Naturalist on Galleon IV

The universe is full of unfortunate deadly first contacts between man and ferocious previously unknown beasts. But what about close encounters with a creature of a wholly other kind? Photo by Jill Dimond on Unsplash […]

Lord Jago Wants You | Not a Blog

Lord Jago Branok is having a party at Loveday House. Truth be told, he has a party every month. No two are ever the same. But nothing is ever the same at Loveday, his lordship’s […]

More Addictive Space Adventures

Back in the March of 2023, some of you might remember I completed a review of Velocity Weapon, the first of three books – Velocity Weapon, Catalyst Gate and Chaos Vector – in the Protectorate […]

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News

AMAZING NEWS: 3/30/25

This Week’s News Is Brought To You By – The Voyage of the Heisenberg by Tom Easton.  It’s a circular novel! Of Special Note If Bears discover fire, will Octopus Cavalry be far behind? Other […]

Time Machine: March 30, 2025

AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: March 30, 2025 ROBERT A. HEINLEIN (Anthrophobia) Challenge – Ends 3/31/2025 SHAWNTELLE MADISON TALKS FEROCIOUS FLEA MARKET DRAGONS & THE FALLEN FRUIT ON ABOUT THE AUTHORS TV New Releases in Science […]

OpEd

In Memory of Anand Vaidya 1976-2024

It was always Anand’s contention that cross-pollination of ideas with disparate origins resulted in greater understanding. This was not merely a philosophical idea for him but a tenet he lived by. He often wrote in […]

Science Fiction

The Big Idea: Gregory Frost

Spooky month may be over, but horror stories never go out of style. Author Gregory Frost is here today to terrify and thrill you with the Big Idea for his newest collection of stories, Beyond […]

CLUBHOUSE: Review: Fusion Fragment Magazine #24 – February 2025

OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. FUSION FRAGMENT MAGAZINE #24 – February 2025. Publisher: Fusion Fragment, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Editor: Cavan Terrill Cover Art: by Abi Stevens Lucinda’s Espinosa’s Twenty-Seventh Death […]

Movie Poster: Ender's Game

Matt’s (Movie) Review: Ender’s Game

Ender’s Game is the 2013 film “based” on the classic 1985 book by Orson Scott Card.  It features Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Viola Davis, Abigail Breslin, and Ben Kingsley.  The Ender’s Game novel […]

THE ELECTRIC STATE Movie Review (maybe some spoilers)

The Electric Zone, based on Simon Stålenhag’s paintings, looks as if it would really rock as a science-fiction movie. But visuals aren’t everything; a film needs involving characters and plotlines, and this one is woefully lacking. Enjoy the visuals and turn off the sound.

Fantasy

Lord Jago Wants You | Not a Blog

Lord Jago Branok is having a party at Loveday House. Truth be told, he has a party every month. No two are ever the same. But nothing is ever the same at Loveday, his lordship’s […]

Novedades de Marzo 1

LIBROS Una muy mala noticia para los lectores de libros virtuales. La plataforma Lektu cerrará el 30 de este mes. Por ese motivo, muchos editores están poniendo sus libros gratis. Por ejemplo, tenemos a la […]

Science

Lunar Eclipse Tonight for much of North America

This coming Thursday/Friday (Thursday night going into Friday morning), provided that you have at least partially clear skies overhead, if you step outside at about 2:29  am, eastern time, you’ll see the Blood Moon as […]

Moon Landing Today

You can watch video of  Firefly’s Blue Ghost moon landing today here –

Planetary Lineup at Dusk This Week

Shortly after sunset all this week, if you look up and to the west, you should be able to see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune in the night sky. All will visible in […]

book cover: Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

Matt’s Reviews: Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

  Publisher:            Little, Brown and Company   Published Date: October 1, 2024   Pages:                368   ISBN-10:            0316575801   ISBN-13:           978-0316575805   Author:              Malcolm Gladwell Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell is the author’s follow up to his hugely […]

In Memory of Anand Vaidya 1976-2024

It was always Anand’s contention that cross-pollination of ideas with disparate origins resulted in greater understanding. This was not merely a philosophical idea for him but a tenet he lived by. He often wrote in […]

Sky Show Tonight! Geminids Peak This Evening

The Geminid Meteor Show will peak tonight at around midnight (at least for east-coasters). If you are in a relatively dark skies area, go outside an hour before or after midnight and look up. Maybe […]