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Science Fiction
This made me giggle (click through to read the whole thing). There are only a few posts up at the site right now, but they’re all fairly amusing. (via Efeitos Secundários)
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Top Ten Ways to Destroy the Earth
Just in case you need a project this weekend, Live Science has done a roundup of ten ways to obliterate the planet. Each method includes a handy inventory of the supplies you need, so you can make up your shopping list. Gobbled up by strangelets You will need: a stable strangelet Method: Hijack control of…
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Review: Don’t Panic
In the interests of full disclosure I’ll mention up front that the publisher sent me this book to review. That would not, however, prevent me from savaging it if I felt that was warranted. Fortunately for the publisher’s blood pressure, it is not; I quite liked it. Don’t Panic by Neil Gaiman isn’t precisely a…
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Their Souls Make His Tummy Happy
Li’l Cthulhu is “a child-friendly way to introduce your little one to the traditions of the Old Cult.” Meet little Cthulhu, who lives in the magic city of R’lyeh with all his friends, as you and your child embark on a fun and educational journey through the world of the Great Old Ones, meeting all…
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This is Either Awesome News…
…or an enormous scam. Deciding which is left as an exercise for the reader. Claiming a huge injection of funds (like, $3 billion) from an anonymous benefactor, a Barcelona-based company called Galactic Suite, Ltd. is touting their plan to have a functioning space hotel in orbit by 2012. A three-night stay will cost $4.4 million),…
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Klingon Propaganda
Probably viral marketing, but we don’t care. (via wilw)
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Not Dead Yet
The Crotchety Old Fan, fed up with yet another article predicting the imminent demise of SF, has created a helpful template to let writers quickly scratch their prognosticatory itch and get on with other things. The (success) (failure) of (genre) (mainstream) (fantasy) (horror) (science fiction) (speculative fiction) is due to [] mainstream authors failure to…
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Strange Moments in Spaceflight
MSNBC.com has an amusing roundup of space mission oddities such as launch delays caused by alligators and bats stowing away on the shuttle. Link (via Quarkscrew)
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The Periodic Table of Science Fiction
This is kind of awesome. Author Michael Swanwick, apparently in some kind of partnership with SciFi.com, is posting his mini-vignettes from The Periodic Table of Science Fiction over on Blogspot. 2 He Helium 4.0026 Jane Carter of Mars Imagine having Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, for your great-grandmother! Her likeness, carved in marble, balloon breasts…
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Symphony of Science
John Boswell followed up his wonderful Autotuned Sagan/Hawking A Glorious Dawn video with “We Are All Connected,” featuring Richard Feynman, Bill Nye, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and Carl Sagan. He’s also created a site devoted to these efforts, where you can view the videos, download the MP3s, and read the lyrics. Similar projects are probably forthcoming,…