The Apollo 1 Fire: Failure Was An Option
“NASA believed that necessary and sufficient action had been taken to prevent a fire. Of course, all ignition sources had not been eliminated.”
The Clubhouse; Fanzine Reviews: 1952 Worldcon: What was it like?
Con report via the fanzine time machine
The Apollo 1 Fire: “I’m burning up!”
“Hey!” and Ed White broadcast, “I’ve got a fire in the cockpit!” The Apollo outer hull ruptured and all three astronauts were dead.
It’s Almost That Time Again
Today: Learn a little about the history and background of the Hugo Awards.
The Apollo 1 Fire: Not The First Apollo Astronauts To Die On The Job
Grissom, White and Chaffee weren’t the first Apollo astronauts to die on the job. Four died in NASA training jet accidents. Why didn’t they get more attention?
Tesla’s Wildest Energy Endeavors
Nikola Tesla: Science Advisor to Hugo Gernsback and inventor of…a few important things.
NYRSF Special David Hartwell Memorial Edition
A limited time free download of NYRSF’s special David G. Hartwell Memorial Issue
The Clubhouse; Fanzine Reviews: “The Reader as Masochist.”
“Personally, as a reader, I don’t much like being obviously experimented upon.”
The Apollo 1 Fire: Astronauts Ed White and Roger Chaffee
Astronauts Ed White and Roger Chaffee were American heroes destined to go to the Moon. Unfortunately, neither of them made it.
I Dreamed of a Science Fiction Future Bright and Shiny
A guest post on the wonder of living in a science fiction world.
Review: Bandersnatch, by Diana Pavlac Glyer
A review of the ‘sequel’ to The Company They Keep, the Inklings and creative collaboration.
The Apollo 1 Fire: Astronaut Gus Grissom
NASA’s “Failure is not an option” started after the Apollo 1 fire. Too late for Gus Grissom.
Magic at Christmas
whether you are Christian, Jew, Muslim, Pagan, or Atheist — I hope you will not take it amiss that I wish you all a little bit of magic in your homes at this time and throughout the coming year
Falcon 9 Lands the Way a Spaceship Should
Spaceships landing the way they should! Welcome to the science fiction future.
Fannish Survey
Learn a little something about fandom, fanhistory and yourself with this fun survey of fannish knowledge.
How to Create a Top 100 List for Science Fiction Literature
One suggestion for a better way to come up with “Top 100” lists of science fiction.
Hugo Gernsback’s Patents
I happened upon a resource that made it fairly easy to gather up a bunch (perhaps all) of the registration numbers for Hugo Gernsback’s patent grants. All of Hugo’s patents were issued pre-1970, which happens […]
Décès d’Ayerdahl
Marc Soulier, french SF author of Rainbow Warriors and space opera, dead at 56
As if there aren’t enough hurdles to productive creativity…
Change. Sometimes you can’t even paint your way through it.
He Ain’t Heavy – He’s My Brother
Astronomer’s discover our ‘solar sibling’, a star born at the same time, and out of the same nebula, as our own.
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