A few weeks ago (but only a couple of days ago when I write this), NASA revealed and introduced a crew of astronauts with the mission to fly to the moon by 2025 at the latest. Although this mission isn’t intended to land on the moon, merely circumnavigate it, the mission will set up a […]
A Canuck in Deep Space — I’m chuffed! Read More »
This just in… 🙂 Literally, the graphic just popped up on the SPSFC site a few minutes ago. Hammer and Crucible is one of seven books out of the original 300 to make it through the finals of the contest. The grand winner of the contest, one of the 7 finalists, will be announced on July 15th.
Hot news: Hammer and Crucible is a Finalist in Hugh Howey’s SPSF Contest! Read More »
LiveScience.com reported recently (and with a straight face) that a US government official has suggested that an alien mothership is hiding out in our solar system, monitoring Earth with microscopic probes. The headline sound like something straight out of a conspiracy nut’s favourite journals, except it is coming from LiveScience.com, and a Pentagon official is
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It’s not the most reassuring news out there, lately. The Doomsday Clock was reset this year to 90 seconds to midnight, the closest the world has ever been to global disaster. Most of the reset was prompted by the Russia/Ukraine war, but the growing environmental emergency has also weighed in. For a history of the
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For many years now, indie publishing fantasy authors have had an amazing annual contest; the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off., run by Mark Lawrence. It’s hugely popular — the latest contest reached it’s maximum number of entries (300) in only 9 hours! But straight SF isn’t allowed in the contest, so Hugh Howey, a couple of years
I’m a semi-finalist in the SPSFC!! Read More »
My partner and I just started watching The Walking Dead from the beginning, for the first time. I know, I know. Season 11 and the series finale wrapped up late last year. We are behind even more than usual on this one, because for years we actively resisted watching it. Why? Zombies and post apocalypse
It’s Really Not About the Walkers (The Walking Dead) Read More »
As usual, I’m bringing up the rear when it comes to reacting to a current TV series. That’s because I wait until the season is done, then watch it. This allows me to inhale the season as quickly as possible, should I feel the need to binge. It’s rare for me to want to gulp
Andor – Star Wars Grows Up (Finally) Read More »
I’ve mentioned Calibre eBook Manager before, but I don’t think I’ve ever spent an entire post talking about its value. Last week I had a conversation with a reader who had never heard of it before, which was a shock to me! It cemented the idea of writing about Calibre even though it has been
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Has it been a while since you were really bitten, hog-tied and spell-bound by a book? Do most books you read these days seem okay, but not super-duper fantastic the way they used to be even five years ago? I can help you change that. We’re Too Busy These days. I grew up in Australia,
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Prompted from one of my journal entries around the time that Star Forge was released. — C. —– Particularly in traditional publishing, it’s a custom for writers to write the first book of what they suspect could well be a series, and sell it as a standalone book. The traditional publishers also market the book as
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