Author: Steph P. Bianchini
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(More) amazing images from space – A logarithmic universe
Earlier this week I have referenced NASA’s online repository Image of the Day. What I present today is way different but impressive all the…
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Images of space – what’s available online
There’s nothing better for space lovers that seeking (and finding) beautiful images of near and far space objects, some of them in amazing resolutions.…
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2017 New Year’s Resolutions
2016 was not a bad year blog-wise, even though I went nowhere near my desired reading quota and even less in terms of book reviews.…
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Rogue One (2016). Some thoughts about the latest Star Wars
*Mild Spoilers alert: I won’t give away many details here, but if you haven’t seen the movie yet, you may want to skip this…
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Space Features of the Week (25 December)
Here my periodic summary of some of the space news worth discussing this week. As usual, I have provided a link and included my comments,…
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Rome (BBC Series, Netflix). A review
It seems ancient history takes the fancy, nowadays – at least, this is the impression you get by browsing Netflix’s offer. I can’t complain…
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Three years of blogging
This week makes it three years The Earthian Hivemind has started blogging, and I’m glad to say I’m enjoying it each year more. The thing…
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Space Features of the Week (11 December)
The usual summary of some of the space news worth discussing this week. I have provided a link and included my comments, so that you…
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Exoplanet animation – simply amazing
It’s difficult to stay up to date with all the exoplanet discovery (one article of this week was discussing a perfect twin for our…
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Host (2015). A review
[Disclaimer: this review is about Host, by Robin Cook -not The Host, which is instead a Stephanie Meyer’s novel – which you’ll probably never find…
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Space Features of the Week (27 November)
A lot of interesting things in the news this week. Even though some are not per se “new”, I found them quite captivating both…
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Eerie Jupiter – from Juno with love.
That NASA’s Juno spacecraft was going to deliver amazing science we already knew. And when, in June 24, Juno crossed the boundary of Jupiter’s…
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Roman Empire: Reign of Blood – (a lot of) history in my fiction
During the (rather few) moments NaNoWriMo let me free to do something else, I’ve started watching a new series now premiering on Netflix. Historical…
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Interview with Deborah Cher – 2016 B&S Readers’ Choice Awards Author of the Year
I got to know Deborah thanks to 2016 Bard&Sages Readers’ Choice Awards that she brilliantly aced as Writer of the Year, winning also the…
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Children of the Different, by S.C. Flynn. A review
It doesn’t happen often that I review a self-published book – not because I have anything against indie authors, but just because my time…
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Speculative Fiction Podcasts: Interview with Gary Dowell, Far-Fetched Fables
This is a post in the series re: speculative fiction podcasts, and the third interview for “Seven Questions with your favourite SFF podcast editors”…
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Blindsight by Peter Watts
Blindsight (2006), by Peter Watts, is a hard SF novel of first contact with a unique twist. It asks difficult questions about the nature of…
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Space Features of the Week (26 October)
We have been somehow spoiled in the last years by a few amazing achievements, but let’s not forget that space remains as extreme a…
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Deja Vu by Ian Hocking. A review
Cyberpunk is without any doubt one of my favourite brands of SF, and I am always glad when I discover authors and books that…
