZJzaQQr4j4

[EruditeGoblin - OnBluesky @NLemelson]

I’m happy to announce that I will be at Loscon 50 in Los Angeles Nov 30th and December 1 for panels and signings!

Check out more here: https://t.co/3ybEqajfrM

[EruditeGoblin - OnBluesky @NLemelson]

Do you like alien planets? Death scenes? Corporate Bookkeeping?

Well I’m excited to announce that my “short” story, THE COMPLETE EXPIRATION RECORDS OF NEBU INC. COLONY KE-4-01 was just published in Interzone #300 !

You can buy a copy here: https://t.co/TXT2kHGm1v

[EruditeGoblin - OnBluesky @NLemelson]

My book, The Lioness and the Rat Queen won a National Indie Exellence Award in the Steampunk category!

https://t.co/aD47tEKC61

[EruditeGoblin - OnBluesky @NLemelson]

@BookSpotlight The purpose of generative AI is to create something that looks or sounds real. It doesn’t actually check if it’s true. Bonkers that you would trust it for accuracy.

[EruditeGoblin - OnBluesky @NLemelson]

When Nerve, a slave in an transdimensional city where perception shapes reality, discovers her stolen past on earth, she must become a conduit between realities to take back control of her own narrative, literally.

Piranesi x Mordew

#questpit #q #amquerying #darkfantasy

[Edward Willett @ewillett]

Great review of Shapers of Worlds Volume IV online at Amazing Stories! https://t.co/zVrAEPJvIo

[GSMC Book Review @gsmc_bookreview]

@NLemelson joins me to talk about the first 2 books in his Slickdust trilogy. We talk about steam punk, new weird, world building, and so much more! Click the link to hear the episode.
#AuthorInterview #GSMCPodcastNetwork
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[Hank Green @hankgreen]

I think a harm of online activism is the "THIS IS ACTUALLY EASY" argument.

I've seen lots of folks indicate that a single billionaire could solve homelessness, or that there are 30x more houses than homeless people so we could just give them all houses.

These words are fantastic for activating people, but they are also lies.

The US government currently spends around 50B per year keeping people housed. States, of course, have their own budgets. If Bill Gates spent the same amount of money the US does just to keep people housed, he would be out of money in 3 years. I think that would be a great use of his money, but it would not be a permanent solution.

The statistics about there being more houses than homeless are just...fake. They rely on looking at extremely low estimates of homelessness (which are never used in any other context) and include normal vacancy rates (an apartment is counted as vacant even if it's only vacant for a month while the landlord is finding a new tenant.) In a country with 150,000,000 housing units, a 2% vacancy rate is three million units, which, yes, is greater than the homeless population. But a 2% vacancy rate is extremely low (and bad, because it means there's fewer available units than there are people looking to move, which drives the price of rent higher.)

Housing should not be an option in this country. It should be something we spend tons of money on. It should be a priority for every leader and every citizen. it should also be interfaced with in real, complex ways. And it should be remembered that the main way we solve the problem is BUILDING MORE HOUSING, which I find a whole lot of my peers in seemingly progressive spaces ARE ACTUALLY OPPOSED TO.

Sometimes they are opposed to it because they've heard stats that the problem is simple and could be solved very easily if only we would just decide to solve it, which is DOING REAL DAMAGE.

By telling the simplest version of the story, you can get people riled up, but what do you do with that once they're riled up if they were riled up by lies?

There are only two paths:

1. Tell them the truth...that everything they've been told is actually a lie and that the problem is actually hard. And, because the problem is both big and hard, tons of people are working very hard on it, and they should be grateful for (or even become) one of those people.

2. Keep lying until they are convinced that the problem does not exist because it is hard, it exists because people are evil.

Or, I guess, #3, people could just be angry and sad all the time, which is also not great for affecting real change.

I dunno...I'm aware that people aren't doing this because they want to create a problem, and often they believe the fake stats they are quoting, but I do not think it is doing more good than harm, and I would like to see folks doing less of it.

One thing that definitely does more good than harm is actually connecting to the complexity of an issue that is important to you. Do that...and see that there are many people working hard.

We do not have any big, easy problems. If we did, they'd be solved. I'm sorry, it's a bummer, but here we are.

[EruditeGoblin - OnBluesky @NLemelson]

@books4kimberly I’ll ride a freaking unicycle if it came to that.

[EruditeGoblin - OnBluesky @NLemelson]

“I’m shocked that a person claiming to be moral is doing immoral things!” says twitter user unacquainted with the past 100,000 years of human history.

[EruditeGoblin - OnBluesky @NLemelson]

@VoicesByZane My problem with the MCU is that it makes potentially interesting stories less interesting by their inclusion.

[EruditeGoblin - OnBluesky @NLemelson]

Interested in grounding your science fiction in science fact? Want to workshop your own stories? I'm teaching a 6-week online class @Hugohouse starting Jan 17th!

https://t.co/KfGfl9b2y2

#WritingCommmunity

[EruditeGoblin - OnBluesky @NLemelson]

I am honored to finally get recognition for my work on “Book”

#writing

[EruditeGoblin - OnBluesky @NLemelson]

@DelhiWacky People really be shocked that art reflects the culture it’s made in, and doesn’t just appear as a platonic ideal from the void.

[Edward Willett @ewillett]

Tangent Online gives SHAPERS OF WORLDS VOLUME IV a glowing review: "One of the most overall enjoyable anthologies I have had the pleasure of reading...I think that the editor says it best in his introduction: this collection is like a grand feast, made of many varied splendid ingredients, and you are quite sure to leave happy and satisfied when you are done. There is, I think, a little bit of something for everyone..." https://t.co/oKQ5BBF7uU

[EruditeGoblin - OnBluesky @NLemelson]

@TheLincoln The best works of art are rarely “flawless” I’d rather read something profound and flawed than something I couldn’t find a specific criticism for, but also didnt affect me much.

Flawed “wows” are better than perfect “mehs.”

[EruditeGoblin - OnBluesky @NLemelson]

@miggsboson History of Rome.

Then Revolutions.

I’m sure you can tell I’m very fun at parties.

[EruditeGoblin - OnBluesky @NLemelson]

Check out my favorite reads of this year!

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[Forbidden Planet @ForbiddenPlanet]

We are thrilled, nay honoured, to announce that legendary Archduke O’ Darkdom Garth Marenghi (@MrHolness) will be joining us at our London Megastore on 5th November to sign his latest masterpiece, INCARCERAT! Head this way for full details… if you dare! https://t.co/5SJnzvRQ0n