Review: The Finalists from Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine Readers' Awards. Lot of great #sciencefiction here.
https://www.shortsf.com/reviews/asf38th
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Wine - Travel - Photography - SciFi Stories. Professional Sales & Marketing for the underdogs of the wine world. MBA in Wine & Spirits Management.
First images from a new film camera. Kodak Ektar H35 Half Frame. Beautiful grain on Ilford HP5
https://www.shortsf.com/reviews/robotsages My review of the new anthology “Robots Through the Ages” #bookstodon #scifi #sciencefiction
"Sally McBride's mind is sharp, clever, and reasonable. She writes science fiction, not merely stories within a sci-fi sandbox. The stories are precise, the characters clear, and all of it is swaddled in kindness and respect. I felt bits of Steven Utley, Orson Scott Card, and the occasional elder Ray Bradbury..."
Just released what is always one of my most popular posts of each year: My Ranking and Reviews of the Hugo Award Finalists for Best Novella. I think there is a clear winner this year. https://www.shortsf.com/reviews/23hugonovellas
#hugoawards #scifi #sciencefiction #novellas #books #bookstodon
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Understanding Avignonesi: Their Practices, Culture and Single-Vineyard Wines #samples @avignonesi #VinoNobile #Montepulciano #Tuscany
https://pullthatcork.com/2023/understanding-avignonesi-single-vineyard-wines/
@megmaker The University of South Australia's Ehrenberg Bass Institute was just finishing this project when I visited them as part of my WineMBA.
It always made a big impression on me. They are coming at things from a Marketing perspective and Chinese Governmental policy has made most of this moot, but worth looking into.
Happy #winewednesday
All three videos I produced at ELENA WALCH in Alto Adige / Tramin are now live. I'm very proud of these.
ELENA WALCH: The History in the Cellars
http://www.austinbeeman.com/blog/elenawalch1 and https://youtu.be/_RcsyVDrZfU
Sustainability at Elena Walch
http://www.austinbeeman.com/blog/elenawalch3 and https://youtu.be/EVd30WeGf-s
Vigna Kastelaz: Elena Walch's Iconic Gewurztraminer Vineyard
http://www.austinbeeman.com/blog/elenawalch2 and https://youtu.be/lQfosxwWAtg
I hope you enjoy these videos about a wonderful #wine
The Elena Walch winery in Alto Adige / Sudtirol is iconic and inspirational. Elena’s arrival in 1980s launched a quality transformation that would reset what was possible for this mountainous region that is part Italian and part German.
Having sold these wines since 2004 - first at Walt Churchill’s Market and now at Cutting Edge Selections - I was incredibly honored to be given a tour of the cellars with Owner/Winemaker Karoline Walch.
#ww #wine #winewednesday
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Wine Label Adjustments for the U.S. Market. No nudity allowed. Mouton Rothschild 1993, Bordeaux, France #moutonrothschild #winelabel #winelabeldesign
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Fascinating wine history. 1970s Gallo Pink Chablis Commercial. “It’s the finest wine in all the realm … And so great was her praise that -- the white wine blushed pink.” #winehistory #wine #winemarketing
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And they say it's impossible to adapt Ursula K. LeGuin's work to the screen!
@simonjwoolf @AlexGBardsley and it feels like every new wine place in Middle America is opening as a natural wine spot. It isn’t just major international cities.
I frequently meet 24-30 year olds who never liked wine until the found natty wine.
Of course, wine is made in the vineyard, but as Winemaker Theo Zierock of Agricola Foradori shows us, it also requires interesting work in the cellar. In this video Zierock discusses the winemaking process, shows fermentation tanks, aging barrels, and a cellar filled with amphora.
This is fifth of six long format videos featuring Theo at Foradori.
@MikePalumbo @bookstodon Love that you are doing this. #sciencefiction stories are some of the best. I love "The Weapon" by Frederic Brown. A terrifying simple story of a late night visitor to a scientist who has invented the ultimate weapon ... and the gift that the vision has for the man's young son.
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#365Stories in 2023 - 46/365
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"Hall of Mirrors" (1953)
by Fredric Brown
Norman Hastings finds himself teleported without warning, from a friend's home in Beverly Hills to a strangely furnished room, devoid of people. An unsigned letter on the desk explains everything.
In a rare but well-done example of the second person point-of-view, Brown ponders trading a lifetime of memories in exchange for youth.
@myx @clarkesworld Or a world where human writers are paid to show up in the houses of the wealthy to write in-person stories that exist only as limited edition 1 of 1.
@clarkesworld What happens in 6 months if this trend continues?
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This is a problem for short fiction submissions and it's not just going to go away. The link goes into details, but this is a graph of submission bans since 2019. Plagiarism and bot-written spam.
http://neil-clarke.com/a-concerning-trend/
@shaunduke It's short stories for me.
1968
The Sharing of Flesh by Poul Anderson
The Hall of Machines by Langdon Jones.
1967
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison.
Driftglass by Samuel R. Delany
Aye, and Gomorrah by Samuel R. Delany
The Billiard Ball by Isaac Asimov
The Last Command by Keith Laumer
“Sun Push” by Graham Hall
“The Last Refuge” by Eduardo Goligorsky
1966
“Light of Other Days” by Bob Shaw.
“You and Me and the Continuum” by JG Ballard
“The Deeps” by Keith Roberts
1965
“The Hands” by John Baxter
“Goblin Night” by James H. Schmitz
“Day of Wrath” Sever Gansovsky
“All the King’s Men” by Barrington J. Bailey
1964
“Let Us Save the Universe (An Open Letter from Ijon Tichy)” by Stanislaw Lem
“Solder, Ask Not” by Gordon R. Dickson
The Crystal Goblet by Jeronimo Monteiro
1962
“The Place Where Chicago Was” by Jim Harmon
1961
Hothouse by Brian W. Aldiss
“Alpha Ralpha Boulevard” by Cordwainer Smith
1960
“The Voices of Time” by JG Ballard
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