I became a fan of Rush back in the early ’80s, the first time I heard Tom Sawyer over the radio from KBFL, at the time the student-run radio station out of Buffalo (MO) High School. The three members of the band were all virtuosos on their instruments, but the thing that raised them above […]
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Some science fiction writers publish manifestos. I’m suspicious of that. Number 1, they’re always some attempt to dress up in fancy verbiage the concept that science fiction should change so that the manifesto writer sells more books and earns more money. Number 2, and even more important, writers who write and publish manifestos aren’t writing
CV-2 Books has published two new books of mine, and rolled out “print singles” editions of some short stories, so far in 2019. Here are the covers and links to more information. A Mighty Fortress
Apparently there’s a big football game coming up this weekend, which makes this a good time for a post about the future of football. This post isn’t hard sf, but there is some science fiction content. Not simply because it’s a prediction about the future beyond the end of the next sports season or the
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As you might have noticed from my homepage, I’ve been working on a series of science fiction spy thrillers. And yes, one of my internal code names for this project is James Bond in Space. I watched my first James Bond movie at around the same age as I became a science fiction addict, so
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Interstellar Travel: Laser Sails and Tractor Beams If Einstein is right, then it’s impossible to get to Alpha Centauri in less than 4.3 years. If Newton is right, then getting there in a fraction of a human lifetime, though possible, is extremely difficult. Tsiolkovsky’s Rocket Equation tells us you would need an immense amount of
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Ebook bundles are a great way to find new authors in genres you love. My novel Take the Shilling will be part of the Cyborg City ebook bundle (Amazon, Kobo, and more presale links at Bundlerabbit). That’s 11 exciting science fiction stories for just $3.99! Here’s the full list of titles. – “T.I.N. Men” by
Some people you might never meet in person, but you get a strong sense of who they are from their writing. Sf writer, computer enthusiast, and technology strategist Jerry Pournelle, who died last week at the age of 84, was one of those. You’ve probably heard of his first collaboration with Larry Niven, the 1974
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When I switched to Linux, one of the reasons I adopted KDE as my desktop environment was the krunner launcher. Hit the Alt-F2 hotkey (or remap it to Alt-Space or the “My Favorites” button on a Microsoft Natural 4000 keyboard) to open the krunner interface, and start typing the name of the app you want
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After correctly predicting the last four SFWA Grand Masters (here and here), I missed badly in 2017. No, it wasn’t Dan Simmons. Instead, Jane Yolen won this year’s honor. My overall response is meh. Nothing against Ms. Yolen, but I think she’s the first Grand Master whose books I’ve never read. Wait, check that, we
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