We all agree that the single biggest threat facing our beautiful planet is that of space aliens. Ever alert to security risks, our government has responded with a “UFO Czar,” (which is weird because I thought we were retiring the UFO acronym).
The life in our biosphere alone is constantly amazing! This beetle evolved a “fake termite” appendage which keeps it safe from termites and may even encourage them to feed it!
The British Fantasy Award winners were announced last Saturday.
Bill Willingham, creator of Fables, has now put the entire franchise into the public domain. This is his response to years of being cheated and mistreated by the company that owns D.C. Comics. Huge step!
Over on File 770, Gareth Powell writes about why he loves space opera.
Here’s a 1917 map of fairyland, drawn in the Arts and Crafts style, for you to savor. Thanks to File 770. (This blog looks fascinating.)
Astronomers have coined the phrase “noctalgia” (“sky grief”) to describe the sense of loss of the night sky to various kinds of light pollution—and not only for earthbound stargazers.
Mark Speaker Yuan’s image won the Atlas Obscura wildlife photography contest. I may have posted this image or one similar to it before. Not sorry.
I'm continuing with the Elric Saga by Michael Moorcock. The third book in the series, "The Weird of the White…
Alan Garner's Treacle Walker was best of November for me, a short novel that was also surprisingly readable, given how…
I enjoyed a couple of good MG/YA fantasy books. The first is apparently some kind of Dutch classic--"The Cat Who…
"North Woods is a novel of terroir" love this!
I loved that title, although it does sounds like song lyrics. Apparently Damon Knight thought it didn't work.