For the curious reader of science fiction (scifi) and fantasy
This collection in the Boston Globe is great. Number 37, a border collie, looks just like Captain Jack. On the doggie bus to doggie day camp, no less! The pandas are awfully cute, too. And then there’s this… baby … Read More
What do these two misfortunes have to do with each other, besides being unusual ways to get hurt? They’re among the latest additions to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision. In other words, they’re the descriptions of new diagnostic … Read More
We’re starting a new circuit around the sun, and what better way to launch than with a book sale? I agree. Starting today and for the next five days, the ebook of my novel The Rapture Effect is just $.99 … Read More
Here’s wishing everyone a happy, healthy, and joyful New Year! May the year 2016 rock!
The beautiful full moon was peeking through the clouds over our house when I took Captain Jack out for his evening walk. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas Day.
This is a photo of last night’s full moon, shining through the star atop a Christmas tree in Beirut (from AP, via NPR). This is the first full moon on Christmas since 1977, and the last until 2034! Our skies are … Read More
Straight down, on a tail of fire, that’s how. Anyone who’s read science fiction of the 1950s (Tom Corbett: Space Cadet being a particularly fine example), or seen Destination Moon—or, come to think of it, watched any Apollo landing on … Read More