Roderick Leeuwenhart
@leeuwenhart
🚀 Dutch SF author writing about NL / East Asia | Star Body, The Gentlemen XVII | Harland Award & Galaxy Award winner | he/him | Newtype | rep'd by SBK Literary Agency Website: www.roderickleeuwenhart.nl
Look, if historicity or cultural accuracy is of any concern, you will first have to explain why you're OK with Odysseus being played by Matt Damon instead of looking like this.
"I, for one, am eggshausted by all this footballing. My brain's perfectly an omelet right now."
At Eurocon Berlin, on a panel talking things through. Mostly about European SF. I'm the man in the hat, which the salesman said I was the only one he had ever seen pull it off. Next to me is Aiki Mira, they are much cooler than me. Then Jean Bürlesk from Luxemburg, then @francescoverso.bsky.social.
A friend sent me this picture of the Chinese version of my SF novel STAR BODY she spotted on display in the (huge!) Xin Hua bookstore in Guangzhou 💛
Ik geef op donderdag 14 mei op NOVIO MAGICA een schrijfworkshop waarin we schrijftechnieken en tips bespreken, maar ook aan de slag gaan met schrijven. Er is zelfs een wedstrijd waarin je werk uitgegeven kan worden! Schrijf je hier in voor de workshop: www.intonijmegen.com/agenda/agend...
This landscape is brought to you by the belief that no country should invade or annex another country, nor kidnap their leaders, nor seek to influence their politics, nor oppress minorities, nor exterminate neighbors. The snow's convinced there's a clear line between good and evil right there.
There's a crook in this park road in Deventer that's never not magical at night, especially in the snow.
The banks of the IJssel are covered in snow, which makes for great walks with Orbit! He loves plowing through it 🐾
We're loving this roguelite beat-'m-up over here. It's gorgeously drawn and animated too, just look at these screenshots!
Absolum is an object lesson in how video games don't need a huge (open) world to feel like a fully realized, rich environment. The game's almost cozily small in territorial scale, but every area has stunning scenery and a drip feed of secrets to keep things interesting.
De onvolprezen kampioen van Nederland, te vinden op het onderste schap van uw Jumbo.
Dekmantels: Fantastische Vaaggesprekken van Remco Meisner. Interviews met allerlei Nederlandstalige sciencefictionschrijvers!
I swear, this science fiction novella by the Strugatskys gives off the same nervous energy as Uncut Gems. Constant high pressure situations barely understood by poor Malianov, and the reader's not much wiser. Alternately laughing out loud and trying to calm my heart.
I've been completely trapped on the sofa for an hour now while Orbit's dozing on my lap. Please send groceries.
Dutch SFF organization NCSF published my spotlight report on Chinese science fiction in their quarterly magazine "HSF" 🐼
Reading for the first time SF classic Roadside Picnic by the Strugatsky brothers, the 2012 translation by Olena Bormashenko with this arresting cover, and I might as well quit writing.
Currently in the studio of Cultuurcafé on RTV Oost, to talk about the Galaxy Award win for Star Body 🫰
The latest issue of Locus Magazine has a report on GalaxyCon with pictures (squint to see me on one of the panels there) and, tucked away on page 60, humbly, proudly, the Galaxy Award win for Star Body \(^_^)/
Let me share you the view on the inside of the fridge. It's graphic. Frozen cola slurry everywhere.
TIL you shouldn't put a frozen bottle of cola in the fridge, because it'll explode violently and you'll spend the next hour cleaning everything.
Bonus post! I mustn't neglect to mention the presence of force of nature James Patrick Kelly as "mentor of mentors"! He held a terrific lecture (mirrorshades and all) on the origins of cyberpunk, the genre he helped create back in the day, and we got a real kick out of that! 6/6
It was exhausting, it was rewarding, and I'm grateful I got the opportunity to be part of this. Thanks to everyone who made it possible, notably the hard-working organizers (Shiyu!), and @francescoverso.bsky.social for his efforts in setting the whole thing up. 5/?