Tag Archives: sci fi

TBR Playlist: Pride Edition

Posted on June 30, 2024 by Ryn PB

Hello, hello! I had grand plans for my blog this month. I was going to post a fun story about library arch-nemeses and an ode to my old car that I had to sell, but alas, a Summer Cold caught … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, LGBT+, TBR Playlist | Tagged against me, baby queen, books, contemporary, dodie, ezra williams, frankie cosmos, gay, gilmore girls, girl in red, graphic novels, green day, hozier, ice cream, kehlani, kesha, king, lesbian, lesbians, leslie feinberg, LGBT, LGBT+, lgbtq, lgbtq+, lgbtqia, meet me @ the altar, miley cyrus, music, pansy division, pink panther, playlist, princess, princess diana, queer, queer artists, queer lit, reading, scene queen, sci fi, science fiction, take me to church, tbr, trans, trans lit, trans stories, transsexual, virginity, wrecking ball, YA, young adult | Leave a comment

TBR Playlist: Saviors by Green Day

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Ryn PB

I’m starting a new blog installment purely for my own enjoyment… again. As we all know, I love pairing songs and books together, but I’m running out of books I’ve read that I want to recommend and that go well … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, LGBT+, original writing | Tagged 1990s, 2000s, 7fates: chakho, alice waler, alice walker, anna-marie mclemore, book, book tag, books, brian broome, bright young things, bts, chloe gong, classic lit, classics, emo, evelyn waugh, foul lady fortune, graphic novels, green day, hayley kiyoko, historical fiction, janelle monae, kpop, laura hankin, laura taylor namey, leigh bardugo, LGBT+, literature, memoir, mental health, mtv, music, music lit, nick hornby, ninth house, nonfiction, pop punk, punk, punk rock, queer lit, reading, rock, rock music, sci fi, science fiction, shanghai, sonora reyes, the color purple, the great gatsby, these violent delights, vile bodies, YA, YA lit | Leave a comment

The Bin-son Boy, Part 3 (of 4)*

Posted on October 15, 2023 by Ryn PB

Part 1 Part 2 I thought I’d read Noriyuki’s calligraphy instructions wrong. There were no transports to anywhere near the destination, but the directions stayed the same no matter how many times I read them. There was only one way … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, Fiction Short Stories, stories | Tagged anxiety, fighting, karate, karate kid, martial arts, queerlit, retelling, sci fi, science, science fiction, space, story, teens, writing | 1 Comment

The Bin-son Boy, Part 2 (of 4)*

Posted on August 31, 2023 by Ryn PB

Part 1 With one final smash against the dirt, my body jerked to a stop. I curled onto my side to throw up, nearly blind with pain. Through blurry vision, I saw that my bike had landed nearby—or at least … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, Fiction Short Stories | Tagged boxing, bullying, creative writing, karate, LGBT+, martial arts, original, outer space, retelling, sci fi, sci-fi, science, science fiction, self defense, space, story, teen, the karate kid, violence, writing, young adult | 2 Comments

The Bin-son Boy*, Part 1 (of 4)

Posted on August 19, 2023 by Ryn PB

I didn’t want to move to the Golden Planet in the first place. Sure, the Jersey Space Station was cramped and had lots of mechanical issues, but it was home. We had a view of the Ocean Galaxies through our … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, Fiction Short Stories | Tagged karate, LGBT+, martial arts, outer space, sci fi, sci-fi, science, science fiction, self defense, space, the karate kid, volleyball, writing | 4 Comments

August 2022: How I gave myself homework even though I’m not in school anymore

Posted on September 1, 2022 by Ryn PB

What I Got: What I Read: Another month, another excuse to give myself fake homework instead of actually being productive. If you want the details of the Orilium: Autumn Equinox 2022 Readathon, I’ll link it here, but the basic facts … Continue reading →

Posted in polysyllabic spree | Tagged anxiety, arcs, audiobooks, booklover, books, booktube, david arnold, drink, dystopian, emery lee, emily austin, fantasy, going crazy, graphic novels, hockey, joan he, LGBT+, library, maggie stiefvater, magical readathon, mental health, mental illness, millenial stories, new zealand, orilium, post-apocalyptic, queer lit, readathon, readathons, reading, school, sci fi, science fiction, tea, the raven boys, the raven cycle | Leave a comment