G. S. Jennsen

Science fiction author. Futurist, geek, gamer. | Amaranthe Universe on Amazon:

[G. S. Jennsen @GSJennsen]

There are 24 novels in the Amaranthe universe (will be 25 total), and I get it - this sounds a little intimidating. It doesn't need to be; simply pick your favorite reading addiction and dive in!

[G. S. Jennsen @GSJennsen]

@BaronDestructo B. Leave some space for us to get to know the other new crew members we've picked up!

[G. S. Jennsen @GSJennsen]

Character customization, but make it wholesome.😌

@TheExpanseRPG has created a default female PC that's genuinely lovely, even heroic - and this makes me all the more excited to get to craft my own custom hero to captain the Gemini.

[The Expanse: Osiris Reborn @TheExpanseRPG]

Do you prefer to play a character with a default appearance or to customize their looks?

[G. S. Jennsen @GSJennsen]

What an absolutely delightful visualization! The cosmos is mostly empty space - but it is also positively teeming with activity.

Let's go visit them all. 🚀

[World and Science @WorldAndScience]

Extraordinary: This is a selection of multi-planet systems found in the Milky Way galaxy thanks to the Kepler Space Telescope!

(Credit: Ethan Kruse/NASA Goddard)

[G. S. Jennsen @GSJennsen]

TEASE. Also, finally! Also, getting Sovereign vibes from that voice.

[EXODUS @EXODUSGame]

Eyes on the horizon, Travelers. Soon™ has a date.

Nov 17 | 10 AM ET / 7 AM PT | Live with @CohhCarnage

#EXODUSGame

[G. S. Jennsen @GSJennsen]

Sigh.... Why is she fugly again? Heroes should look heroic, dammit.

I'll assume the character creator can fix this until I'm shown otherwise, but come on devs - it cannot be this difficult to be make an arresting, attractive, *heroic* female PC.

[ASHA @asha_shar]

Today we're sharing four minutes of new @fable gameplay. It's been a long road to bring this franchise back, and I'm proud of the work Playground Games is doing. Take a look.

[G. S. Jennsen @GSJennsen]

@esa's Euclid telescope has released it's first major batch of data, and it is a motherload, weighing in at 1.7 terabytes. 900 million galaxies, 60 million quasar candidates, and 15,000 gravitationally lensed objects across 1900 deg^2 of space and deep into time.

Beautiful images came with the release, but the juice will be in the data itself. Euclid has brought the goods - now the scientists go to work to unravel the cosmic secrets buried within.

https://t.co/yMRuIfK47Q

[G. S. Jennsen @GSJennsen]

@Austen I suspect the latter. In our current corporate, HR-ruled world, sleeping with a direct report is far worse than sleeping with a Chinese spy.

[G. S. Jennsen @GSJennsen]

@AlysssaHazel He was a terrific storyteller with wonderful range (as well as, yes, being self-evidently brilliant), and we lost him far, far too early.

[G. S. Jennsen @GSJennsen]

This is the blindingly obvious path forward and the best hope for a DC redemption arc, right? Everyone can see this, right?

[Complex Pop Culture @ComplexPop]

Henry Cavill said he'd be open to returning to play Superman in DC.

"I’ve had such a wonderful time playing Superman in the past. I would never say never no."

via Inverse

[G. S. Jennsen @GSJennsen]

@BaronDestructo D. Best case, they are who they say they are, and everything proceeds honorably. Worst case, you end up back at A.

[G. S. Jennsen @GSJennsen]

@MrRPLewis ROFL, I love it!

Libraries are dangerous places. Thankfully, this portal isn't located in a library, so it'll be fine....

[G. S. Jennsen @GSJennsen]

I am excited to announce a new space opera anthology I'm a part of: GATES (a space opera anthology). This collection will feature new, original stories from 14 excellent scifi authors, all centered around a single concept: gateways to other worlds. Ancient portals, mysterious alien technology, wormholes, rifts and more. And check out that cover!

My story? I'll share details about it when the anthology launches, but for now, I'll just say that it involves something ... ... new. 😲

The Kickstarter launches December 3, but all I need from you today is something very simple: ⭐️follow the link and click the button "Notify me on launch."⭐️

This will let Kickstarter know to send you an email when the campaign goes live, but what it also does is signal popular support for the anthology, which activates the Kickstarter promotion engine for us. Clicking the button doesn't obligate you to back the Kickstarter in any way, though of course I hope you will (but much more on that later).

Follow the link below to see the GATES pre-launch page (once it's live, this page will feature a TON more info about the book and reward tiers) and CLICK THAT BUTTON.

Link ⬇️

[G. S. Jennsen @GSJennsen]

The Expanse universe (books, TV, and soon games) runs on some of the deepest, most complex worldbuilding in the genre. Its near-future vision is messy and at times a biting critique of human nature, but brilliantly done.

I hope we do better with our future in the solar system. I hope we build a world where abundance is the floor, not the ceiling (in space and here at home) and "freedom" means the ability to build a life worth living. But it's up to us to make it happen.

[The Expanse: Osiris Reborn @TheExpanseRPG]

Martians and Belters believe people on Earth have it easy: free air, water, and a life where nobody has to work. But the reality is pretty much a caste system for 30 billion people. No wonder some of them escape to the Belt, where a heavy, risky job feels like an improvement.

[G. S. Jennsen @GSJennsen]

Kickstarter pre-launch page: https://t.co/9XVVz07kqv

[G. S. Jennsen @GSJennsen]

It's true. After working for myself for 12+ years, I am completely feral and unfit for corporate consumption.

[JOHN BRUBAKER @CoachBru]

Being self-employed for 18 years has made me completely unemployable. Not because I can't do the job. Because I can't sit in a room full of adults pretending something stupid makes sense.

[G. S. Jennsen @GSJennsen]

@NovelistNotions A mantra I have to repeat damn near every day while writing the first draft, even after 23 books.

[G. S. Jennsen @GSJennsen]

@BaronDestructo C. Only seems polite to send some Starfleet members to meet a Starfleet team.

[G. S. Jennsen @GSJennsen]

@thisThadius You know, X might benefit from a FB-style emoji picker, because this would definitely get a 🤣.

[G. S. Jennsen @GSJennsen]

Whew! Thank goodness Bloomington stepped up. For a minute there, I was worried we were going to have to grapple with the civilizational opportunities and dangers of ASI, but never mind.

[MTS @MTSlive]

SITUATION DETECTED: Bloomington, Indiana's city council voted unanimously this week to ban any recursively self-improving entity capable of greatly outperforming all humans on all cognitive tasks from inside city limits, citing existential hazards and loss of human control.

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