Tag: sci-fi
North Korean EMP Attack Would Kill 90% of U.S.
A new congressional report contends that a North Korean electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack on the U.S. would ultimately wipe out 90 percent of the population. To date, most discussion concerning the North Korean threat has been on whether the rogue state can accurately hit U.S. cities with its ICBMs. But in an EMP attack, such […]
Read More North Korean EMP Attack Would Kill 90% of U.S.Strong Women in Science Fiction: Book List
Ok, it’s not just books. It is, however, just science fiction so far as I can tell. I knew if I opened it up to fantasy as well, it would become unmanageable, so I may follow up with a second list if there is interest. As it is, I’ve got over 60 names on the […]
Read More Strong Women in Science Fiction: Book List#SpecWomenChat Podcast & Live YouTube Show!
UPDATE: Date and time has been set at 11:45 am PST on Saturday, December 2! Join the broadcast HERE. It’s happening! For the past couple of months I’ve been talking about it, and it’s finally going to be a thing! The #SpecWomenChat Podcast will be happening LIVE on my YouTube channel on Saturday, December 2 […]
Read More #SpecWomenChat Podcast & Live YouTube Show!Mr. Midshipman Sunfall in On the Horizon Boxed Set!
Originally posted on The Toy Soldier Saga:
I have exciting news! “Mr. Midshipman Sunfall,” which was the first part of “A Few Good Elves,” will be published in the On the Horizon: Simple Worlds of Speculative Adventure Boxed Set on May 1, 2018! From the description: A collection of 22 Fantasy and Science Fiction full…
Exoplanet 55 Cancri e Likely to Have Earthlike Atmosphere
Twice as big as Earth, the super-Earth 55 Cancri e was thought to have lava flows on its surface. The planet is so close to its star, the same side of the planet always faces the star, such that the planet has permanent day and night sides. Based on a 2016 study using data from […]
Read More Exoplanet 55 Cancri e Likely to Have Earthlike AtmosphereBook Review: Gold by Issac Asimov
Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection by Isaac Asimov My rating: 5 of 5 stars Read for the Genre Non-Fiction and the Collections! Reading Challenges. This collection represents the last batch of stuff that Isaac Asimov gave to us. Half of it is stories, and the other half is a collection of essays about science […]
Read More Book Review: Gold by Issac AsimovOn the Horizon Boxed Set Announcement!
Pleased to announce that I am going to be in this outstanding boxed set! An international bestselling cast of 22 authors, and don’t let the stats fool you, that’s a dummy file, each one of us will be writing a minimum of a 40k word novel! You can’t beat our starting price for all of […]
Read More On the Horizon Boxed Set Announcement!Jupiter’s Colourful Clouds
By Calla Cofield Jupiter’s southern hemisphere is a swirling, curling sea of colorful clouds in a new image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft and two citizen scientists. The new image comes from data collected by the JunoCam instrument on Oct. 24, 2017, as Juno performed its ninth close flyby of Jupiter (its eighth science flyby), according to a statement […]
Read More Jupiter’s Colourful CloudsHow Vintage Rocket Tech Could Be NASA’s Ticket to Mars
I thought I would share that for me, this was one of those happy moments in the life of a sci-fi writer where I said, “I thought about that!” Of course, I am by no means the first sci-fi writer to think of the use of nuclear rockets, especially when the tech was new. But […]
Read More How Vintage Rocket Tech Could Be NASA’s Ticket to Mars
