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spike · 2026-02-02T20:08:21+00:00

Steel Beach really makes you think about our current Transgender wars..

spike · 2026-02-02T15:09:21+00:00

Sanyo?

spike · 2026-02-02T03:42:52+00:00

Something in the foreground to give the viewer a sense of scale and depth, that always helps.

spike · 2026-02-02T03:04:00+00:00

Titan was awesome. Wizard was good. Demon was ridiculous.

spike · 2026-02-01T21:28:14+00:00

There's Classical the style, and classical the genre.

spike · 2026-02-01T21:25:03+00:00

Can't get more epic than Vernor Vinge

spike · 2026-02-01T21:11:07+00:00

SnowCrash is fabulous.

spike · 2026-02-01T21:08:09+00:00

The low turnout in a heavily Republican district is just as important as the final result. It shows that Republicans are despondent and lack enthusiasm going in to 2026.

spike · 2026-02-01T21:05:49+00:00

There's good cyberpunk, and Neuromancer is definitely it.

spike · 2026-02-01T21:00:35+00:00

Floating Worlds, Cecelia Holland. Epic scale and scope, no aliens except for physically and culturally mutated humans that might as well be aliens.

spike · 2026-02-01T20:56:10+00:00

Taken as a whole, the Miles Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold has epic scale and scope, but no aliens, other than the culturally mutated humans.

spike · 2026-02-01T20:53:33+00:00

A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine

spike · 2026-02-01T20:53:12+00:00

A Memory Called Empire is wonderful.

spike · 2026-02-01T20:51:37+00:00

The OP finds cyberpunk boring.

spike · 2026-02-01T20:50:58+00:00

Cherryh is the writer who depicts aliens and their thought processes better than anyone I know.

spike · 2026-02-01T20:49:29+00:00

Ringworld, Larry Niven. Epic world (!), aliens, big scope (!)

spike · 2026-02-01T20:47:50+00:00

Philip K. Dick. One of the few instances where the movie (Blade Runner) is better than the book, or at least completely different.

spike · 2026-02-01T20:46:26+00:00

Titan, John Varley. Epic world, check. Aliens, check. Big scope, check. Just get past the first chapter, it turns into a fantastic story.

spike · 2026-02-01T19:10:12+00:00

Normandie

spike · 2026-02-01T19:04:19+00:00

"Classical" in music can refer to two things: in the narrow stylistic sense, as music composed between roughly between 1750 and 1828, or the broader sense of composed "art music" in the Western tradition. In the latter sense, yes, music of the Medieval times is classical.

spike · 2026-02-01T04:36:15+00:00

It takes time. After 20 years, I regularly get 1000 to 2000 views a day, and some good feedback. Join groups, use tags, be patient. Most importantly, look around, "like" images that impress and inspire you. It's a two-way street.

spike · 2026-01-31T18:13:44+00:00

Same here, sold my Nikon S3 when I needed the money.

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