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  • (WFC) The Faith of Beasts By James S. A. Corey

    From James Nicoll@3:633/10 to All on Friday, October 16, 2026 09:23:15


    The Faith of Beasts (The Captive's War, volume 2) By James S. A. Corey

    In which a shrinking community of human survivors learn much about their alien conquerors... none of it good.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/so-it-goes
    --
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  • From John Savard@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, October 18, 2026 17:17:22
    This reminds me of a genre of "science fiction" which has been showing
    up in my YouTube suggestions. The big Galactic Empire sends ships to
    invade Earth. Earth mops them up in 10 minutes. An Earth cadet attends
    a galactic military college... and despite being a mere slip of a
    girl, mops the floor with half a dozen hulking reptilian alien
    bullies, because Earth's gravity is the most intense in the galaxy.

    The way life is these days, I guess we need stuff to cheer us up.

    John Savard

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  • From Cryptoengineer@3:633/10 to All on Monday, October 19, 2026 12:23:51
    On 10/18/2026 1:17 PM, John Savard wrote:
    This reminds me of a genre of "science fiction" which has been showing
    up in my YouTube suggestions. The big Galactic Empire sends ships to
    invade Earth. Earth mops them up in 10 minutes. An Earth cadet attends
    a galactic military college... and despite being a mere slip of a
    girl, mops the floor with half a dozen hulking reptilian alien
    bullies, because Earth's gravity is the most intense in the galaxy.

    The way life is these days, I guess we need stuff to cheer us up.

    John Savard

    This is known as 'HFY" fiction, for "Humanity: Fuck Yeah!".

    It originated on Tumblr about 10 years, go most I see is
    on the /r/HFY Reddit sub. Then (as now) the stories were
    hand written, and some were/are quite good (and some,
    episodically, of Biblical length).

    Here's a very early tumblr post, that kicked off a lot
    of it:

    https://www.tumblr.com/liz-the-dragon/127024122827/silentstep-therobotmonster-moniquill

    Channels for these stories appeared on YT, first
    ripping off the authors on reddit, but now the vast majority
    are clearly written and voiced by AI, despite the earnest
    disclaimers at the start. They're fun in moderation, but its
    like eating Pringles: you soon notice that they all follow
    a very short list of plots.

    pt

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  • From Blaine@3:633/10 to All on Monday, October 19, 2026 10:45:46
    Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 10/18/2026 1:17 PM, John Savard wrote:
    This reminds me of a genre of "science fiction" which has been showing
    up in my YouTube suggestions. The big Galactic Empire sends ships to
    invade Earth. Earth mops them up in 10 minutes. An Earth cadet attends
    a galactic military college... and despite being a mere slip of a
    girl, mops the floor with half a dozen hulking reptilian alien
    bullies, because Earth's gravity is the most intense in the galaxy.

    The way life is these days, I guess we need stuff to cheer us up.

    John Savard

    This is known as 'HFY" fiction, for "Humanity: Fuck Yeah!".

    Maybe that's why I left 'Independence Day' feeling unsatisfied. This was
    the basic premise, although the production levels were astounding.

    Not much of a story after those previews of UFOs decimating buildings
    beneath them.

    --
    Can you strip away so we may start again?
    "There?s a switch and they don't
    seem authentic or themselves. It
    feels like I?m an unnecessary
    body and it?s a waste of time to
    even be there." -- Grim, playful Blaine.

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