@wtalabi.com
Engineer | Writer | Editor
Enjoyer of Equations, Ideas & Assorted Nonsenses
Hugo, Nebula, Locus & Caine Prize finalist
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@wtalabi.comWould you believe I only just saw this now? Not sure how I missed it. I was at LA WC virtually. Hoping to be in the flesh for Montreal if you'll be there.
@wtalabi.comReposted by @wtalabi.comMore trade reviews! this one from Library Journal who say "fans of Nnedi Okorafor's Who Fears Death and Claire North's Slow Gods should race to place this thrilling, thought-provoking story on hold." 🙏🏾📚 Wheeeww
@wtalabi.comLibraries are the best!
@wtalabi.comThats amazing. I hope they get it for you soon! 🙏🏾
@wtalabi.comI know. Its fine company indeed.
@wtalabi.comMore trade reviews! this one from Library Journal who say "fans of Nnedi Okorafor's Who Fears Death and Claire North's Slow Gods should race to place this thrilling, thought-provoking story on hold." 🙏🏾📚 Wheeeww
@wtalabi.comI worry about this too. There is a certain level of necessary 'friction' to learning and creativity that some people seemed determined to eliminate
@wtalabi.comIdeally, yes.
@wtalabi.comEverything is hard and we all need a break.
@wtalabi.comI know because I saw it once they escalated it and showed it to me. We really need people to stop outsourcing thinking.
@wtalabi.comThis LLM nonsense is a black hole of productivity. I got a 12 page document from a client (obviously generated using some LLM tool) explaining what they thought was wrong with our software's physics. We had people wasting time on this but an experienced engineer would have spotted the obvious error
@wtalabi.comDisappointed but not surprised
@reactorsff.bsky.socialReposted by @wtalabi.com"But while First Contact stories are ostensibly about humans meeting aliens, they aren’t really about that. Not really. They’re about us."
Author @wtalabi.com recommends five African First Contact stories:
@wtalabi.comFinished watching season 2 of The Gentlemen and while I enjoyed it a lot, I'm mostly just annoyed it took me so long to pick up on all the "Godfather" references they baked into it.
@wtalabi.comReposted by @wtalabi.comHey US friends! Want to read a novel that's kinda Nigerian John Wick meets Arrival by way of The Three Body Problem, Or what you'd get if Carl Sagan's Contact and Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai had a very African baby?
I've got you. Win a free copy here:
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@wtalabi.comEven children of men in black?
@wtalabi.com- Tomb Raiders Of The Lost Ark. - Children Of Men In Black. - The Empire Strikes Back To The Future. - RoboCopland. - Terminator 2: Judgment Day Of The Dead. - The Godfather Of The Bride. - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragonheart. - Rush Hour Of The Wolf. - The Princess Bridesmaids.
@wtalabi.comHaha. Well, I did edit the first Africanfuturism anthology so it would be a pretty big oversight if I didnt spell it right. Really hope you enjoy the novel when you get your hands on it. 🙏🏾
@wtalabi.comInfusing African philosophies into the soul of a First Contact narrative for my new novel THE FIST OF MEMORY got me thinking about the history and present of First Contact in general and in African SF more specifically and so naturally, I wrote an article about it.
