Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ
Writer, historian, cosplayer, Vermonter. Author of Cosplay: A History.
Newsletter: https://www.andrewliptak.com
- The Folio Society's spring collection includes some outstanding SF/F titles: Andy Weir's The Martian, Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven, China Miéville's Perdido Street Station, and more. www.andrewliptak.com/folio-societ...
- A new month means a new crop of short science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories. Here's the latest roundup for you to check out: www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fanta...
- When I say my story is timely and topical when it comes to AI, I don’t mean for it to be *this* timely.
- Somewhere, Parker is smashing another tablet.
- The unrepentant face of a goblin who just ate an ENTIRE pizza crust off the counter.
- And when I say pizza crust, this was a large, premade crust that I hadn’t put cheese and sauce on yet. 😑
- Apple is bringing on a new heavyweight author for its programming: Brandon Sanderson, who'll be adapting his Cosmere universe for the streaming service, which will include a Mistborn film and television series of The Stormlight Archive. Here's my writeup of the path it's taken so far:
- What are the odds Murderbot will be on SNL tonight? www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqJs...
- It’s a bit of a cliché, but I really didn’t intend for this story to be so topical. It really encompasses a lot of the problems that I have with artificial intelligence, based on what I’ve been seeing over the last decade or so.
- Our January #FutureTenseFiction story is here! Read @andrewliptak.com’s “Deficiency Agent,” which follows a Marine whose role in an AI-led decision loop is to “root out any weirdness the AI might spit out” on the battlefield.
- Noooooooooo! This is incredibly sad. She was so good.
- I am very, very pleased to announce that I have a new short story out: “Deficiency Agent”, published in ASU Center for Science and the Imagination’s Future Tense series.
- I’ve had this story on my mind for more than a decade, and it brings together a whole bunch of things that I’ve been thinking about and seeing when it comes to the military and technology.
- This is my third pro sale, and I’m thrilled that they took this story: I’ve long admired their fiction and response essays, and its wonderful company to be joining. They’ve paired it up with a great companion essay that just made my day: issues.org/futuretensef...
