Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Friday, August 24, 2012
Science fiction author birthday
Orson Scott Card was born on this day in 1951 in Richland, Washington. Here are some of his writings at "Uncle Orson Reviews Everything":
Thursday, August 16, 2012
The Birth of Hugo
One hundred and twenty-eight years ago:
The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was published.
The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty was laid.
The Washington Monument was completed.
Mark Twain published The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Anton Bruckner's 7th Symphony in E premiered in Leipzig.
and ... Hugo Gernsback was born.
Items related to Gernsback, the father of science fiction as a separate genre ... how many are you familiar with?
Amazing Stories Vol. 1 No. 1 (read it online) (PDF)
"The Man Who Foresaw Science Fiction"
The Edgar Rice Burroughs connection
"Hearing Radio Through Your Teeth"
Gernsback and The Isolator
Two chapters (early versions) from Hugo Gernsback and the Century of Science Fiction
"Not only is science fiction an idea of tremendous import, but it is to be an important factor in making the world a better place to live in ..."
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Science fiction author birthday
Robert Lull Forward was born on August 15, 1932, and would have been 80 today. Sadly, he died on September 21, 2002.
Some items you might find interesting:
Introduction and sample chapters from Indistinguishable from Magic.
Summary bibliography at the Internet Speculative Fiction DataBase.
July 28, 2010 Space Daily article: "Engineers Prove Space Pioneer's 25-Year-Old Theory"
"Fast Forward Fifty Years" -- final writings (unfinished autobiography).
List of patents.
New York Times obituary.
Self-prepared obituary.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Friday, August 10, 2012
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Science fiction author birthday
Jerry Pournelle was born August 7, 1933, which makes him 79 today ... Happy Birthday to him!
Here are a few tidbits to mark the occasion:
Pournelle on This Week in Tech episode 223: Burst and Decollate
(FYI, Pournelle tells a Mars-related story at 24:27)
Assorted quotes
The " first 'production post' " at the Chaos Manor site ... June 25, 2011
Monday, August 6, 2012
Friday, August 3, 2012
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Pallas the asteroid / god / crater / free e-book
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| Pallas's Cat |
The asteroid
The Titan god
The lunar crater
It's also a book by L. Neil Smith, and it's the Phoenix Pick free e-book for this month.
Thanks to SF Signal and Grasping for the Wind for spreading the news!
(More books by L. Neil Smith on our catalogue page.)
Curiosity about Mars
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| Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech |
Monday, August 6, at about 5:24 a.m. Universal time (10:31 p.m PDT) . . . Wil(l) you be watching?