6 From Worlds Beyond, is a good collection of some stories a little outside the Golden Age of SF mainstream and a very good read. Read my review of 6 From Worlds Beyond, ed. T. E. Dikty (1956)
Wanderings
Resources for Science Fiction: Anything you dream is fiction, and anything you accomplish is science, the whole history of mankind is nothing but science fiction. – Ray Bradbury
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Speculations on the way back
Sunday, March 22, 2009
One of the best places to get SpecFic gossip was at speculations. It was an elegantly simple message board system that allowed you to view messages in a variety of very useful ways. A year ago they folded under the weight of spam. They had unrealistic ideals about anonymity and the sanctity of the message […]
What to do with the hat while waiting for the bees
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Only a couple of weeks to go. I going to wear my bee hat to bed so that cats won’t lick my face.
The SLF persons of a certain age Writers Grant
Saturday, March 21, 2009
I’m not happy with the name. I am not an “Older Writer”. I am a young writer (about 14) whose body unexplainedly has the appearance of a 50-ish person (although a young 50-ish). I am going to enter this. I have my stories archived on a 250meg drive in the basement. I’ll have to hook […]
First Day of Spring
Friday, March 20, 2009
This is what it looked like out my front door at 7:15 this morning. We had some good weather and I told the people on the bus to expect snow up through the first week in April. They did not believe me. There will be at least one more day of snow flurries.
Letter from Corinna
Thursday, March 19, 2009
I received this from cousin Corinna. Please read it. If you are from Rockland County you might consider signing the petition. Hi all, For those of you who don’t know, in 1981, my sister-in-law Paula Bohovesky was brutally raped and murdered a few blocks away from her home in Pearl River, NY. The men responsible […]
In this day and age…
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
… it is stupid to allow any random reader the ability to place messages on you blog. You may have noticed the blue “shout” box to the right. It allows users to leave unmoderated notes behind. I wonder how long it will be before I regret doing this and pull the thing out. Actually, hundreds […]
Year 2018! by James Blish (1957)
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Year 2018! (They Shall Have Stars) is the prequel to Blish’s Cities in Flight series. Erica gave it to me on my birthday. It is a great novel in Blish’s best series. Read my review of Year 2018! by James Blish (1957)