by G.L. Breedon | Aug 11, 2011 | Science, Space
Cool new photos from NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity as it finishes a nearly three year journey across the surface of the planet to the Endeavor crater. It makes me long for the days when we talked with straight faces about sending humans to Mars....
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 10, 2011 | Fantasy, Science Fiction, SF & Fantasy News
I missed this when it was posted a few days ago. Kindle Daily Post has a great interview with Prof. Eric Rabkin of the University of Michigan as part of their plug for their new promotion offering a free subscription to a paired down version of The Magazine of Fantasy...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 8, 2011 | Books, Reviews, Science Fiction
I picked up a copy of Poul Anderson’s Tau Zero on ebay last year in a lot of mixed classic sci-fi novels. It turned out to be one my favorite novels from the last few years. The crew of an interstellar expedition become trapped on board in an ever accelerating...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 5, 2011 | Books, Space
Via i09, the site Sci-Fi-O-Rama has a great post. In 1969 Time-Life Records released TO THE MOON, a six record set interviews and astronaut conversations along with an accompanying photo diary book. Sci-Fi-O-Rama has some beautiful scans from the book. I only wish...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
I came across this a while ago and thought it would be good to share. A fellow named Levar, who runs the blog Vintage Paperbacks, has a ton of old sci-fi and pulp covers posted on flickr. His collection of covers by sci-fi artist Richard M. Powers is particularly...
