#bioforms

[kt--extinction]

Thinking of my other cyborg blorbo. Honey from the Bioforms series by Adrian Tchaikovsky. What if a cybernetically uplifted genetically engineered bear created to shoot Big Guns for warcrimes... had a beautiful soul and became a college professor and wore little eyeglasses. What if.

[thegodemperorsmycopilot]

[abobobo]

"One of the creatures designed by Yūsuke Takayanagi / 高柳祐介(Zeiram 2) and his assistants for the 3DO game N.O.B. Neo Organic Bioform." (Source)

[arribabuilds]

[Fury Slizer]

Following his loss at the hands of Blaster in their climactic battle, a badly damaged Millennium would escape to the fiery parts of Slizer Planet. Here he would encounter Lava of the Roboriders, Slizers who had been mutated into bike-like forms. Knowing that Blaster needed to be stopped, Millennium would implore Lava to fuse with him. The resulting being would come to be known as Fury, a transforming Slizer with Millennium's stern devotion to the planet and Lava's fiery love of speed.

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A build I did about a year ago, based on the idea of making a Slizer/Roborider that could transform between the two. I was initially doubtful of my ability to actually pull it off, I just went for it and the result is this magnificent lad! He's 100% buildable and used all legal colors as far as I know. Instructions for him can be found HERE~

[approximateknowledge]

i really appreciate how the default protagonist for adrian tchaikovsky's books is just "pathetic slightly uncanny little guy"

like there's always at least one pov character who fits that description

sometimes there's multiple in the same book!

[paladinbehavior]

DAY 15, GIVE IT UP FOR DAY 15

Ikari, Toa of Water. She transforms into a shonk! Haven’t tried making a Bioformer since I was like 12, this is a more recent attempt

[wawideas]

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Trabajado para la Coorporación Carvajal Empaques y de uso en todo LATAM.

Manual de marca

[literallymechanical]

Incredible books. I’ve posted about the first one before, but I finally got around to reading the sequel and I highly recommend both.

Rex is a Good Dog. Rex knows he is a Good Dog because when he follows Master’s orders, the feedback chip in his head tells him Good Dog.

Rex is a genetically engineered cyborg supersoldier furry Bioform who has been sent to “intervene” in a Mexican civil war by a shady American private military contractor.

And because it’s written by Adrian Tchaikovsky, of course there’s a swarm of sentient bugs. Her name is Bees. Bees is bees.

[zuboros]

Tyrant Neuroguard (2023) -

A few years ago I worked on a premise sparked by old Tyranid lore, wherein Space Marine DNA was rumoured to have contributed to the development of Tyrant Guard. Namely, what if the Hive Mind acquired something even more dangerous, like Primaris or even Grey Knight DNA? The idea from there was to design a larger, more advanced Tyrant Guard as a response, but I didn't finish the project as I felt it wasn't distinct enough from the current Tyrant Guard models, save for the reintroduction and modification of the 3rd edition shield.

More recently with the release of the various 'Neuro'- prefixed Tyranids, I was inspired to adapt the project to fit into this wave of really cool new bioforms. I see them as psychic batteries or capacitors, similar in role to a larger Neuroloid or Neurogaunt, and no smarter than base form Tyrant Guard, but able to passively receive and store psychic energy from Synapse creatures and instinctively discharge the energy via the spines on the front of its shield, or the ends of its Lashwhips, almost like an electric eel. The face design was inspired by historical helmets like the Barbute, utilising side mandibles that have thickened and morphed into defensive cheek plates.

[thefleetingflashofa-sword623]

Eliminate every bioform within range

[cursed-40k-thoughts]

Do all Nids eat, or really just the eating units like rippers and haruspex? Are the mouths on the rest of the units just there to kill stuff with and move on? Or do they get to snack

Vanguard bioforms like Lictors and Genestealers can eat to prolong their lifespans behind enemy lines.

The vast bulk of Tyranid organisms straight up don’t have digestive systems, because they’re there to kill. The mouths are simply added utility.

The notable exceptions to this are the Mawloc, which has a digestive system to break down all of the dirt/rock/people it eats as it digs around with its huge face, and the Haruspex, which exists to rapidly devour massive quantities of biomass for the reclamation pools.

Rippers, of course, eat things, as their primary use is to fill up on nummy nummy biomass and then waddle back to the pools for melting down.

A Tyranid warrior could, of course, bite things off enemies and swallow them, but it wouldn’t be snacking so much as trying to kill you in the moment. The meat wouldn’t do anything for it.

[esquie]

PROPAGANDA UNDERCUT!!!!

also i will be continuing murderbot dairies no matter what so it's not on here :3c

Mystery, Thriller, SciFi, books are around 300-400 pages

The plot surrounds Secret Service agent Ethan Burke's introduction to the remote small town of Wayward Pines, his new home from which he cannot escape. The residents of this picturesque town do not know how they got there and are forbidden to talk about their prior lives. An electric fence surrounds the town, and the residents are under 24-hour surveillance. The mysteries and horrors of the town build until Ethan discovers its secret. Then he must do his part to keep Wayward Pines protected from threats both within and beyond the fence. The series covers themes of isolation, bucolic Americana, time-displacement, man vs nature, human evolution, and cryonics.[citation needed] Crouch has acknowledged that he was inspired by the 1990–91 TV series Twin Peaks.[1]

Space Opera, LGBT, SciFi, books are around 300-400 pages

Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space-and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family in the far reaches of the universe-in this light-hearted debut space opera from a rising sci-fi star.

i have been informed the pilot of the ship is in love with the ships ai and there's wire touching. so. you know

Horror, Thriller, Lovecraftian, SciFi, books are around 400-500 pages

The Threshold Universe is an ongoing book series written by Peter Clines and begins with the novel 14 published in 2012. The other books in the series included The Fold (2015), Dead Moon (2018), and Terminus (2020). Padlocked doors. Strange light fixtures. Mutant cockroaches. There are some odd things about Nate’s new apartment. Of course, he has other things on his mind. He hates his job. He has no money in the bank. No girlfriend. No plans for the future. So while his new home isn’t perfect, it’s livable. The rent is low, the property managers are friendly, and the odd little mysteries don’t nag at him too much. At least, not until he meets Mandy, his neighbour across the hall, and notices something unusual about her apartment. And Xela’s apartment. And Tim’s. And Veek’s. Because every room in this old Los Angeles brownstone has a mystery or two. Mysteries that stretch back over a hundred years. Some of them are in plain sight. Some are behind locked doors. And all together these mysteries could mean the end of Nate and his friends. Or the end of everything...

this series is Strange and every book feels entirely disconnected from the last in terms of desc so i included the first books desc... they ARE connected things just. go crazy i guess...........

Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy, SciFi, each book is around 300 pages

A girl named Rose is riding her new bike near her home in Deadwood, South Dakota, when she falls through the earth. She wakes up at the bottom of a square-shaped hole, its walls glowing with intricate carvings. But the firemen who come to save her peer down upon something even stranger: a little girl in the palm of a giant metal hand. Seventeen years later, the mystery of the bizarre artifact remains unsolved - the object's origins, architects, and purpose unknown. Carbon dating defies belief; military reports are redacted; theories are floated, then rejected. But some can never stop searching for answers. Rose Franklin is now a highly trained physicist leading a top-secret team to crack the hand's code. And along with her colleagues, she is being interviewed by a nameless interrogator whose power and purview are as enigmatic as the relic they seek. What's clear is that Rose and her compatriots are on the edge of unraveling history's most perplexing discovery, and finally figuring out what it portends for humanity. But once the pieces of the puzzle are in place, will the result be an instrument of lasting peace or a weapon of mass destruction?

Cyberpunk, War, Dystopia, Fantasy, SciFi, books are 300-350 pages

My name is Rex. I am a good dog. Rex is also seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bristling with heavy calibre weaponry and his voice resonates with subsonics especially designed to instil fear. With Dragon, Honey and Bees, he's part of a Multiform Assault Pack operating in the lawless anarchy of Campeche, south-eastern Mexico. Rex is a genetically engineered Bioform, a deadly weapon in a dirty war. He has the intelligence to carry out his orders and feedback implants to reward him when he does. All he wants to be is a Good Dog. And to do that he must do exactly what Master says and Master says he's got to kill a lot of enemies. But who, exactly, are the enemies? What happens when Master is tried as a war criminal? What rights does the Geneva Convention grant weapons? Do Rex and his fellow Bioforms even have a right to exist? And what happens when Rex slips his leash?

Horror, Fantasy, Gothic, Mystery, both books are around 140 pages

When Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in the remote countryside of Ruravia. What they find there is a nightmare of fungal growths and possessed wildlife, surrounding a dark, pulsing lake. Madeline sleepwalks and speaks in strange voices at night, and her brother Roderick is consumed with a mysterious malady of the nerves. Aided by a redoubtable British mycologist and a baffled American doctor, Alex must unravel the secret of the House of Usher before it consumes them all.

seen this get recommended to annihilation fans are bunch...

Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Fantasy, SciFi, Queer, first book is 450 pages, second book isn't out yet

In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, when a tree spontaneously erupted from his body. Even in this canton at the borders of the Empire, where contagions abound and the blood of the Leviathans works strange magical changes, it’s a death at once terrifying and impossible. Called in to investigate this mystery is Ana Dolabra, an investigator whose reputation for brilliance is matched only by her eccentricities. At her side is her new assistant, Dinios Kol. Din is an engraver, magically altered to possess a perfect memory. His job is to observe and report, and act as his superior’s eyes and ears--quite literally, in this case, as among Ana’s quirks are her insistence on wearing a blindfold at all times, and her refusal to step outside the walls of her home. Din is most perplexed by Ana’s ravenous appetite for information and her mind’s frenzied leaps—not to mention her cheerful disregard for propriety and the apparent joy she takes in scandalizing her young counterpart. Yet as the case unfolds and Ana makes one startling deduction after the next, he finds it hard to deny that she is, indeed, the Empire’s greatest detective. As the two close in on a mastermind and uncover a scheme that threatens the safety of the Empire itself, Din realizes he’s barely begun to assemble the puzzle that is Ana Dolabra—and wonders how long he’ll be able to keep his own secrets safe from her piercing intellect. Featuring an unforgettable Holmes-and-Watson style pairing, a gloriously labyrinthine plot, and a haunting and wholly original fantasy world, The Tainted Cup brilliantly reinvents the classic mystery tale.

ive got NO idea why this has the queer tag on goodreads but if these 2 holmes and watson likes end up being faggots together i am HERE i need to be HERE

Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Adventure, Paranormal, Fantasy, SciFi, books are 350-400 pages long

Not all secrets are meant to be found. If Indiana Jones lived in the X-Files era, he might bear at least a passing resemblance to Nolan Moore -- a rogue archaeologist hosting a documentary series derisively dismissed by the "real" experts, but beloved of conspiracy theorists. Nolan sets out to retrace the steps of an explorer from 1909 who claimed to have discovered a mysterious cavern high up in the ancient rock of the Grand Canyon. And, for once, he may have actually found what he seeks. Then the trip takes a nasty turn, and the cave begins turning against them in mysterious ways. Nolan's story becomes one of survival against seemingly impossible odds. The only way out is to answer a series of intriguing questions: What is this strange cave? How has it remained hidden for so long? And what secret does it conceal that made its last visitors attempt to seal it forever?

Cosy Mystery, Fantasy, SciFi, LGBT, both books are around 120 pages

Centuries before, robots of Panga gained self-awareness, laid down their tools, wandered, en masse into the wilderness, never to be seen again. They faded into myth and urban legend.Now the life of the tea monk who tells this story is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of "what do people need?" is answered. But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how. They will need to ask it a lot. Chambers' series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter?

Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Espionage, Spy, books average to around 300 pages but there's.. a lot of books..... i have 9 books and 1 novella in this series

John le Carré classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned him -- and his hero, British Secret Service Agent George Smiley, who is introduced in this, his first novel -- unprecedented worldwide acclaim. George Smiley had liked Samuel Fennan, and now Fennan was dead from an apparent suicide. But why? Fennan, a Foreign Office man, had been under investigation for alleged Communist Party activities, but Smiley had made it clear that the investigation -- little more than a routine security check -- was over and that the file on Fennan could be closed. The very next day, Fennan was found dead with a note by his body saying his career was finished and he couldn't go on. Smiley was puzzled...

jeff vandermeer said le carré's work inspired authority which is my favourite book of all time . so. i'm interested

Post Apocalpytic, Dystopia, Space Opera, Fantasy, SciFi, books are 400-600 pages

A race for survival among the stars... Humanity's last survivors escaped earth's ruins to find a new home. But when they find it, can their desperation overcome its dangers? WHO WILL INHERIT THIS NEW EARTH? The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age—a world terraformed and prepared for human life. But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare. Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth?

ive been told theres evolved jumping spiders in this and like. im here for that. my god am i here for that

Weird Fiction, Post Apocalyptic, Dystopia, Fantasy, SciFi, books are 200-300 pages

In a ruined, nameless city of the future, a woman named Rachel, who makes her living as a scavenger, finds a creature she names “Borne” entangled in the fur of Mord, a gigantic, despotic bear. Mord once prowled the corridors of the biotech organization known as the Company, which lies at the outskirts of the city, until he was experimented on, grew large, learned to fly and broke free. Driven insane by his torture at the Company, Mord terrorizes the city even as he provides sustenance for scavengers like Rachel.

jeff vandermeeeerrr..... also i love how he has a book called strange bird and a character called ghost bird in southern reach....

Weird Fiction, New Weird, Horror, Steampunk, Speculative Fiction, Fantasy, SciFi, the omnibus is 1.5k pages long

Before Area X, there was Ambergris. Jeff VanderMeer conceived what would become his first cult classic series of speculative works: the Ambergris Trilogy. Now, for the first time ever, the story of the sprawling metropolis of Ambergris is collected into a single volume, including City of Saints and Madmen, Shriek: An Afterword, and Finch. In City of Saints and Madmen, Jeff VanderMeer has reinvented the literature of the fantastic. You hold in your hands an invitation to a place unlike any you’ve ever visited–an invitation delivered by one of our most audacious and astonishing literary magicians. City of elegance and squalor. Of religious fervor and wanton lusts. And everywhere, on the walls of courtyards and churches, an incandescent fungus of mysterious and ominous origin. In Ambergris, a would-be suitor discovers that a sunlit street can become a killing ground in the blink of an eye. An artist receives an invitation to a beheading–and finds himself enchanted. And a patient in a mental institution is convinced he’s made up a city called Ambergris, imagined its every last detail, and that he’s really from a place called Chicago.�� By turns sensuous and terrifying, filled with exotica and eroticism, this interwoven collection of stories, histories, and “eyewitness” reports invokes a universe within a puzzlebox where you can lose–and find–yourself again.

[unpotosi]

I'd LOVE the idea of having a gunslinger/cowboy themed model for each army.

Like, we already have the kelermorph and It is a gorgeous bald three-armed bastard; even necrons can have one with the hexmark destroyer and some green stuff to make them a little hat.

But just think about the possibilities with the other armies.

- A cowboy Dreadnought with a six-shooter autocanon

- An ork Boss obsessed with shootas riding a suspiciously horse-like squigg

- A sister of Battle who is a sheriff dual wielding inferno pistols

- A tech priest that discovered a lost stc for a double barrel revolver that shoots radioactive sludges

- A tyranid warrior with 4 spinefists and a bioform that surely is there to improve its synaptic ability and by no means looks like a hat

- A votann bountyhunter traveling the galaxy with its volkite pistols eliminating those who disreptect the Leagues

[plaguerenamon]

101st Kronos breacher warrior bioform next to the commissar bioform. Lacking the biomass for weapons and extra chitin armor, the regiment fills the gap with modified old equipment.

[startedwellthatsentence]

I fucking love reading every work an author has ever published and just rolling in all of the themes that they carry with them, both the ones they probably intend and the ones they may not even recognize*.

Currently reading** as much Adrian Tchaikovsky as I can physically stand before my brain overheats. Some standouts so far:

Distributed Intelligences, obviously. Which also makes me question the distributed NON-intelligences, of which I think I’ve only encountered one so far? Because Bees is obviously bees and also a person, but Avrana Kern is only ants and also a person because ants are the computers she’s stored on. Ants didn’t seem to acquire personhood even when they were accidentally a religion, and they very clearly only replicate Dr. Kern. Hivers and Bees and Kiln are only a person above a certain threshold of members, and below that they’re just non-sapient individuals. And HumOS and other Bioforms are intelligences individually as well as in aggregate, and the Miranda seems to be so as well?

Demagogue-style politicians work by creating impossible ideas that are basically willed into existence in ways that they simply will not ever comprehend, because they don’t actually possess a mind. The people doing the work of enacting any individual step of their ideas can be as blatant or secretive as they want about their actions, because the politician does not have the ability to understand the system either way. (This can be seen in the octopuses and the horrific Trump-stand-in whose name I refuse to learn.)

We are always fewer steps away from making slavery okay again than is comfortable. This is obviously very visible in stories like Dog of War or The Final Architecture.

SPIDERS

There are some people who simply enjoy that they have power when their power derives from the suffering of others, and their post-hod/ad-hoc justifications of their terrible actions will never out-scream the rush of pure pleasure they feel when they see the people they are better than being hurt. (Their POV sections often make me physically ill). (The Trump stand-in from Bear Head, the man running the underground human reserve in Service Model, the Ravin Uskaro POV where he decides to just not rescue most of a planet).

It’s really sexy when the two halves of a couple age at wildly different rates due to undergoing different amounts of stasis at different times. This is especially true if you end up with a woman that looks about 20-30 years older than her lover. It’s not actually important that they fuck — the sexy part is the hot older woman aesthetic. (Hot older women is a major theme in general, I just really like that both The Final Architecture and Children of Time both go out of their way to say “we were once the same age and you were hot, and now you’re like 20 years older than me and I want to fuck about it even more”)

There are obviously more but I’m tired and going to sleep now.

*Don’t get me started on Brandon Sanderson’s deep terror surrounding starvation.

**Listening to Audiobooks — please ignore my spelling of the names of things, I am simply approximating.

[paladinbehavior]

Bringing my Bionicles back into the light, day 13

Lil technic guy who turns into a cube! Wanted to see how small and precise I could make a transformer, and so the lil guy was born. He also has a gun