Benjamin C. Kinney
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Sorry to leave you hanging, this has been on my to-do list for a while but my life doesn't have time for deep discussion of blog posts.
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Benjamin C. Kinney@benjaminckinney.com |
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SFF writer, neuroscientist, Hugo finalist. Escape Pod 2017-2023. Short stories in Analog, Lightspeed, Sunday Morning Transport, etc. He/him. Rep: Marisa Cleveland. Neuroscience (not under pen name): rehabilitation, neuroimaging, hand dominance Benjaminck
Benjamin C. Kinney
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Sorry to leave you hanging, this has been on my to-do list for a while but my life doesn't have time for deep discussion of blog posts.
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John Chu
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I've sold a novel to Tor Books! Title to come. Thank you to @ericshowers.bsky.social and @jengunnels.bsky.social for believing in it. I'm eternally grateful to @annvandermeer.bsky.social for editing the story it's based on, which you can read at @reactorsff.bsky.social
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P. H. Low (preorder THESE DEATHLESS SHORES 9 July '24!)
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these deathless shores is out today! (almost) everywhere books are sold ~ deepest thanks to everyone who helped make this happen 💚
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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Things nobody warns you about progressive lenses: 1) Heights become scary. Downward angles are blurry! 2) Photography is tough. You're looking up at distant things but your phone screen is up-close.
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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Make a band more vegetable Jukebox the Ghost Pepper (My first instinct was "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club," but that is clearly illegal)
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Tade Thompson
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Sweet Galactus, I hate this picture. Anyway, Rosewater is the New Scientist Book Club pick. I carry on about it here.
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Leo Korogodski
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The second post in my Transgressive Science Fiction series is about whether AI, when sentient, would be rational or emotional, programmed or grow up as children do, repaired or healed:
tinyurl.com/2yp2rrws
The first post was about diverse hive minds.
#Scifi #Writing #AI #ScienceFiction
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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Thanks for the heads-up - great company! I'll give it a close read when I have some time, I'm excited to see such a thoughtful & in-depth analysis of this topic! Thus far (i.e. based on skimming) I have an interesting disagreement, what (if any) would be a fun forum to have that discussion?
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Melissa Caruso
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Today is the last day to bid on this signed ARC of THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS in the Romancing the Vote auction!
It's one of only a few signed ARCs in existence, and you'll get it 4 months before release! Plus you'll support some great voting organizations!
www.32auctions.com/organization...
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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Vivian Shaw
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HELLO BLUESKY I am here from what was once the twitters, with an announcement: BITTER WATERS is out today on audio and ebook!
x.com/orbitbooks/s...
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Mary Robinette Kowal
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I've just learned that the International Astronomical Union has named an asteroid after me.
I'm... I'm a little overcome.
It's out near Jupiter, so there's no danger of it hitting the Earth.
ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_l...
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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Eeee! How delightful!
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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The question "how many neuroscientists does it take to figure out X?" comes up a whole lot in my life.
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Zig Zag Claybourne
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SPACEFUNK is live. Fund this in an hour? Wild. Deeper still: Overfund. Yeah. We funk.
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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Hah yeah it's like self-driving cars all over again Did you know that... navigating in an environment is SUPER HARD and takes DECADES OF CONSTANT EXPERIENCE? (I mean, clearly YOU do!)
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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Oh yes! I know of a patient who had an perinatal stroke, lost almost the entire left side of his brain... totally normal & functional, nobody even knew until his junior high gym teacher noticed he threw really badly with his right hand.
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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There are no such thing as "left brain people" and "right brain people." Different functions are lateralized to the left or right brain, but they don't all move as a package. If they did, everyone good at language would also be good at math.
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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Ok, having just finished Stray, I guess I was *not* supposed to have gotten creeped out by the way the cat never needed to eat?
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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My cats do not like water ON but they line up at the shower door in the morning so I will run some onto the wall for them to lick up. Top hilarity though was the day one hopped into a bathtub (usually a fine big box-like play space) before checking whether it was empty...
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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I was poking around Google Maps in my city and ran across the site of G'Kar's gravestone. I'm not the pilgrimage type, but still. Hmm.
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Marissa Lingen
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If you enjoy the stories I write, please support the magazines that publish them as you are able! Right now @morningtransport.bsky.social is having a subscription drive www.sundaymorningtransport.com/MembershipDr... so you can get a subscription at a discount.
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Cat Rambo
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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🧡🐉🔥
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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Cloning one of my cats. Trogdor is perfect and soft but getting old, he deserves a much much younger twin brother. The name of Trogdor's clone would be, of course, Dagron.
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Matthew Claxton
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When the irresistible force meets the immovable object they… get drunk together?
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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I once got stuck with a 2-1/2 at school! 😱
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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Only a few days ago, you aren't behind the curve!
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Jodi Meadows
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I don't know who needs to see this . . .
JUST KIDDING. It's you. You need to see it.
It's a sneak peek of MY LADY JANE!
And if you haven't gotten the book yet, you might want to before your preferred edition is out of stock.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLoW...
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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This explains why I have so much trouble understanding cricket
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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Alt text correction: diving boards are 21m for women, 27m for men. (Beats me why this sport needs a gender difference.)
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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World Cliff Diving Championship warmup dives (Boston MA, about half an hour ago)
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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Just coming on the internet today like
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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Hey @effinbirds.com you got any plans to offer that one in kids sizes? I got a real hot dog fan who could become a bird fan!
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Diabolical Plots
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It's the last day to apply for a first reader spot at Diabolical Plots! ("Slushreader", if you may be more familiar with the term). If it's something you're interested in, why not fill it out!
docs.google.com/forms/d/15_2...
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Clarissa C. S. Ryan
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Apologies to Garry Trudeau and the gods of typography
#uspol
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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Quick someone photoshop that Doonesbury image so he's saying "guilty" 34 times!
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Rajiv Moté
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There's a @kaleidotrope.bsky.social short story by @benjaminckinney.com that manages to condense a sweeping epic fantasy into 1,475 words. I love this notion, and I tried to examine how he did it in this blog post.
rajivmote.wordpress.com/2024/05/29/e...
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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Oh no! Glad you got some good nursing care tho
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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This story was so much fun to write, and @rajivmote.bsky.social gives it an excellent analysis here. Come see the mechanics of compressing a complete epic fantasy into <1500 words!
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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AI is cheap in the same way Uber is cheap. Bankrolled by investors and losing money in the short term... to drive out the competition.
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Kaleidotrope
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#ThrowbackThursday
“The Promise of Iron” by @benjaminckinney.com
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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If I were any kind of artist, this is where I'd put the sketch of a horse with six thumbs coming out of each side of its face
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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I'd like to state for the public record that I oppose horse thumbs.
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Dream Foundry
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There's one week left to enter this year's contests for emerging artists and writers! No submission fees, cash prizes, and awesome judges. Check it out!
You can find more details about both contests on our website.
Art: dreamfoundry.org/art-contest/
Writing: dreamfoundry.org/writing-cont...
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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(To be fair I THINK she meant "for summer break" but... she did not specify...)
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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Truly, when a babysitter is due at 3pm, is there any better text to receive at 3:01 than "Hi Ben, unfortunately I moved back to Texas"?
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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Best of health & strength to you (plural)!
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Paul G. Brandon
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Benjamin C. Kinney
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Writers, post something random from your backlist. Don’t think. Just do it:
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/the-work-c...
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