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Books cover the cosmos on a coffee table
If you’re going to give somebody a book for the holidays, why not go big? In this age of ebooks, smartphones and tiny houses, there’s less need (and less room) for shelves of inch-thick volumes lining the walls. But it’s … Continue reading
‘Expanse’ co-author discusses sci-fi … and politics
There’s more to Daniel Abraham than “The Expanse.” To be sure, the science-fiction saga about our future fractious solar system has been very, very good to Abraham and his co-author for the book series, Ty Franck. Writing under the pen name of James S.A. … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Daniel Abraham, Science Fiction, Space, Television, The Expanse
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Google honors Seattle sci-fi author Octavia Butler
Seattle science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler passed away in 2006, but she’s getting timely good wishes today on what would have been her 71st birthday in the form of a Google Doodle tribute. The black writer’s work broke the “white guys … Continue reading
Freeman Dyson’s brain is still going strong at 94
Alien megaspheres … rockets powered by nuclear bombs … freeze-dried life in outer space: These are just some of the ideas that have flowered in the brain of physicist Freeman Dyson, and he’s not done yet. Dyson, who turned 94 last … Continue reading
Pluto’s champions tell the tale of an epic mission
It took nine years for NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft to get to Pluto, and laying the groundwork for that history-making space mission here on Earth took nearly twice as long. The drama and intrigue surrounding New Horizons during those decades, as chronicled … Continue reading
Space billionaires take the spotlight
Space is hard: That used to be the excuse for explaining why sending people into space would always be something only governments could do. Now it explains why even billionaires find the feat difficult. As SpaceX CEO Elon Musk told me back in … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Origin, Books, Commercial Spaceflight, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Paul Allen, Richard Branson, Space, SpaceX, Stratolaunch, Television, Virgin Galactic
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Portland sci-fi great Ursula K. Le Guin mourned
Science fiction and fantasy writers around the Pacific Northwest and around the world are paying tribute to award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin, who died peacefully at the age of 88 on Jan. 22 at her home in Portland, Ore. “She … Continue reading
