by G.L. Breedon | Aug 26, 2011 | Weekly Recap
Doctor Who returns to BBC America at 9pm EST this Saturday from it’s mid-season break. Nice recap of the first half of season six here. Bubonicon 43 begins this weekend in New Mexico. TOR/Forge Books and NASA are working together to create a series of hard SF...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 25, 2011 | History, Science Fiction
I came across this article today about a life-on-the-moon hoax published on this day, 176 years ago in the New York Sun newspaper. The paper ran a six part series about red cucumber eating bat-men living on the moon and worshiping in temples. Somehow I had never...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 23, 2011 | Science, Space
DARPA is hosting the 100 Year Starship Symposium in Orlando from Sept. 30th – Oct. 2nd. It looks to be a fascinating three days of lectures and panels. The agenda covers a wide range of topics, including propulsion systems, starship designs, biological/crew...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 22, 2011 | Books, Science Fiction, Time Travel
The winners of the 2011 Hugo Awards were announced over the weekend. Founded in 1955, the awards are named for Sci-Fi legend, Hugo Gernsback, publisher of Amazing Stories among many other magazines. Connie Willis has won the 2011 Hugo Award for best novel for her two...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 19, 2011 | Science, Space
There is a good article in today’s New York Times announcing a new program by DARPA to invest in research for human interstellar travel. Talk about forward thinking investment. The awarding of that grant, on Nov. 11 — 11/11/11 — is planned as the culmination of...
