Author: Steph P. Bianchini
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Teaser Tuesday (May 3)
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: •…
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News from Saturn – Getting ready for Cassini’s plunge
It is not a real news that the glorious Cassini’s mission will come to an end in April 2017, when the spaceship will plunge…
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The Last Days on Mars (2013). A review.
The Last Days on Mars, otherwise said, Zombies meet Aliens in The Martian’s setting – without all the quality and the thrill. This is,…
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We love Mars – future home in space
If there’s a place that has been constantly in the mind of all space lovers in terms of a future home in space of…
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SF Classics – The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
The Fountains of Paradise (1979) is SF novel by Arthur C. Clarke. It discusses for the first time the possibility of space elevators linking…
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NASA wonders (almost) in the making
That NASA is getting back to its past splendours is a suspicion I harbour since a while, considering the increasing number of the Agency’s…
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Saint Seiya 聖闘士星矢 – Legend of Sanctuary (2014)
Like Captain Harlock and Gundam, Saint Seiya:Knights of the Zodiac is a manga / anime that (almost) needs no introduction. Created by Masami Kuramada and…
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The Dervish House by Ian McDonald
The Dervish House (2010) by Ian McDonald is near-future science fiction/ thriller novel. It follows, through alternate character perspectives, a bus bombing incident in…
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Sun parties on Mercury
“The sun is always just about to rise. Mercury rotates so slowly that you can walk fast enough over its rocky surface to stay…
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Eastercon 2016 – Good job, Mancunicon!
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).…
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Grimoire Diabolique, by Edward Lee. A review.
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…
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New Horizons reaches the Kuiper Belt’s inner edge
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…
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Events – March 2016
Interesting things to look forward to in March 2016 near home (that to me is Edinburgh, UK) – exactly what’s needed to cheer you…
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Under a Venusian sky
This is the second post of the series “how your sky looks when observed from another planet”. I have already briefly spoken about the…
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Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
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…
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Hugo Nominations 2016
There’s still about one month or so left to nominate people/zines for the Hugo Awards (and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New…
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Skygazing in the Solar System – what does it look like?
One thing I always wondered is how the sky looks when observed from another planet; and as a matter of fact, only in few…
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The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Road (2006) by Cormac McCarthy is a dystopian, post-apocalyptic novel and one of the best of its kind. It portrays the dangerous journey…
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What’s up in space? Hidden galaxies, black holes and (many) waves
There are always a lot of things happening in outer space – probes, launches and explorations to keep us busy – but this week seems…