Author: Steph P. Bianchini
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Berserk. The neverending manga that will never end–now
It is yesterday (20 May 2021) news that Kentaro Miura, the mangaka who singlehanded wrote one of the most famous and revered manga ever,…
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Welcome to the new Martian citizen: Zhurong
It was the quieter Martian landing ever. From the US Pathfinder’s descent to the Martian surface that focused the world’s attention (and blew up…
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Frozen Wavelets Issue #6 is online
Frozen Wavelets Issue #6 is now live here. This Winter/Spring 2021 edition features some excellent flash fiction and poetry, including an original contributed by the…
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Three for the Month (April 2021)
Again, a late summary of this month’s reading, due to work. Oh well, the pandemic certainly changed the way people work and the personal…
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Keeping up with the Martians
February 2021 was all blast and hype about Mars, with three missions (!) successfully managing to reach the Red Planet and get to work.…
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Frozen Wavelets Issue #6 – Cover Reveal
After delays and several Covid-related issues, here we go. On April 29, Frozen Wavelets #6 (double issue Winter/Spring) will go live, featuring some excellent…
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Three for the Month (March 2021)
This time the reading offer for the month arrives almost at the end of the month itself. A good illustration of a period incredibly…
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Speculative Fiction Podcasts –update
It is not the first time I post about podcasts–I have started a while ago with a series of guest posts and interviews. I…
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Frozen Wavelets presents: The Snow-White Heart by Marie Brennan
“Cut out her heart and bring it to me,” the queen said, and so the huntsman did. He brought no deer’s heart in its…
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Perseverance and an amazing Space February
This month we’ve been truly spoiled with (space) wonders. After the UAE’s Hope and the Chinese Tianwen-1 safely entering the Martian orbit, NASA Perseverance…
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Three for the Month (February 2021)
This month I am late for my usual book presentation, and the reason is, as you might imagine, what’s happening on Mars, which is…
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Mars Missions Coverage: Hope (ETA)
In the following days, I am going to post updates on the three Mars missions that are due to arrive just now. Tomorrow is…
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A busy, busy February (Hint: look at the Red Planet)
The last two weeks have been quite busy for me at work –writing articles, recording science podcasts, preparing project proposals, you name it– and…
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‘Ties That Bind: Love in Fantasy and Science Fiction’ made the BSFA Longlist.
Just a quick announcement about this non-fiction collection published by Luna Press Publishing about love in SFF, which I just found out made the…
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Three for the Month (January 2021)
This time it was relatively easy to select the three featured books for the blog: they’re the ones I am reading just now, and…
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A year like none other before.
…at least for what I can remember. My late grandmother, who lived through two World Wars, a Spanish flu, a Great Depression, the Holocaust,…
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Frozen Wavelets Issue #5 is online
Frozen Wavelets Issue #5 is now live. This Fall 2020 edition features flash fiction and poetry by Mary Alexandra Agner, Stewart C Baker, A.L.Blacklyn,…
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Frozen Wavelets Issue #5 – Cover Reveal
Next week, Frozen Wavelets Issue #5 will go live, featuring as usual dark flash fiction and some excellent short poetry. To be notified when…
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Three for the Month (December 2020)
For the last reading list of 2020, I have three very different suggestions. The only thing they have in common is that all of…
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The Beaver Moon Eclipse
Yes, we have another Moon eclipse to watch on November 29/30 –in the early morning hours of Monday (ET time). Space.com gives details about…
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The Tale of Two (or more) Rockets
They were just in the news this week: announcements of launches that followed up one after another. Space X is about to launch not…
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Three for the Month (November 2020)
Even if it is now mid-November, I have not forgotten about my three monthly books, and I am actually almost done with them: I…
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The problem with (space) debris
I have been writing about space debris in totally different (mainly academic) settings, and, considering how dangerous debris can be to working satellites and…
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Space News (November 2020)
Halloween offered us with a fantastic full moon –quite a rare view, to be sure. As a matter of fact, it was, as space.com…