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Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein

As a general rule, Heinlein novels are either really controversial (The Moon is a Harsh Mistress), really meta (The Number of the Beast), really fun (Citizen of the Galaxy), or some combination of all three (Starship Troopers). Farmer in the Sky is one of the really fun ones. This novel was written before the Apollo… Continue reading Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein

We have private space tourism now! Yay!

Congratulations, Virgin Galactic! As someone who dreams of one day looking down on this world from space, my hat is off to you! As for whether 80 km should or should not be considered the boundary of space, Scott Manley has a great video where he discusses this, as well as Virgin Galactic’s recent flight.… Continue reading We have private space tourism now! Yay!

The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove

As those of you who’ve read my short story “The Gettysburg Paradox” know, I’m a huge fan of both the US Civil War and time travel stories. Harry Turtledove’s The Guns of the South is, quite possibly, the best combination of the two. The novel starts just a few weeks after Gettysburg. The Army of… Continue reading The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove

New plans for the blog

I’ve been revising my business plan lately, codifying a lot of things I’ve tried over the past year into a coherent, unified strategy. It feels like I have all the pieces now for a successful writing career, but I just need to figure out how they all fit together. That’s the goal. One of those… Continue reading New plans for the blog

Tarnsman of Gor by John Norman

I’ve been meaning to read this book for a while, since I heard that it’s a classic of the Sword and Planet subgenre and I’ve really liked the other Sword and Planet books that I’ve read. (Princess of Mars, The Dying Earth, etc. Come to think of it, I haven’t done a review of Princess… Continue reading Tarnsman of Gor by John Norman

Christine Blasey Ford raped me

As you may have heard, the congressional hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have been thrown into chaos late in the eleventh hour by shocking allegations of sexual misconduct. The accuser is a certain professor Christine Blasey Ford from Palo Alto, California. According to her, when Kavanaugh was around seventeen (I say “around,” because… Continue reading Christine Blasey Ford raped me