Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
Now that I’m deep down in Artemis (I’ve mentioned it in another post) I realised that whenever I read a book set in one of the Solar System’s celestial bodies I regularly check the places mentioned in the novels on…
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Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally, they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by…
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A few months ago Proxima Centauri b, an exoplanet in the constellation of Centaurus located “only” 4.22 light-years from Earth, got a lot of attention, since it orbits its sun within the habitable zone and will be probably the first in the…
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I don’t often blog about writing, for many reasons (the main is: there are *hundreds* of people out there that do it far better than me) but today I came across a couple of interviews / posts, one by Neil…
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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along by doing the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that…
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I had the occasion to meet Noel Chidwick during one of the events Shoreline of Infinity organised here in Edinburgh. Noel was so kind to answer some questions for me. 1 . Describe what your magazine is about. What makes it special…
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I already knew I was going to love Luna:Wolf Moon since the moment I requested it on Netgalley – and not, or not only, because I am a longtime fan of Ian McDonald (whom I had the pleasure to meet…
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In these days I’m utterly enjoying Mantel’s Wolf Hall, a novel based on the life of Thomas Cromwell, which is one of the best historical novels I’ve read in a long, long time. The point is, I’m generally disappointed; as it…
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I have written a lot about exoplanets on this blog in the past, therefore this is a news I can’t avoid discussing here. Just two days ago NASA released an update on Kepler space telescope team, which added to the already…
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Here’s the usual summary of interesting space news of the week – with some stunning images from our Solar Systems. Have you ever wondered how stargazing from Jupiter would possibly be? Here’s the answer. This photo is a first from…
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