Let's Get Off This Rock Already!
An Author's Adventures in Space Travel, Science Fiction, and Worlds Beyond
When it comes to making quick, flashy imagery for this site, Midjourney has long been my tool of choice. It's a godsend for my sillier and more lighthearted posts; I've used it to generate eye-popping covers1 for my short stories, and visuals for book reviews that would otherwise lack them. But it might not be... Continue Reading →
Well, it seems to be that time of year again: when the leaves on the trees turn orange and red, the full Moon lights the clouds with an eerie pale glow, headless Hessians menace sleepy New England towns... and Let's Get Off This Rock Already! publishes its annual Halloween special. Previous entries covered Event Horizon... Continue Reading →
Welcome back, everyone! This week's entry will be a little lighter on text and heavier on visuals---which, judging by the success of my previous posts on AI-generated art, ought to be a popular decision. But this time I aim to focus on a particular theme. You see, ever since I was a kid, I've been... Continue Reading →
I'll be the first to admit I've had a sporadic posting schedule. I'm trying to do better this year---which is why I'm typing this piece up on July 4, almost a month in advance---but the historical pattern of this site has been enormous gaps in between frantic bursts of writing. Eight whole months passed between... Continue Reading →
It's been the better part of a year since I posted my early experiments with Midjourney. Today, in what may be one of my shorter, sillier pieces, I'll fill you in on my antics during the intervening time. It's stunning how far generative AI has advanced just while I've been using it; if I were... Continue Reading →
Historians will remember 2022 as the year AI took the internet by storm. Algorithmic text and image generators---the likes of ChatGPT, MidJourney, and Jasper---exploded in popularity, spawning new internet trends, provoking fierce opposition from flesh-and-blood artists, and threatening the security of creative jobs (like mine). As 2023 dawns, it seems there is no stopping the... Continue Reading →
Post by Nic Quattromani: Well, here's the second part of my review of Neil Clarke's Galactic Empires. Here I will tackle the book's latter twelve stories, twelve tales of weirdness and wonder, and try to make sense of how this anthology fits together, if it does at all. “A Cold Heart” by Tobias S. Buckell: When... Continue Reading →
Post by Nic Quattromani: I’m quite fond of tropes. Yes, when overused they can flatten a story, make it a bland template more than a work in its own right (looking at you, Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars), but nevertheless they provide a tremendous library of ideas, stories, and tools spread across literary space, which... Continue Reading →
