I looked it up. I have waited six years for book sixteen in the Harry Dresden world to be published. I have waited patiently, then less patiently. A few months ago, there was a book by Jim Butcher called (tada!)… Read More ›
Sci Fi – Fantasy – Time Travel
DOOMSDAY BOOK BY CONNIE WILLIS
I read this for the first time when it was first published in 2008. It wasn’t available as an audible book yet, though it would be soon. So my first reading was words on paper. It’s the story of the… Read More ›
FROM THE EARTH ABIDES PROJECT: YEAR 71 — BY RANGERDON
The Year 71 – EARTH ABIDES By George R. Stewart Posted on July 20, 2020 This is certainly the Year of Earth Abides, Year 71 to carve on Indian Rock, and there will a new printing of Earth Abides in October to celebrate. It… Read More ›
WHAT A SHOCK! – Marilyn Armstrong
You think you know someone. You hang out with them, exchange emails, jokes, and anecdotes. Maybe you even work with them. Then, one day, out of the blue, you discover they are fundamentalist Christians who believe you are going to… Read More ›
IS CORONAVIRUS THE EARTH ABIDES PLAGUE? from the “Earth Abides” Project
In his amazing predictive authoring, Stewart revived the earth by a plague. Is it here? The book is available in paperback from Amazon and as an audiobook. I have both versions. I’ve read it (repeatedly) and listened to it (at… Read More ›
OLD WEST TIME TRAVEL: NON-WHITE VERSION – GARRY ARMSTRONG
I’ve always loved time travel stories, especially when they have happy endings. I used to think I’d love to be back in the Old West. Ya know where I’m going with this. A man of color rides into town riding… Read More ›
TIMING, TIME TRAVEL, AND THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT – ELLIN CURLEY
I am fascinated with the concepts of time travel, parallel universes and the Butterfly Effect. Fortunately for me, there are several TV shows today that deal with these things. One is Timeless and another is The Flash. The Flash is… Read More ›
TRUMP THE BELLWETHER – Marilyn Armstrong
BELLWETHER, BY CONNIE WILLIS This is a book I have read many times. I read it (again) because it’s funny and finding something to laugh about has not been easy recently. And also, because each time I read it, I… Read More ›
TIME TRAVELING SLOWLY – Marilyn Armstrong
Without a machine or a wormhole, we travel through time every day of our lives. We don’t do it instantly, but every photo we take is a picture of us in the past. Recent past, long ago past. All our… Read More ›
PROVOCATIVE QUESTION #50: REDOING LIFE? – Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s Provocative Question #50 So this week’s question is: My answer is exceedingly simple. Hell, no. I’ve enjoyed my life. Even the bad stuff was interesting. One of the things Garry and I love about getting old together is that we… Read More ›
LET’S BE TWELVE AGAIN — Marilyn Armstrong
Someone asked me what I would do if I were twelve again. Twelve. A little too young to be a teenager, too old to be a ‘child.’ It’s the middle-age of childhood. There might be a few things I could… Read More ›
SPACE AND SUPERHEROES – ELLIN CURLEY
I’m usually not a big fan of space or superhero shows, but I really like the “Star Trek”-ish television show “The Orville” and the movie “Wonder Woman.” I think the reason I like these two particular representatives of their genres… Read More ›
ME AND DOUGLAS ADAMS – Marilyn Armstrong
First of all, I missed International Towel Day, which was on May 25th. It was the day of Douglas Adams’ far too early passing. Towel Day is celebrated every year on 25 May as a tribute to the author Douglas Adams by his fans. On… Read More ›
CHANGING THE WORLD BY TIME TRAVEL WORK WON’T WORK – By Tom Curley
So there I was. Thinking. Not quite awake. Not exactly asleep. You know. The funny place between. And it hit me. Fixing all this craziness is simple. The question is WWCKD? Or, to put simply, “WHAT WOULD CAPTAIN KIRK DO?” If you look at… Read More ›
ALMOST STAR TREK: STERLING BRONSON RETURNS – BY TOM CURLEY
Several of my recent blogs here have been about Star Trek and all of its various iterations. It’s apparently sparked a bit of a trip down memory lane because Marilyn just posted a funny (and true) blog about Star Trek… Read More ›
TIME AND TRAVEL – Marilyn Armstrong
First of all, no one can travel to the future unless they are returning from the past. Everyone who’s anybody knows that. It hasn’t happened yet, so you can’t go there. You can’t go sometime if it never occurred. One-way… Read More ›
