Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
Welcome back to my reading suggestion series, after one month’s break. Not that I haven’t read anything in May (quite the opposite) but all of that was non-fiction and not that appealing either (all work-related, rather boring stuff). And while…
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First, you’ll have to build a gibbet. They were all burned under the Act of Recommitment fifty years ago, when capital punishment was outlawed in favor of MindCleanse procedures. There’s an old crossroads a few miles south of the dusty…
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It is yesterday (20 May 2021) news that Kentaro Miura, the mangaka who singlehanded wrote one of the most famous and revered manga ever, Berserk, passed away at 54. It was not Covid, in case you wonder. But the news…
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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 the Internet) in 1997, we got used to following all Martian attempts in real life or…
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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 Japan Fantasy Award winner Umiyuri Katsuyama and translated by Toshiya Kamei. Enjoy the reading.
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 space has shrunk rather significantly with the expansion of the Zoom-culture, which allows for working hours…
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February 2021 was all blast and hype about Mars, with three missions (!) successfully managing to reach the Red Planet and get to work. About two months after the first one reaching its destination, how are they doing? Hope, the…
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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 flash fiction and dark poetry. We have also a few announcements –stay tuned! As usual, to…
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This time the reading offer for the month arrives almost at the end of the month itself. A good illustration of a period incredibly busy with work and other good reasons (some of which I will disclose on this blog…
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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 simply love fiction podcasts –as a listener, as a writer, as a slusher, too. So this…
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