Space Time Stories

Found a free online set of mp3 recordings of a dramatization of Walter Miller’s “A Canticle for Leibowitz”.  I’m about 1/4 of the way into it, the dramatization is good although at a few points it’s difficult to hear what is being said.  The chant and hymns are excellent. Related posts No related posts.

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John Denardo posted a link to Vernor Vinge’s interview from Reason.tv Vernor Vinge is a professor at San Diego State University famous for his thoughts and fiction surrounding the upcoming singularity. Related posts Review of Vinge’s ‘Rainbows End’ (0) What is the Singularity? (3) Singularity, a free audiobook (3) Science Fiction for Smart People (1)

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Robert Bradbury the person who introduced us to Matrioshka Brains has passed away.  Here’s an eloquent memorium from George Dvorsky. I wonder if we will ever learn that there are billions of Matrioshka Brains in the Milky Way, most of them far from the galactic center.  We currently call them dark matter. If I had [...]

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Richard Hoover of NASA claims to have found alien microbes inside of a meteorite (right side,  left side is a real terrestrial bacterium). I predict 2 types of responses:  pathological rejection and people who equate this with sentient space faring beings. Frankly I think panspermia is the only theory of evolution which makes much sense.  [...]

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The Stainless Steel Rat Returns. After 10 year:  the return of Slippery Jim DiGriz.  Thanks very much to Harry Harrison. Related posts No related posts.

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Well it’s not scifi but it’s still great. As we predicted in 1985, buckyballs have been found in outer space. It’s not a big surprise, but it’s a great 25th anniversary present. Here are the data: In 1986 Rick Smalley asked me if I thought that c60 could be the primordial nucleation site for planetary [...]

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You meant a lot to me.  Inherit the Stars was one of the first serious scifi books I read as a teenager.  The discovery of a 50,000 year old dead astronaut on the moon was a powerful idea.  I also very much liked your book about prejudice in the scientific community: Kicking the Sacred Cow. [...]

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The SETI Institute will host Celebrating Science 2010 Family Science Faire Saturday May 22, 2010. From their announcement:   At our Celebrating Science 2010 Family Science Faire, you will have the opportunity to meet SETI Institute scientists and discover what the future holds for SETI and astrobiology. Learn about the SETI Institute’s pioneering exploration of life, [...]

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Interesting article in Science News about SETI:  Can you Hear me Now? Related posts Where to Find Alien Life (0) Too cold for life (0) SETI Institute Celebration (0) RIP Robert Bradbury (0)

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Just found the Fermi Paradox website. Good links but I’d like to see more content. Related posts Yet another answer to the Fermi Paradox (0) Where are the aliens? (3) Too cold for life (0) More ideas on the Fermi Paradox (5)

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