Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
This is the second post of the series “how your sky looks when observed from another planet”. I have already briefly spoken about the Moon (here). Today’s post is about the Earth’s twin, Venus. For a start, let’s assume for…
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Doomsday Book (1992) by Connie Willis is a science fiction novel. It portraits time travel to medieval history, in a back-and-forth within the city of Oxford in 1320 and 2055. Expect cognitive dissonance, time paradox, and, obviously, awful pandemics. Winner of…
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There’s still about one month or so left to nominate people/zines for the Hugo Awards (and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, incidentally) – the awards themselves will be awarded at the next Worldcon – MidAmeriConII –…
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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from…
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One thing I always wondered is how the sky looks when observed from another planet; and as a matter of fact, only in few cases we know how it does for real, even though simulations give us a fair idea….
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The Road (2006) by Cormac McCarthy is a dystopian, post-apocalyptic novel and one of the best of its kind. It portrays the dangerous journey of father and son across destroyed lands of an almost-depopulated planet. Grim, scary, at moments chilling, it…
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There are always a lot of things happening in outer space – probes, launches and explorations to keep us busy – but this week seems something special. Something pretty too, I would add. And something that will likely change physics as…
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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from…
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After many discussions with friends, and considering all angles, I’m not ashamed to say it loud and clear: I didn’t like Ep VII of Star Wars, even though I’ve enjoyed watching it – nostalgia and some details made it worth…
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Ian McDonald is without doubt an author on my “autobuy” list, as I’ve written a while ago. This Scottish author is known for excellent (dystopian) books asking difficult questions about mankind’s future and taking into account socio-political implications. The amazing Brasyl (McDonald’s award…
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