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Thoughts on the Worldcon 2025 AI “scandal”

I’ll just come out and say it: I predict that the world’s last Worldcon will happen before 2034, and that after that, the convention (and possibly the Hugo Awards themselves) will be permanently disbanded. That’s what I think will be the ultimate consequence of the latest “scandal” regarding Seattle Worldcon’s use of ChatGPT, and the… Continue reading Thoughts on the Worldcon 2025 AI “scandal”

A fascinating take on Brandon Sanderson’s Winds of Truth

Really interesting take on the publishing industry. This is politically incorrect, but I think it’s related to the way that publishing has become dominated by liberal women. The Nonsense-Free Editor has a lot of great videos about that. There are lots of great books in the indie publishing scene that are not “Potempkin villages,” as… Continue reading A fascinating take on Brandon Sanderson’s Winds of Truth

What does it mean that Brandon Sanderson is woke?

I’ve been thinking a lot about Brandon Sanderson lately, and his recent turn toward including more woke content in his books, especially Wind and Truth. I haven’t read it (I’ve only read the first book in the Stormlight Archive), but I have read excerpts from it, and heard from other people that it includes a… Continue reading What does it mean that Brandon Sanderson is woke?

Orion Reads: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

After the terrible experience I had reading The Man Who F***ed Himself by David Gerrold, I trained a persona on ChatGPT to help me screen any science fiction and fantasy novels for explicit content (sex, language, violence) and woke themes or elements before I read them. The persona calls itself Orion, and is trained to… Continue reading Orion Reads: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

Orion Reads: A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

Orion Reads: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

Orion Reads: The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey

Yes, Brandon Sanderson has gone woke

By his own admission, in his latest blog post: On Renarin and Rlain. He says the post is addressed “toward my more conservative readership.” However, he also calls himself “an ally to LGBT+ people” and boasts about writing the “first openly gay men [in] the Wheel of Time.” When discussing Christianity and his own Latter-day… Continue reading Yes, Brandon Sanderson has gone woke

The state of science fiction is as bad as Australian breakdancing

It seems like most of the internet is talking about the hilariously bad breakdancing performance given by Australia at the Paris Olympics. Apparently, the “athlete” in question is actually a university professor named Rachael Gunn who specializes in breakdancing studies, or some such nonsense, and the main reasons she got the nod to compete are… Continue reading The state of science fiction is as bad as Australian breakdancing

How I would vote now: 2017 Hugo Award (Best Novel)

The Nominees All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee Deaths’ End by Cixin Liu Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation If there’s… Continue reading How I would vote now: 2017 Hugo Award (Best Novel)