James Davis Nicoll / is on Nostr

Essays @ http://tor.com. 4x Hugo finalist. Editor:2x Aurora-nominated Young People Read Old SFF. Perennial Darwin Award nominee.

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2024-01-30 21:51:12

Idea for a ttrpg alignment system. Keep the law to chaos axis but replace the good, neutral, and evil axis with potatoes. I just haven't worked out which potatoes go where.

2024-01-24 20:50:43

I feel like television forensic science shows would be a lot more amusing if they had the success rate of decyphering evidence as Time Team Geophys guy did. "Oh, this blur is a skull fragment!" but it turns out to be an entire 19th century locomotive. Also it gets revealed a later show some of the equipment does not work on organic materials, or in a nitrogen/oxygen atmosphere, or in a gravity field greater than two milligees.

2024-01-09 14:58:27

Tor.com To Become Reactor, Debut New Site, On January 23rd
Tor Publishing Group announced today that Tor.com will become Reactor (www.reactormag.com) on January 23, 2024, coinciding with the launch of a completely redesigned website.
https://www.tor.com/2024/01/09/tor-com-to-become-reactor-debut-new-site-on-january-23rd/
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2023-10-15 17:14:30

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@npub1psd…9sr7 MY SIXTY PAGE DISCOURSE ON WHY THE INFIELD FLY RULE IS BLATANT COMMUNISM IS A KEY WORLD-BUILDING DETAIL.

2023-09-03 00:12:57

Nobody needs to go without food or water as long as there are other attendees.

2023-06-26 18:38:27

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@npub1psd…9sr7 @npub1dca…duhf @npub15dm…nd6f I think the same series asked "if we're all fighting the Big Bad, who is planting crops?" The answer was "Nobody."

2023-06-26 18:31:25

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@npub1psd…9sr7 @npub1dca…duhf @npub15dm…nd6f One of Mercedes Lackey's series features a guy who got himself and the world in trouble by dabbling in an obscure school of magic. Somewhat later, he decides he really needed to learn a second spell to help deal with the consequences of learning the first one. He also decided all the stuff he didn't understand about this school probably won't matter. I was so unhappy that he got distracted before he could carry out his visionary scheme.