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Now available! Bringer of Light
March 27, 2024
Well, hello, Voyager 1! The venerable spacecraft is once again making sense
April 23, 2024
NASA says it is once again able to get meaningful information back from the Voyager 1 probe, after months of troubleshooting a glitch that had this venerable spacecraft sending home messages that made no sense.
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/23/1246392066/nasa-voyager-1-spacecraft-talks-back
Hmm. Just a short while ago, Voyager’s days were numbered.
I guess these things were built to last… (also built when NASA got a lot more funding…)
The first thing?
April 19, 2024
Jot down the first thing that comes to your mind.
No mind.
IndieReader Approved!
April 16, 2024
In BRINGER OF LIGHT, M. Thomas Apple crafts a satisfyingly complex future where mankind has moved off Earth but must fight and struggle against the harsh realities of physics—and each other—in order to survive.
https://indiereader.com/book_review/bringer-of-light/
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Today’s quote
April 13, 2024
When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed. And when you’re older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
Charlie “Casey” Stengel
WASP-76b is a hellish planet – but with “glory”
April 11, 2024
There are many words that could be used to describe WASP-76b — hellish, scorching, turbulent, chaotic, and even violent. This is a planet outside the solar system that sits so close to its star it gets hot enough to vaporize lead. So, as you can imagine, until now, “glorious” wasn’t one of those words.
https://www.space.com/hellish-exoplanet-rainbow-glory-effect-cheops
This planet (located in the constellation Pisces) seems to have a rainbow effect of concentric rings…despite being so hot that iron falls from the sky.
Get ready for the 2024 totality, North Americans!
April 8, 2024
Researchers will fly rockets into the path of the eclipse, stand in zoos watching animals, send radio signals across the globe, and peer into space with massive cameras.
And you don’t need to be a scientist to take part.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68742516
If you’re lucky enough to have no clouds or rain, that is.
Things the eclipse affects:
- Radio waves
- Animal behavior
- The birds and the bees (seriously; read about what tortoises did last time)
Things scientists can view thanks to an eclipse:
- The solar wind (plasma on the surface of the Sun)
- Coronal mass ejections (which interfere with satellites)
- Dust rings around the Sun and possibly even new asteroids
The East Coast of North America, where most of my relatives live, is currently 13 hours behind me in Japan. So the event will be long over by the time I wake up.
Hope to see video of it on the morning news show tomorrow!
Today’s quote
April 3, 2024
A bad administrator is more concerned with reports than with decisions. He wants the hard record which he can display as an excuse for his errors.
Lord Leto II
What is the next “unfilmable” scifi book to hit the big screen?
April 1, 2024
The story of the last 20 years of pop culture is, in many ways, the Victory Of The Nerd: Comic book films, gaming adaptations, the general adoption of deeply nerdy genre trappings like time loop stories, superheroes, and more, all making billions of dollars at the box office as geek obsessions infiltrate the body mainstream.
https://www.avclub.com/dune-other-great-unfilmable-sci-fi-novels-1851370740
AV Club suggests these five:
God Emperor of Dune (book 4)
The Caves of Steel (Isaac Asimov)
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula LeGuin)
The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut)
The Player of Games (Iain Banks)
One of the main problems that some “classic SciFi” doesn’t get made into movies is that their plots are, frankly, often ridiculous or cheesy.
What would you want to see on the big screen finally?
Check out my author interview at Literary Titan!
April 1, 2024
New reviews for Bringer of Light!
April 1, 2024
Bringer of Light holds appeal for its imaginative setting and thought-provoking themes. Readers who appreciate a blend of speculative technology and introspective musings on the universe will find this book a stimulating read…For fans of science fiction, M. Thomas Apple’s novel offers a glimpse into a future filled with wonder and complexity.
— 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Literary Titan
Bringer of Light is a highly recommended read for fans of gripping sci-fi with a deeper, more resonant meaning at its core.
— 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟K. C. Finn for Readers’ Favorite
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