Discovery takes place in the near-future, as humanity is pushing out into the Solar System, has established major habitats in Earth orbit, on the Moon and on Mars, and has begun commercial mining operations in the Asteroid Belt. Zero-gee is a great equalizer for workers in space, where coordination and balance often trump physical strength.… Read More Book Review: Discovery, by Karina Fabian
So, my middle son got married a few weeks ago, and it’s taken me this long to process what happened, though it seemed inevitable almost from the beginning. These things have a way of sneaking up on me, no matter how well-prepared I think I am. The conscious mind accepts the reality without much argument… Read More A Wedding, Again
I’m trying to get my writing life back on track, but I’m done making promises I can’t keep about how, or when, or how frequently, or in what quantity that’s going to happen. If you’ve followed me at all over the past several years, you know by now that inconsistency is my hallmark, and I… Read More Gone Adulting
This is pretty cool. NASA just released a simulated flyover of dwarf planet Ceres, using composite imagery from the NASA Dawn probe with a bit of color enhancement. They even added some pleasant, adventuresome music to enhance the experience: I wrote a short story a few years ago set on Ceres, and it would have… Read More Ceres Flyover
One of the great things about living in the greater Kansas City metro area is ready access to one of the nation’s premier art museums, the Nelson Atkins. Its collection spans history from ancient times to the present day, and includes a particularly large and varied assortment of works by the European masters, American artists… Read More Local Tourist: The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art
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