AMAZING NEWS: 3/24/24

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AMAZING PEOPLE NEWS

Vincent H. O’Neil has put his “Most futuristic fiction novel A PAUSE IN THE PERPETUAL ROTATION on sale FREE as an ebook on B&N and 99 cents on Amazon

Adam Gaffen shares some Inside Star Trek secrets

Deb Geisler, Chair of Noreascon 4, the 2004 Worldcon, has passed away.  Our condolences to family and friends

Bruce Richard Gillespie announces the publication of the 55th (!) anniversary issue of SF Commentary

AMAZING NEWS

Fandom

Pulpfest, the annual convention for pulpsters, now has a Youtube channel

The Shadow Fans know what covers lurk in the heart of this video homage

Some Fanzine aficionados are calling this one of the most gorgeous fanzines they’ve ever seen

Science

Some researchers are claiming that the Sun may be “conscious”.  (Reminds me of Heinlein’s The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag.  Do the researchers have dirty fingernails?)

Turns out that dippy “drinking bird” thingie might be on to something in the clean energy department after all:  a new engine based on the same process that causes the bird to dip and rise is being developed

74,000 years ago, a volcanic eruption almost wiped out humanity

Europa mission will be able to detect signs of life in a single ice grain following new test development (And you used to wonder how Spock could tell so much about anything by just looking into that scanner, didn’t you?)

Space

The Devil Comet is Coming!

A Nova is expected to be visible in the night sky soon – and it’s not Betelgeuse

Literature

Murania Press announces The Blood ‘n’ Thunder Guide to Pulp Fiction: 2024 Edition

Film & TV

Esquire offers up a list of the Best 50 SF Films of All Time.  (Your humble publisher has seen 49 of the 50 listed.  Placement on the list I’ll disagree with.  Inclusion, not so much.)

Christopher Nolan may be re-making The Prisoner.  (No need – the original was just about perfect)

Borderlands Trailer:  looks like it could be fun!

Alien Franchise’s Latest – Alien: Romulus trailer

Retro

Keith R. A. Decandido is re-watching the glory of Babylon 5 for Reactor

Social Commentary

Boomers explain (some) of the things they find annoying with the modern era and that non-Boomers agree with: “I just want to speak to a real person on the telephone when I have to call a business.” comes in at number 7.

Just For Fun

NDT takes issue with the science in Dune.  (Seems that “go pound sand” is an apt expression for the desert planet.)

Upcoming Events

Philip K. Dick Film Festival (4/4 – 4/7 2024)

Independent Book Store Day is almost upon us (4/27/24)

 

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