The Stainless Steel Rat Returns.
After 10 year: the return of Slippery Jim DiGriz. Thanks very much to Harry Harrison.
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The Stainless Steel Rat Returns
August 4th, 2010 · No Comments
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Buckyballs in Space
July 22nd, 2010 · No Comments
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 coalescence. [...]
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Godspeed James P Hogan
July 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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.
I [...]
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SETI Institute Celebration
May 7th, 2010 · No Comments
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 [...]
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Can you hear me now?
May 5th, 2010 · No Comments
Interesting article in Science News about SETI: Can you Hear me Now?
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Fermi Paradox Website
March 11th, 2010 · No Comments
Just found the Fermi Paradox website. Good links but I’d like to see more content.
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Starry Messages: Searching for Signatures of Interstellar Archaeology
March 9th, 2010 · No Comments
Richard A. Carrigan Jr of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory writes details of a SETI search based upon visual observation of galactic scale artifacts.
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Don’t Panic
October 11th, 2009 · No Comments
Don’t Panic, “And another thing….” is a new volume in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy written by Eoin Colfer.
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Ian Banks’ Transition now on iTunes
September 24th, 2009 · No Comments
Ian Banks new novel Transition is now available as a free podcast on iTunes. This is great news for Banks fans, and for scifi in general. Many thanks to Orbit Books for releasing this as a podcast the same day as the hardcover publication. Now that’s a company which understands Web 2.0.
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New Dune Novels
May 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
I haven’t read them yet but here are 2 new Dune Novels, written by Frank Herbert’s son Brian, and Kevin Anderson. Paul of Dune is a sequel to Dune (prior to Dune Messiah) while the soon to be released Winds of Dune takes place between Dune Messiah and Children of Dune.
I will read them when [...]
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