Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences…
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Second day of Manunicon, i.e., the edition 2016 of the UK annual SF convention traditionally held in the Easter Weekend (hence the name Eastercon). This year we are in Manchester, and it’s going really well. As you can expect from…
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A book that could have also been titled: all the gore you can stand (and more). To long-time horror fans, Edward Lee needs no introduction: this writer is known to have authored some of the most unbelievable, hard-core novels available on the…
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After its historical fly-by of Pluto last year, New Horizons is now well on its way to explore more of the Kuiper Belt’s area and objects. Its new target is (most likely) KBO2014-MU69, which the spacecraft is expected to reach…
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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences…
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Interesting things to look forward to in March 2016 near home (that to me is Edinburgh, UK) – exactly what’s needed to cheer you up in this generally work-intensive period. One is happening today Saturday 12 March, and it is just…
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This is the second post of the series “how your sky looks when observed from another planet”. I have already briefly spoken about the Moon (here). Today’s post is about the Earth’s twin, Venus. For a start, let’s assume for…
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Doomsday Book (1992) by Connie Willis is a science fiction novel. It portraits time travel to medieval history, in a back-and-forth within the city of Oxford in 1320 and 2055. Expect cognitive dissonance, time paradox, and, obviously, awful pandemics. Winner of…
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