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October 18, 2021
GURPS GIRL GENIUS Kickstarter drops Wednesday.
I figure the over/under on time to fund will be about twenty-five minutes. Two hours if they’re actually going to need to fund the entire print run.
Wednesday. Kickstarter. Girl Genius.
— Steve Jackson Games (@SJGames) October 18, 2021
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October 17, 2021
‘Hotel California.’
It’s about vampires, dammit. I don’t care what the band thinks, either. It’s about vampires.
Finally got all of the existing hunks of TINSEL RAIN…
…in chronological order. And it was harder than it looked, too. I’m never writing a book in that fashion again: I had to disentangle two different plot threads that flatly contradicted each other. I think it may have been because this time I didn’t have an existing story to turn into a novel, which is a mistake I will not be repeating this November*.
Now comes the fun part: shoving all the crap out of my head and onto the page, then making it into something else besides crap. Poor Tom Vargas. Now that I know he can take a punch, it’s time for him to start taking more of them…
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*I need to make better outlines, at least.
TL9 Watch: portable nuclear microreactors.
Well, this looks promising…
Nuclear power is going portable in the form of relatively lightweight, cost-effective microreactors. A team of former SpaceX engineers is developing the “world’s first portable, zero-emissions power source” that can bring power to remote areas and also allows for quick installation of new units in populated areas..
Their microreactor, which is still in the prototype phase, outputs more than 1MW, which Radiant says is enough to power approximately 1,000 homes for up to eight years. It can be easily transported by air, sea, and road, meaning it will bring affordable energy to communities without easy access to renewable energy, allowing them to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels.
…assuming, of course, that it’s not bullsh*t. You always have to leave room for bullsh*t. Heck, when it comes to tech reporting sometimes you have to leave room for not-bullsh*t. The good news is, it’s not really revolutionary. They’re working on microreactors now. The bad news is, this is suspiciously better-looking than the current state of the art.
Guess we’ll see!
The ‘Bats is Bats’ THE BATMAN trailer.
For the record: a crazy Batman is fine. Not least because there’s been damn few depictions of Batman where he wasn’t more or less insane. This one is no worse that his predecessors, really. Although I suspect that the last movie he and his parents saw was probably THE CROW, and that’s just fine with me.
Via GeekTyrant.
Patreon Microfiction: The Way to the Devil’s Heart.
‘The Way to the Devil’s Heart’ is, of course, bad theology. But it’s not exactly bad psychology. It is, indeed, very difficult to be unpleasant to someone who is cheerfully serving you a piping-hot portion of properly prepared roast beef, particularly if they are being generous about the crust. It’s just so petty. And nobody likes to think of themselves as being petty.
Patreon!100WS-The Way to the Devil’s HeartDownload
October 16, 2021
Gotten most of the extra FERMI RESOLUTION RPG in!
Ben Fleuter‘s work, obviously (he did the original art assets). Anyway, he’s almost done with them, so here’s a sample:
The rest of the art (and the edits) should be done by the end of the month. Then it’s off to layout for the final version! Huzzah!
Book of the Week: A Night In The Lonesome October.
Surely I have done Roger Zelazny’s A NIGHT IN THE LONESOME OCTOBER? I have not? How odd. And embarrassing, too.
The FLASH and BLACK ADAM teaser trailers.
Yes, I am aware of the nonsense that they decided to put Superman through in the comic books. They do love trying to be edgy, don’t they? – And it will work just as well as it has in the past; which is to say, not at all. It won’t sell ’em more comic books and it won’t even stop the steady erosion of market share. But cheer up: the character will eventually enter the public domain. Or somebody with the copyright will decide that they’d like to increase their sales for a change. Either will do.
