Cory Doctorow on Nostr: As a science fiction writer, I am professionally irritated by a lot of sf movies. Not ...

As a science fiction writer, I am professionally irritated by a lot of sf movies. Not only do those writers get paid a *lot* more than I do, they insist on including things like "self-destruct" buttons on the bridges of their starships.

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