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Friday, March 10, 2023

MINING THE ASTEROIDS Part 5 – Practicalities: We Can DO It! But, What Is Our Greatest Obstacle?

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They say you have to learn to WALK before your can FLY, so before we start driving asteroids around the Solar System (and I can’t believe th...
Thursday, March 9, 2023

Support Stupefying Stories

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I’ll be blunt. We need your help. *You.* No one else. To quote the old aerospace industry adage Tom Wolfe made famous when he gave the line...
Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Tales from the Brahma • Episode 2: “A Palette of Home” • by Carol Scheina

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[skip intro] Welcome aboard the Brahma! Now a century out from Earth and en route to HD 133600, a remarkably Sun-like star and planet...
Saturday, March 4, 2023

“For Sale: Used Time Machine. No Refunds!” • by Carol Scheina

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  The electronic sensors of twenty-one different AI machines watched when Aldo rolled the time machine into Aldo’s Antique Artificial Intell...
Friday, March 3, 2023

THE SIOUX SPACEMAN (Beware the Horseman of the Stars) (1960) by Andre Norton –Part Two of a Review

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On rare occasions here, I've reviewed movies. On even rarer occasions, I've review books. When I do either, I'm usually fairly c...
Thursday, March 2, 2023

The Future of the Writing Business: The AI Menace • by Bruce Bethke

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  The hue and cry over the intrusion of AI into our little writer’s bubble-universe continues. As best I can tell the bulk of the complaints...
Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Tales from the Brahma • Episode 1: “Iowa” • by Pete Wood

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  Welcome aboard the Brahma! Now a century out from Earth and en route to HD 133600, a remarkably Sun-like star and planetary system in the...
Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Power Outage

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Hi, and good morning. We're conducting an unplanned test of the emergency backup to the backup comm system today. The local power grid w...
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Saturday, February 25, 2023

“The USS Copernicus Sixth (Semi-Annual) Contraband Run” • by Karl Dandenell

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“Listen up!” Chief Susanna Kosonen’s booming voice filled the mess. Everyone immediately gave the spaceship’s Chief of the Boat their full ...
Friday, February 24, 2023

Creating Alien Aliens Part 22: Why Do ALIENS Intrigue Us (Well…ME anyway!)?

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I’ve been fascinated by “aliens” since I read THE SPACESHIP UNDER THE APPLE TREE when I was in sixth grade. That book propelled me into read...
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