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Zachary, I like your art projects, in particular I want a metal dragon for my library. The bookshelf reminds me of my carpentry skills, only that is what I get when I am trying to make simple squares and […]

Ah, I suspect I was probably too old when those came out. I like the idea of parents sending kids into space in hopes they will never return. I have a son that I am trying to convince to apply for Mars One’s […]

I did it again – I keep hitting the wrong reply button which results in my response appearing above the question rather than below – oops.

A Tuckerization is when an author uses a real person’s name (often disguised in some way such as the Elcin = Ellison example I gave) for a character in a story. Sometimes they also use personal characteristics […]

(note to Steve: if you’re looking for a future home….)

Now I don’t feel so bad having some (maybe 20%) of my books in boxes. I was able to buy bookcases from a bookstore that went out of business and have most […]

I wanted to be just about everything under the sun, at least for a few days before moving onto the next daydream – Astronaut, President, Zoologist, Journalist, Lawyer, Veterinarian, Athlete, Librarian, Geologist, […]

It’s hard to say where in the cycle the “not science fiction” stupidity continues to draw its impetus. I tend to think that it starts in the academic world rather than on the marketing end. This is not to blame […]

For the record, my favorite satirist of the 20th century would have to be Vonnegut, though it is possible you would consider him more of an absurdist. All these definitions have a tendency to blur and blend at […]

I’ve had this on my list of books of potential interest for a couple months now, but it is a long list (over 1000 books) and I don’t get to them all. Your review has bumped this one from a possible purchase to a […]

Nice survey of genre parody.

Some of my all-time favorite TV shows and movies are genre parody – Futurama, Monty Python & the Holy Grail, Young Frankenstein, Galaxy Quest. In the written form, my favorites […]

I’ve read a few asteroid/comet apocalypse (or averted apocalypse) SF stories, complete with Ochi. If you want a proper apocalypse, you need something larger than a meteor, though a meteor can do some serious […]

… and how could I forget Bender (Futurama) – he makes my list for sure

Hmmm, now that I think of it, I’m not sure on the Lost in Space robot name. It might not have been Robby. Whatever – I loved the show as a kid.

My top three are probably:

Marvin (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)

Robbie (Asimov short story & also because I met a real robot named after Asimov’s Robbie when I was a boy in the 70s)

Robby (Lost in […]

Ricky, the Planet Stories line published by Paizo was suspended early last year, largely due to slow sales and few subscribers. The last I heard was that the main editor of the line was hoping to bring it back, […]

Good luck! I hope you reach your goal.

I don’t even make an attempt at NaNoWriMo because I don’t have enough time, and because my internal editor won’t shut off, and because I am also a procrastinator. A […]

Thanks for the recommendation. I try to keep an eye on the humorous SF market, but somehow that one slipped by unnoticed.

Yes, the internal dialog gave Jake a fully three dimensional personality, and the family elements gave the story its heart-warming appeal. One thing I knew for sure by the end of the book was that Dan Kimmel is a […]

Yep, my Facebook paranoia is already well established, but it is usually interpreted by others as fossilized-stick-in-the-mud syndrome.