Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
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 missions and amazing discoveries in recent years. Today, reading this week’s edition of New Scientist, I am definitively…
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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 serialised between 1986-1990, the long and complex story tells the adventure of five warriors that wear…
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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 Istanbul. Dark, at times cynical, absolutely fascinating, it was shortlisted for a series of awards (…
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“The sun is always just about to rise. Mercury rotates so slowly that you can walk fast enough over its rocky surface to stay ahead of the dawn. (…) Mercury’s ancient face is so battered and irregular that the planet’s terminator,…
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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences…
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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). This year we are in Manchester, and it’s going really well. As you can expect from…
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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 writer is known to have authored some of the most unbelievable, hard-core novels available on the…
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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 and objects. Its new target is (most likely) KBO2014-MU69, which the spacecraft is expected to reach…
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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences…
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Interesting things to look forward to in March 2016 near home (that to me is Edinburgh, UK) – exactly what’s needed to cheer you up in this generally work-intensive period. One is happening today Saturday 12 March, and it is just…
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