Author: Steph P. Bianchini
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Tabby’s Star, Aliens, WTF – The Controversy is still on
The idea for this articles comes out of a discussion with Roberto Flaibani. Roberto, whose name has already appeared here in some guest posts…
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Hugo Award 2016 – Voting
Like last year, 2016 Hugo Award nomination has been affected by SP/RP slating issues, resulting in the nomination of works and authors (Chuck Tingle…
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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (2010) is a fantasy novel by N. K. Jemisin, and the first book of The Inheritance Trilogy. Complex, at times…
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Summer 2016 – Events in Scotland
Like every summer, in July I prepare my shopping list of events I’d like / plan to attend (I’ll keep it to Scotland for…
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Mars-bound – See you on the Red Planet
According to some recent news, it seems that pretty much everybody is on its way to Mars. You doubt? Have a look at the list…
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The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks
The Algebraist (2004) by Iain M. Banks, is an SF novel that combines space opera, fantasy and spy story in an overwhelming mix. Set…
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Waiting for Juno
Next week, July, 4th, the spacecraft Juno will finally enter Jupiter’s orbits after five years in space. Juno’s objectives for this mission are to…
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Costs of short-sighted politics – Brexit consequences for UK S&T
Difficult to ignore what’s happening now in the UK, and the post-Brexit mayhem. While I don’t do politics on this blog for a precise…
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Skies from other planets – The peaks of eternal light
In the day of the Summer Solstice – the longest day of the year – I thought appropriate talking about the famous peaks of…
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Guest Post – 5 SF Podcasts That Are Worth a Listen
This is a guest post by Caroline Black (for contributing posts here have a look at this), sharing this week her favourite SF podcasts. …
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SF Classics – The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons
The Rise of Endymion (1997) by Dan Simmons is the fourth and latest instalment of the Hyperion Cantos, and set in the same fictional…
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(More) Space Art from NASA
I have already written about the beautiful artwork produced by NASA over the years, so I won’t go through any lengthy explanation – this…
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Viewed from Saturn – a small point in the sky
I have talked about the sky view from other planets / moons in other posts, but nothing has impressed me more than this one…
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On my shelf – forthcoming reviews on EHM
I’ve been quite sluggish recently in uploading reviews (other writing came in the way) so now there are a few books in my waiting…
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Markets for your fiction – how to locate them? A comparative analysis.
When I started, a couple of years ago, to write (again) fiction after many years of non-fiction / academic writing, I found myself a…
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Gundam – Updates [ガンダムシリーズ]
I am nowhere near to complete my series about Gundam (one of my favourite anime/manga), even though it has been a while since my…
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Exoplanet Update – Where are we now?
Four days ago, NASA made an amazing announcement – the biggest discovery of exoplanets to date. According to their figures, which added 1,284 planets…
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SF Classics – The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter
The Time Ships (1995) is Stephen Baxter’s first SF novel. Its particularity lies in the fact that it is an (authorised) sequel to The…
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Analysing the stars out there with SAOImage DS9 (a powerful tool)
Getting to know the space out there in a more scientific way has never been as simple (I wouldn’t say easy, since it still…
