jason_w_karpf , 3 months ago to bookstodon group

Sagrada Familia in Barcelona ‘will be completed in 2026’ - The Guardian

Inspiration for my award-winning novelette “Basilica Obscura.”

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jason_w_karpf , 4 months ago to bookstodon group

NASA’s Solar Sail Is So Close to Harnessing Sunlight for Propulsion - Popular Mechanics

Solar sails have been featured in science fiction. Technology is prominent in my Christian sci-fi novel Brimstone 1.

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jason_w_karpf , 4 months ago to bookstodon group

Science fiction authors were excluded from awards for fear of offending China - NBC News

Disgrace for honored sci-fi award and gathering behind it. Real life dystopia.

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jason_w_karpf , 5 months ago to bookstodon group

Forty years ago Apple debuted a computer that changed our world, for good or ill - The Guardian

Good account of monument moment in marketing—huge leap in product and promotion. But as author says, digital utopia has not arrived. Daniel 4:7

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jason_w_karpf , 5 months ago to bookstodon group

The Man Who Coined The Word "Robot" Defends Himself - IEEE Spectrum

1935 Essay by co-inventor of term “robot,” Karel Capek, protesting mechanical, malevolent interpretations in pop culture a decade after his play where term was coined, insisting he envisioned chemical/biological creations. Which is scarier? Gen 1:27

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jason_w_karpf , 5 months ago to bookstodon group

Rumors Circulating That James Webb Has Discovered Life on Another World - Futurism

A biosignature found? More work is needed, but we are getting closer to finding more of God’s greatest handiwork. @bookstodon @religion #bookstodon #ChristianSciFi #secretscifinetwork #amwritingsf #ProfessorK #JWST https://apple.news/AmRgTfYDxQ8CupsBdRZETfA