In Memoriam 2025
IN MEMORIAM 2025 January Director Jeff Baena (b.1977) died on January 3. Baena wrote and directed the film Life After Beth and also worked on the movie What Lies Beneath. Author Andrew Pyper (b.1968) died […]
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In Memoriam 2024
In Memoriam 2024 JANUARY Game designer James Brennan (b.1940) died on January 1. Brennan created the RPGs Man, Myth & Magic and Timeship. He also wrote the eight volume Grailquest gaming books. As Herbie Brennan, […]
In Memoriam: 2023
Once again, we have the sad duty of publishing Steven H Silver’s annual In Memoriam post.
2020: In Memoriam
Steven H Silver performs this sad task annually (also used at Worldcon). Please take a moment to remember those we have lost, and the ones who have lost them.
A Brief History of Space Smuggling
Han Solo, the Firefly crew and many other fictional space smugglers draw upon a rich legacy of real space smuggling.
On the Eve of the Landing’s 50th Anniversary, A Visit to the Armstrong Museum
On a July day nearly 50 years ago, a man from the small town of Wapakoneta, OH, walked on the Moon. There’s now a museum there, commemorating the event.
Information Please – The Science Fiction Edition
A new quiz show is coming to a convention near you!
The Big Bang Theory: Double Recap: Season 9, Episodes 22 & 23
NOTE: The season 9 finale of the Big Bang Theory airs tonight. EPISODE 22: The Fermentation Bifurcation Penny invites everyone to a free wine tasting that she won at work, leading Leonard to wonder why […]
The Big Bang Theory Recap: S:09 E:21 The Viewing Party Combustion
The Gang watches Game of Thrones
The Big Bang Theory Recap: S9; E20 The Big Bear Precipitation
Remote cabins deep in the woods….
The Big Bang Theory Recap: S:9.E:19: The Solder Excursion Diversion
Sheldon gets a new laptop; Penny and Bernadette become lab techs and ‘maybe’ Leonard and Howard get to see Suicide Squad.
The Big Bang Theory Recap: S9, E18: The Application Deterioration
The boys run afoul of patent law, while Raj runs afoul with women..
The Big Bang Theory Recap: S:9, E: 17: The Celebration Experiment
Happy Birthday to Sheldon. Happy Birthday to Sheldon. he looks like a physicist and probably smells like one too!
The BIg Bang Theory Recap: S09: E16: The Positive Negative Reaction
Bernadette is going to have (another) child…
The Big Bang Theory Recap: S9 E15 The Valentino Submergence
Fun With Flags for Valentine’s Day.
The Big Bang Theory Recap: S9: E14 The Meemaw Materialization
Meemaw comes for a long awaited visit
The Big Bang Theory Recap: S9: E13 The Empathy Optimization
What happens when the girlfriends start going geeky?
The Big Bang Theory Recap: S9, E12 The Sales Call Sublimation
While still presenting geeky things like asteroids and synethesia, the Big Bang Theory has begun edging into mundanity.
The Big Bang Theory Recap: S9, E11 The Opening Night Excitation
Wil Wheaton disses Star Wars and Sheldon gets physical.
The BIg Bang Theory Recap: S9: E9 The Platonic Permutation
The Big Bang Theory takes a poke at CBS’sforthcoming video-on-demand Star Trek series.
The Big Bang Theory Recap: S9:E8 The Mystery Date Observation
For want of pastry chefs and children
The BIg Bang Theory Recap: S9 E6 The Helium Insufficiency
Leonard and Sheldon need helium for their experiment; Amy does not need dating advice.
The BIg Bang Theory Recap: The Perspiration Implementation (S9E5)
Shades of the SFWA Bulletin Cover kerfuffle as Stuart seeks advice on how to get more women into his comic book store. They boys try fencing.
The Big Bang Theory Recap: 9/4 The 2003 Approximation
The Big Bang Theory continues to flirt with fandom. (Warning: includes Filk)
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