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[thesettingsun]

My first novel, A Relative Weight, is now in stores!

Consider picking up a copy from your local bookstore~ (You would be able to order it off Amazon except there are unreality shenanigans. Someday.)

If you were promised a signed copy, you should already have gotten one on your doorstep. Let me know if I missed anyone.

Thanks again to Chiyo Matsuoka for the cover art and to everyone who provided support during this process! I couldn't have reached here without you ♥

[A Relative Weight is indeed for sale! And getting pretty good reviews, at that.]

Comments

[digthefuzz]

dude, that sounds sweet!
fight for your right to scifi!
it's totally whack when people mistreat it, i agree
um just refresh me
what exactly does moral relativism mean again?

[thesettingsun]

It's the idea that there isn't an objective 'right' and 'wrong', and your values are determined by the culture you grew up in.

For a small example: in some countries you tip waiters, and in some countries you don't tip because they get a decent salary. Most people here probably don't think of giving waiters a salary that depends on tips as wrong. It's just what you do.

[digthefuzz]

ohhh word i get it

are the waiters important characters?

[thesettingsun]

That was an example. Waiters don't come up in this book.

[digthefuzz]

man really?
i was getting hyped about it
okay, what characters you got

[thesettingsun]

I have space pirates. Is that acceptable?

[digthefuzz]

oh snap for real!!
okay that's even more awesome than waiters
#HYPE!!

[thesettingsun]

Space pirates are definitely way more cool than waiters. No offense to waiters.

I hope you pick up a copy!

[digthefuzz]

yo i'll check it out!
will there be a movie

[thesettingsun]

It just got released today, give it a little time.

[Not that he thinks it's blockbuster material anyway.]

[digthefuzz]

right, right gotcha
i want to try out for one of the space pirates
whichever one's the coolest

[thesettingsun]

If it gets a movie, I will absolutely keep you posted about casting calls. Have you done any voice-over work?

[digthefuzz]

i've done some commercials
and in a few episodes of the show i was in
one was a cgi episode, another was one where we were muppets
oh yeah and also the episode where i had a robot version
but most of my work's live action

[thesettingsun]

Just checking. They're alien space pirates, and I'm no movie director but I think they'd be hard to do with just makeup and costuming.

[digthefuzz]

yo man everything may be cgi these days but don't underestimate the power of practical effects!
the show i was on made a fishman costume and when someone wore it i swore it was the real deal
yo do any of the pirates have, like, a lobster claw for a hand?
that would be sooo boss!

[thesettingsun]

I described them as insectoid, so maybe not a lobster exactly, but claws are definitely on the table.

[digthefuzz]

ok im in

[thesettingsun]

Excellent. I'll keep you posted on any movie deals.

[digthefuzz]

legitness!
and i'll scope out the bookstore

[thesettingsun]

I hope you enjoy the book as it is, movie or no movie.

[digthefuzz]

i bet i will
i havent read too many books
but it sounds like it'll be legit!

[thesettingsun]

I tried to make it accessible to be people who don't normally read sci-fi, so. Should be legit.

[digthefuzz]

sweetness!!
that's too cool of you man
well i'll see you on the other side!

[thesettingsun]

I'll see you later. Take care!