Jim Belfiore shares this image of Science Fiction’s Number One Fan
A Salute to Octavia Butler on this recent Science Fiction Day
Milton Davis shared this very interesting video on the Black Science Fiction page
Michael Walsh likes this SpaceX launch camera video
Den Valdron reports on this Manitoba Writer’s Guild contest
Darrell Schweitzer is apparently happy with the new cover for the Robert E. Howard Reader collection he edited
Steve Jordan presages the entry of Metropolis into the public domain with this essay
JM Holmes pays tribute to important female scientist Margaret Hamilton
What did the Earth look like during different eras? Check out these interactive globes
A chance meeting of Black Holes?
Prejudice in fiction: Dorothy Sayers and the Jew Who Wasn’t There
Ralston Stahler focuses on the death of human narration in the face of AI
The word “Cromulent” appeared in Scott Edelman‘s dream
Furry Inspiration: Man spends 18 thousand pounds on wolf costume (‘scuse me “fur suit”)
Signum University sent out their latest newsletter
About 100 LYs away, there’s one, maybe two habitable Earth-like planets
Avedon Carol shared this photo of TAFF winners
Ancient Ostrich Eggs could be a key find
Ruh-Roh! Reviewers not liking Velma all that much
9 Year Old Discovers Massive Megaladon Toooth
Erin Underwood highlights the upcoming Boskone 60
Afua Richardson shares her cover art for Wakanda Forever and Black History Month
Brianna Wu wants you to know that her husband, Frank, just had a story picked up for a best of 2022 anthology
Norman Spinrad performs at the Electronic Circus
*Our featured image this week comes from the December, 1954 cover of Fantastic Universe magazine, by Alex Schomburg. Frank Belknap Long explains the scene in an about the cover feature, describing the emotional shock that would likely accompany such a discovery.