Speaking of going to Mars, Buzz Aldrin on why we should:

Our next generation must think boldly in terms of a goal for the space program: Mars for America's future. I am not suggesting a few visits to plant flags and do photo ops but a journey to make the first homestead in space: an American colony on a new world.
Robotic exploration of Mars has ( Read more... )

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• Niall Harrison reviews Marcher at Strange Horizons. I'm happy to see another positive review, because it's definitely a worthwhile book. Harrison has more patience with its flaws than I did, actually.



• Tangentially pursuant to the above, a wonderful essay by Sarah Monette on the purposes of secondary worlds. When I'm starting a story, it's not ( Read more... )