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First: human being. Second: an award-winning science fiction writer from Hungary. You can find the English translation of Disposable Bodies, a novel of mine at Amazon. Third: legutóbbi regényem a Felfalt kozmosz (2023), de készül a következő.:)

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Neil deGrasse Tyson: Isaac Newton is #1
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Isaac Newton is #1 YouTube video by The 92nd Street Y, New York

Who is the most extraordinary scientific mind, that Humanity has produced:
www.youtube.com/shorts/2z9hR...

17.04.2025 14:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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My recent month's efficiency in novel writing reminded me of the iconic pie chart by fantasy author @joeabercrombie.com
Made more difficult by an 8-hour, brain-draining job, and instead of Bioshock, meaningless social media junkie stuff.
Could I ask for a bit of self-discipline from someone?

08.02.2025 17:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

2024 and TV Shows:
I watched 158 episodes across various series.

My favorites:
For All Mankind – Season 4
Shōgun (I loved the adaptation from the 80s, but this one was amazing in its own way)
Arcane – Season 2
Baby Reindeer
Masters of the Air (not as good as Band of Brothers but still pretty solid)

05.01.2025 12:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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2024 in movies:
I watched a total of 104 films.

My favorites:
- Dune: Part Two
- Civil War
- Poor Things
- Challengers
- The Substance
- Red Rooms
New favorites that weren’t released this year:
- Raw (2015)
- Babylon (2022)
Favorite re-watch:
- Aliens (1986)

03.01.2025 08:56 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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My favourite book in 2024
Naomi Alderman - The Future (the Hungarian edition)
An apocalyptic story exploring the relationship between technology and humanity, written in an excellent style and full of surprising twists, cool characters.
@naomialderman.bsky.social - Thanks for this journey!

20.12.2024 12:13 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Alex Garland's CIVIL WAR has a clear and simple meaning
Alex Garland's CIVIL WAR has a clear and simple meaning YouTube video by Science Fiction with Damien Walter

Why 'Civil War' is one of the most important sci-fi movies of the decade:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWBz...

02.12.2024 16:31 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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TOP15 kedvenc science fiction regényem | Markovics Botond sci-fi hírlevele - extra Nemrég egy beszélgetés közben felmerült egy látszólag egyszerű kérdés, hogy mik a kedvenc science fiction regényeim, és rádöbbentem, hogy ezt komolyabban még sosem gondoltam végig. Most megtettem, íme...

Nemrég egy beszélgetés során felmerült egy látszólag egyszerű kérdés, hogy mik a kedvenc science fiction regényeim.
És eltűnődtem, mi lenne, ha készítenék egy TOP15- kedvenc sci-fi listát?
Íme (hírlevél formátum, ha tetszik, fel tudsz rá iratkozni!;))
markovicsbotond.substack.com/p/top15-kedv...

30.11.2024 11:46 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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How Murderbot Saved Martha Wells' Life Martha Wells created one of the most iconic characters in 21st-century science fiction: Murderbot, reluctant savior of humanity. Then she faced an existential threat of her own.

A superb, personal article about Martha Wells's (@marthawells.com) writing career.

www.wired.com/story/murder...
(Fun fact: You can also listen to it—there’s an AI-generated audio version!)

28.11.2024 07:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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OMG, the Arcane finale on Netflix...
Pure audiovisual and emotional perfection, words can't fully capture this experience. For me, it felt very similar to what I experienced as a child watching Star Wars in the cinema for the first time.

23.11.2024 13:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hungarian SFT: Austin Wagner on Three Hungarian SFF Authors – Speculative Fiction in Translation

If you are interested in European/Hungarian speculative fiction novels/short stories, here it is an informative article about three famous Hungarian authors (a fantasy, a sci-fi, and a weird/horror author). One of them is me, btw.
www.sfintranslation.com?p=14512

16.11.2024 22:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1