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Spiral Galaxy Musings: Moondoggle
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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction, and Non-Fiction. Tuesday, September 18, 2012. Alexis Madrigal has an interesting article out: " Moondoogle: The Forgotten Opposition to the Apollo Program. In it he points out that support for the Apollo mission never approached 50% while it was active. As one historian put it:. So it was really a bit stunning to me to realize that the Apollo programs suffered any number of hostile OpEd pieces, angry Letters to the Editor, and accusations from scientists an...
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Spiral Galaxy Musings: Save a Tree, Read an eBook
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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction, and Non-Fiction. Tuesday, April 22, 2008. Save a Tree, Read an eBook. In my last post, you'll noticed that I urged you to buy the March issue of Asimov's. However, it's April now. They're off the shelves. However can you pick one up? All of the magazines that I'll review here ( Analog. Are available in eBook editions. They're also available in a wide variety of formats. It is beyond easy to pick any of them up, with or without a subscription. They publish s...
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Spiral Galaxy Musings: End of the Year
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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction, and Non-Fiction. Friday, December 30, 2011. End of the Year. Here's some capsule thoughts on books I've read since little Gadget was born, on August 30th. By Kathleen Anne Goonan. I had previously bounced off Goonan's work with the Queen City Jazz. But the jazz lost me and I didn't find the super-physics convincing. I had planned to read this preparatory to This Shared Dream. But I think I'll let that slide. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. Reality, w...
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Spiral Galaxy Musings: The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction, and Non-Fiction. Wednesday, May 16, 2012. The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell. Must be the single most tragic science fiction story I’ve ever read. It compares to the most tragic stories I’ve ever read, full stop, except that non-fiction must trump fiction when it comes to tragedy. The Sparrow. Won the Clarke award back in 1998, so I feel like sufficient time has passed when it comes to spoilers. However, if needed: HERE THERE BE SPOILERS. I especially apprec...
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Spiral Galaxy Musings: 2012 Year in Review
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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction, and Non-Fiction. Tuesday, January 22, 2013. 2012 Year in Review. I noticed this post. Over on Neth Space and realized that I have all the information needed to do the same (I try to track my reading on Library Thing. And was getting my list up-to-date for awards nomination season). However, before I get to the numbers, I want to let people know how happy I am to have been nominated for the BSFA award in the non-fiction category! Science, we can have fun.
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Spiral Galaxy Musings: Driftings and Endings
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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction, and Non-Fiction. Thursday, January 3, 2013. I read Ian McDonald’s short story in the January issue of Clarkesworld, and it got me thinking about endings. If you don’t want spoilers, you’d better either stop reading or go read “ Driftings. Because this essay is going to be spoilerific. OK, now at this point the story gets three endings. He had a pure, sweet idea for it. Having put this sentence in there, I would prefer that the author follow through and deve...
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Spiral Galaxy Musings: Evaporating Genres for Best Related Book
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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction, and Non-Fiction. Monday, February 20, 2012. Evaporating Genres for Best Related Book. I don't want to bury the lede here: Gary K. Wolfe has never won a Hugo (? And I believe that he should win one for his most recent essay collection, Evaporating Genres. I didn't review Evaporating Genres. Unlike most academics, Wolfe stays up to date with what the genre is doing now. There he examined several well-known tropes of science fiction through the history of the ...
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Spiral Galaxy Musings: 04/01/2013 - 05/01/2013
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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction, and Non-Fiction. Thursday, April 11, 2013. Early Notes from the San Antonio WorldCon. The RiverCENTER (party hotel) has 4 elevators going up to floors 25 and higher, and 6 more going up to floors 24 and below. Chances that they will all be jammed after the Hugos? Remember to wear layers! There's also a liquor/convenience store between the two Marriotts on the Riverwalk. It has a sign prominently posted letting you know that it is perfectly fine to carry...
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Spiral Galaxy Musings: 12/01/2013 - 01/01/2014
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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction, and Non-Fiction. Monday, December 30, 2013. This Blog is Dead, Long Live the Tumblr. At the end of 2013, it's time to face the facts. No posting in eight months means this blog is well and truly dead. Mostly that's OK: the reviews that I write generally get picked up by more professional venues, and my smaller thoughts wind up on other media. But for those who are still looking for me, here's where you can find me:. A new central " Karen Burnham. Towards My...
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