Day 1. May 23, 2016. Monday. I threw a party. Cake, pot brownies and a pitcher of frozen margarita is ready to go, but nobody showed up yet. Formally, I mean. I have some friends that will be joining, so it is a very small cozy party so far. I will be reading Seveneves […]
Andy Weir
Book Club: Hugo Award Challenge. Five Books in Three Months #HugoChallenge
Hi there! Hugo Award for the best 2015 science fiction and fantasy novel will be announced on August 20, 2016. This is exactly 13 weeks away, and there are five shortlisted sci fi and fantasy books, all are fantastic reading choices, voted by the fans. Would you like to join me on a reading […]
Great News! Author of “Snowfall on Mars” Branden Frankel is Giving an Interview
Hi everyone! I have exciting news! As I am working though my reading list for the 2016 Jalapeño Fiction Award (the award for the best sci fi novel in 2015), I come across ‘Snowfall on Mars’. As I mentioned before, I pick my candidates without any encouragement on the part of their authors, guided primarily […]
Top 10 Pop Philosophers in 2015? You Will Be Shocked!
Who influences our thinking? Donald Trump? Caitlyn Jenner? J.K. Rowling? Jesus? No, No and No. According to The Telegraph (2015), these 10 spectacular personalities. Apparently, the criteria for the selection was “based on social media followers, number of books published, media appearances, catch phrase creation, amount of viral memes and fan base nicknames”. If you, like myself, […]
Strictly Sci Fi: 2015 Novels
To stargazers and techies, To book grazers and skimmers, To starship and AI dreamers, To E.T. chasers and time travelers, To warp engineers and string theorists, To black hole and Higgs Bozon scholars, To dark matter and dark energy ponderers, And to all of us, awe struck with the science and poetry of the universe, […]