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NASA Postpones Crewed Artemis Mission To Moon: A Science Fiction Writer’s Perspective

You might’ve lost this news item in the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season, but NASA recently announced the postponement of the Artemis III crewed mission to the moon. The new target date for the landing is “mid-2027 at the earliest.” As a science fiction writer, I have a mix of thoughts Part of […]

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Science Fiction Short Story Smorgasbord – Till December 15

Some of science fiction’s most memorable works have been short stories. Isaac Asimov‘s “Nightfall” and Arthur C. Clarke‘s “The Star” have been read and remembered for decades. At longer lengths, Flowers for Algernon and Fahrenheit 451 are still read in American high schools decades after their initial publication. Both novels were expanded from the original

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Was The Great Filter Beer?

The Fermi Paradox is a recurring topic here, and for good reason. It addresses one of the most interesting questions in science fiction: are we alone in the galaxy? What other minds are out there? And today it asks another important question: was the Great Filter beer? Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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Revelation in Vela review

Revelation in Vela, book 2 of the Incepti Cataclysm, has been out for a week, and already it’s gotten comments that show people are enjoying it. For example, check out this quote from the Revelation in Vela review by reader -zh. The title of [Revelation in Vela] is fitting in many ways, the pace is

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