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Best/Worst SF Endings
SF Signal’s latest Mind Meld invited authors to weigh in on the best and worst endings in SF novels. There’s the potential for spoilery (obviously), but their choices are interesting. As anyone who knows me can attest, I’m an endings kind of gal. (As in, I nearly always read the ending before committing to the…
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My Captions, Let Me Show You Them
Just a reminder to our gentle readers who may not check the rest of this site: The O*W*C has a regular feature entitled Caption This!. A screen grab from a science fiction movie is posted each month, and our readers are invited to write their own captions, which are immortalized in our Caption Gallery. Think…
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Creationism Rebuttals
In a similar vein to the Global Warming rebuttals we blogged about previously, Scientific American has put together a smackdown of Creationist claims. They aren’t pulling any punches with the title, 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense. The article looks at the top 15 assertions that Creationism levels against the theory of evolution, and presents straightforward,…
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Ten Entertaining Chemical Reactions
For anyone who’s ever dumped vinegar into baking soda, this list of “Amazing Chemical Reactions” is for you. Each entry has a short description of the chemicals involved, plus a video of the reaction. Potassium Chlorate is a compound containing potassium, chlorine and oxygen. It is often used as a disinfectant and in fireworks and…
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Something Spooky Just After 3 a.m.
If you’re familiar with the iGoogle page, you probably know that you can customize its appearance with several themes. What you may not know is that every night at 3:14 a.m., some of the themes get a little creepy. On the Beach, Nessie surfaces for 60 seconds, then takes a deep breath and dives back…
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2007 Nebula Award Winners
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Presented the Nebula Awards® for 2007 at the Omni Austin Hotel Downtown in Austin, Texas on April 26, 2008. Novel: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon Novella: “Fountain of Age” by Nancy Kress Novelette: “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” by Ted Chiang Short Story: “Always” by…
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It Can’t Be Any Worse Than Shatner
Falling squarely into the category of Things You Wouldn’t Expect. Like, Ever. is the news that Milla Jovovich has a little-known secondary career as a folk singer. She’s produced two albums, Divine Comedy and The PeopleTree Sessions, both of which actually have decent reviews. Sadly, there is no song entitled “Mooooltipass.” Huh. (via Awesome)
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weRobot
Chop Shop offers this awesome T-shirt featuring the silhouettes of 51 robots from “film, television, books, toys and one even from a famous classic rock album.” I’ve spent 15 minutes staring at this thing, trying to see how many I recognize. Link (via Big Dumb Object)
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The Missing Ink
Carl Zimmer is a science writer who lists his interests as “Tapeworms, tattoos, and the meaning of life.” He’s devoted an entire blog to at least one of these things, inviting anyone with a science-related tattoo to send him a photo and short explanation for addition to Carl Zimmer’s Science Tattoo Emporium. There are a…
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Classic SFTV Online
Just in case you don’t spend enough time in front of the computer, CBS has posted full-length episodes of several classic TV shows online. Currently on offer is all three seasons of the original Star Trek and the first two seasons of The Twilight Zone. So if you just can’t go another minute without watching…