wandering.shop is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Wandering.Shop aims to have the vibe of a quality coffee shop at a busy SF&F Convention. Think tables of writers, fans and interested passers-by sharing drinks and conversation on a variety of topics.

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Charlie Stross

@oblomov @jwz Same with Dilbert Stark naming his drone ships after Iain M. Banks' Culture universe starships. Iain *despised* Musk—and that was back before 2013, when Musk was still small fry(ish). He wrote a barely disguised caricature of Musk into "Surface Detail" as the villain Joliet Veppers, and got him pitch-perfect.