Who am I? Many things (social scientist -statistician -historian- manga lover come immediately to my mind. Other definitions apply from time to time). Short Answer: Steph P. Bianchini.
What do I do? I work in academia and write non-fiction -i.e., journal articles and books in my subject areas. I also (now more often than before) do write fiction under a different byline – guess what, SF. But I also fancy (alternate) history, dystopias, cyberpunk. And horror. Plenty of horror (hey, I’m HWA).
Which part of the planet I’m based right now? Scotland, after many years of East Asia. Happy to pack and move to the Moon Village as soon as ESA opens shop up there.
What are you going to find here? Discussions about science in SF. Interesting stuff collected here and there, often (but not exclusively) on the space sector. Book/movie reviews on SFF&H (that stays for Science-Fiction Fantasy & Horror). History in all its forms, fiction and not. And Japanese manga/anime, a lifetime passion that never went away.
Starting from Fall 2019, this blog hosts selected materials from Frozen Wavelets, a zine of speculative flash fiction and poetry (# 1 out in December 2019). Visit the zine website for more details.
I’m so glad to find your blog as I need more hard Sci-Fi insights. I’m more into fanciful and simply fun and literary SF. Time travel, anyone? I’m following your blog now and just LIKED your Facebook page. That should remind me to check back in from time to time.
Hello Henry, thanks. I can certainly advice you some good time travel or alternate history classics if you are so inclined. By the way, you have a great blog!
Hi! Thanks for stopping by my blog, Top of JC’s Mind. As I look around here, I think that you might enjoy one of the blogs that I follow: https://ireadencyclopedias.wordpress.com. It touches on some of the same themes and interests that you have.
Hello Joanne, many thanks and you’re quite right about your suggestion – I already follow that blog. 🙂
Hi Stephen,
I’ve nominated you for The Infinity Dreams Award sjhigbee.wordpress.com/2015/12/13/the-infinity-dreams-award/
Hello, many thanks for that 🙂