WashPost: An unofficial list of the most influential #scienceFiction
works ever.

"Based on a canvassing of experts ranging from the Kennedy Space Center to academia, here is a brief tour of the sci-fi works that were most influential in helping to pave a real-life path to the stars."

https://wapo.st/3GxIjSD
#sf

ジックリ没入する時間を提供する #小説 と、サクッと読む娯楽作品（ライトノベル）とで、二極化傾向なんだと思うのです。
そのはざまの、考えないと解らない短い小説というのが、昔だったら #SF ショートショートみたいなものが人気でしたが、かなりニッチで売れないジャンルになっている気がします。そもそもSFで直木賞とか出ませんし。
で、そのはざまを埋める作風を私は目指してしまっているわけです。
で、この短い文章を読む層を現状で考えると、実用書とか、ダイジェスト版つくらせたのとか読む人々なのかもしれません……

I'm actually glad that Rainbow Grocery (here in #SF) shut down its in-house online shopping system. InstaCart does it better in every way. I'm sure there's a lesson in there somewhere.

Mary Robinette Kowal's THE SPARE MAN is an SFnal version of the 1930s THIN MAN movies, & it's an entertaining page-turner. Engineering heiress Tesla Crane and her new husband, retired detective Shal, are on a luxurious Earth-to-Mars cruise. But then a passenger is murdered and Shal is locked up for the crime, so the couple have to investigate to clear their names. At least they have lots of flirtatious banter, cocktails, & her support dog Gimlet! https://maryrobinettekowal.com/writing/the-spare-man/ #books #sf

宇宙葬のカプセルって
あれ射出してすぐ空気を抜いても
体内の大腸菌とか
なかなか死なんらしいな
#SF

The #Worldcon 2019 opening ceremony is about to start. It'll
feature the award of the retro #HugoAwards.

You can follow a text-based commentary at http://www.thehugoawards.org/2019/08/2019-retro-hugo-award-ceremony-live-coverage/ #scifi #sf #fantasy #books

Obit for Jack Cohen, one of the co-authors of "The #Science of #Discworld" series, who died in May. Written by another co-author, Ian Stewart.

"The Science of Discworld was published in 1999, with three further books following in 2002, 2005 and 2013. The series sold more than a million copies and changed our lives; Jack considered it one of his proudest achievements."

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jun/03/jack-cohen-obituary #sf #fantasy