O, I have slipped the surly bonds of earthAnd pierced the atmosphere on leathern wing;My kind’s nocturnal ultrasonic mirthNe’er touched so high a pitch as this I sing.Starward I soar into the darkling domeWhere never morning lifts the starry veil;And is not this my kind’s ancestral home?Through timeless vaults where nebulae gleam paleMy voice shall […]
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
Give Me The Sun!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
I deal with a strange group of customers at FreeNameAStar.com. Take this exchange, for instance: My star isn’t big enough i want a bigger one. and preferably one that is real. Can i have the sun as my star? please? If not i want 50 dollars. Thanks Sammy Ok, The sun is your star. What […]
Good quote
Monday, March 16, 2009
This is a quote that starts off the book that I’m reading: We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be […]
SciFi Channel
Monday, March 16, 2009
I have not actually watched anything on the scifi channel in over two years. The reason is the lack of Science Fiction. They seem to have mostly monster and horror content, but hardly any real science fiction. Any SF content is shown in the wee small hours. The Crotchety Old Fan keeps an index of […]
Science Fiction and Fantasy First Editions on AbeBooks
Friday, March 13, 2009
If money was no object and you wanted to create the ultimate modern science fiction and fantasy rare book collection in a single swoop, then The Fine Books Company in Rochester, Michigan, is offering first editions of all the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novels for a cool $116,530. The listing includes 126 books covering 82 […]
Chris Klint
Friday, March 13, 2009
My old friend Chris Klint died a few months ago and I just found out. Kris and his brother Rolphe were my friends when my parents lived in Shanks Village in Blauvelt. Shanks was an army debarkation point during World War II and after the war the shacks were converted to low cost housing. My […]
Birthday Bees
Friday, March 13, 2009
Erica made me a birthday cake (no it is quite impossible that I am 58 years old. I feel more like 14) Here are some amazing pics. It is a lemon honey cake in the shape of a beehive. Very complex and very tasty. Erica wanted to commemorate my recent ventures into apiculture
The other Side of the Sky by Arthur C. Clarke (1959)
Friday, March 13, 2009
A good read. Exquisitely crafted short stories. Each a gem. All are very short. If you haven’t read it, go right to Amazon and grab a copy. Read my review of The other Side of the Sky by Arthur C. Clarke (1959)