Author: Steph P. Bianchini
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Top Ten Tuesday (August 18) – Top Ten Autobuy Authors
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and The Bookish (we are all fond of lists, aren’t we?), where each…
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Broadcasting Earth to the aliens – NASA Soundcloud
Not satisfied with having already uploaded an amazing series of recording about space events and planetary radio emissions, and even created a radio (Third…
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Writing about science and space for other blogs / 5
This is the periodic update about articles I have contributed in these last months to other blogs. Compared to last year I have been…
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Aye, And Gomorrah by Samuel R. Delany
True, Aye, And Gomorrah is by no means a recent story: it has been published in 1967 in that amazing anthology (Dangerous Visions) that I…
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Hugo Award 2015 – How to (not) cast a vote
This year voting for the Hugos has been painful, for a series of reasons – not least because of the so-called Puppygate that has…
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Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey
Leviathan Wakes (2011) is a SF/ space opera by James S. A. Corey – i.e. the pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck.…
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Cherished Blogfest – July, 24-26 2015
What is a blogfest, exactly? It’s an occasion to making online friends and discover others with similar interests. There are many initiatives in the blogosphere,…
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Liesmith by Alis Franklin. A review
I normally do not like fantasy or even retelling of ancient myths: even when the writing is good, it’s difficult to be fresh and…
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Here we are, Pluto. Earth is watching!
I can’t almost believe Pluto Day has arrived. While I’m writing this New Horizons, after a trip of nine years, is at T-3, 94,670…
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1979 Mobile Suit Gundam (機動戦士ガンダム) – where the legend starts
This is post number 4 in the Gundam Multiverse, and it will be devoted to exploring in more detail the amazing Mobile Suit Gundam (機動戦士ガンダム),…
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Summer 2015 – Events not to be missed
Summer 2015 promises to be exciting, with a lot of things going on… While I can’t *sigh* possibly attend everything, there are some of them…
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Short stories: spotlight
One thing I’ve always missed about online reviews is that they are normally only taking into account novels – with anthologies as a distant…
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Playing with the Stars – Best Software
One of the things that has changed the most for star lovers in these last years is the sheer availability of software that allows…
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Brasyl by Ian McDonald
Brasyl (2007) is a novel by Ian McDonald. It portrays an original SF thriller set on three different timelines – i.e. Brazil at different…
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The Damned by Andrew Pyper. Book Review
You can’t say Andrew Piper’s new novel has an original title. Checking on Amazon I have found a few books with identical or similar names…
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Gernsback SF Short Story Writing Contest 2015
If you’re following this blog you already know I contribute articles to Amazing Stories. Today I’d like to talk about the SF short story…
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The end of an era of planetary exploration
Yes, you read it correctly. With New Horizon’s historical mission, the first era of planetary exploration – where we have explored all planets of…
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Migrating WP blog to a self-hosted site – (hard) lessons learnt
That’s done – migration and everything. No matter all the information I have collected beforehand and precautions adopted, it has NOT been a smooth…
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The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Years of Rice and Salt Quotes (2002) is a Kim Stanley Robinson’s speculative fiction novel. It’s one of the most convincing examples of…
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Borgia: an exercise in historical fantasy
There’s no way this series can be labelled anything else. Certainly not historical tout-court, for the reasons I will explain below. I don’t normally…
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Get your own Chandra X-ray Observatory… in 3D Printing
If like me you are a 3D printing and an astronomy fan, and you have time to spare this weekend, there’s something out there…
