This Writing Life

Sublime: High-definition transfer of the 16mm film that captured the launch of Apollo 11. This camera is turning so fast that eight minutes here represents 30 seconds of real time. There are so many engineering tricks and insightful solutions on display and this is just a piece of the launch pad. Someone remind me – [...]

What is a science fiction convention? It is a place for fans, writers, would-be writers and anybody else with an interest in science fiction to congregate and discuss the geeky details of their imagination. Yes, there are costumes. Yes, many of the fans are scientists. Nobody wore Spock ears, though I did look more like [...]