Every now and again, I feel a bit dried up, like I have squeezed every interesting idea from my head and that nothing more will come. I think we all feel that way sometimes, for whatever reason, whether we’ve pushed
Whoops (and a Fairy Tale Anthology You Might Like)
Sooo. It’s Sept 19. And I know, weeks ago, that I said that today we would discuss Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire today, but it turns out that I am not actually capable of reading a 700-page book
Friday Round-up
My thoughts and prayers are with Japan today. Here are some options for helping them. Space/Science Secret Space Shuttle Blasts Off for Second Mission Alien Microbe Claim Starts Fight Over Meteorite Solving the Mystery of the Most Violent Event in
Friday Round-up
Science/Space Pictures of Discovery Approaching the ISS Henry Morgan’s Cannons Found in Panama (Yay, pirates!) Picture of Discovery docking with the ISS taken from Earth! Scifi/Fantasy 2010 Stoker Nominees Review of Elizabeth Bear’s Grail Review of The Best Science Fiction
Friday Round-up
Space/Science The Extraordinary Face of the Moon Picture of Discovery on the Launch Pad Interactive James Webb Telescope (launches in 2014) Photos of Discovery Launch Sotheby’s to Auction 1961 Soviet Capsule Scifi/Fantasy Endurance wallpapers Locus Magazine Recommends Some of Tor’s
Friday Round-up
Science/Space Symphony of Science Earliest Photos of Universe Yet Possible Previously Unknown Gas Giant in Our Solar System Scifi/Fantasy Literary Crushes Book Cover Smackdown How to Tell if You’re Going to Get the Girl Misc Books Books of Love Letters
Friday Round-up
Space/Science Private Company to put Robot on Moon (For some reason, this sounds like a terrible idea to me. Sounds like a good way to leave trash everywhere and mess up scientific missions.) Last Rollout of Space Shuttle Discovery (video) Recycling
Friday Round-up
Thank Landsquid it’s Friday, amirite? Space/Science Extreme Planet Makeover (Might be fun for world-building scifi/off-world fantasy) Some confusion over the existence of the Triceratops First One-Fingered Dinosaur Found (It is apparently Dinosaur Week. But that’s okay, because dinosaurs are awesome.) Picture of how
Friday Round-up
Space/Science Discovery Astronaut Hurt in Bike Accident (Poor shuttle astronauts. They are having a bad month.) Darkness on the Edge of the Universe First Mammoth Cloning Experiment Officially Underway (Poor mammoths. They are going to look around and wish they’d just been
Friday Round-Up
I’m moving the round-up to Friday this month as I’m trying out a new posting schedule. Let me know if you prefer Thursday or Friday. I work on the round-ups all week long, so it doesn’t much matter to me