An Author's Adventures in Space Travel, Science Fiction, and Worlds Beyond
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! I hope you are all having an excellent time with your families, and enjoying some hearty food, too. Today's post is just a very brief update on what's going on in my writing world. In particular, I have some news about my upcoming novel, which I discussed briefly at the beginning of... Continue Reading →
Very early on, my family instilled in me a love of coffee table books: hefty, hardcover volumes, large enough to double as paperweights or even footstools1, bedecked with photographs and artwork from front to back. Instead of reading straight through, you could open one to whatever page you fancied. They covered all sorts of topics,... Continue Reading →
I've always been one for spooky spaceship stories. And while there are some terrific deep-space horror movies out there, I've had a much harder time finding a book that fits the bill---for whatever reason, it's a subgenre with relatively little presence in print sci-fi. So you can imagine I was intrigued when I found an... Continue Reading →
It was on October 7, 1959, that the dark side of the Moon finally came into the light. Mind you, it was never "dark" in a literal sense; all parts of the Moon undergo a complete day/night cycle, with the far or "dark" side being lit when the near one is in shadow, and vice... Continue Reading →
Well, it seems to be that time of year again: when the leaves on the trees turn orange and red, the full Moon lights the clouds with an eerie pale glow, headless Hessians menace sleepy New England towns... and Let's Get Off This Rock Already! publishes its annual Halloween special. Previous entries covered Event Horizon... Continue Reading →
The Soviet space program was more cautious than people give it credit for. Sure, the Soviets had their share of disasters1, but unless one subscribes to certain theories about lost cosmonauts, they didn't just send people into space without any preparation at all---they sent dogs, first. Scores of them. You see, the epic flight of... Continue Reading →
Another personal essay for today---a kind of coming of age story, I suppose. For those of you not familiar with Portland, Oregon, which I assume is almost all of you, Tryon Creek is a large state park tucked away in the suburbs south of the city center, offering about twelve miles of trails and many... Continue Reading →
I've published many pieces on this site, but I've never published a piece about this site. Seeing where things stand now---coming off of an unprecedented three months of continuous weekly posting1, and with several ambitious projects in the works---I think it might be prudent to at least explain what I'm trying to accomplish here. What... Continue Reading →
Welcome back, everyone! This week's entry will be a little lighter on text and heavier on visuals---which, judging by the success of my previous posts on AI-generated art, ought to be a popular decision. But this time I aim to focus on a particular theme. You see, ever since I was a kid, I've been... Continue Reading →
Today let's welcome my buddy Eamon Minges for something very different from his usual fare: this site's first-ever guest movie review! Read about the sci-fi/horror cult classic Daybreakers below... I want to start by thanking my lifelong friend, Nic Quattromani, for allowing me to make this guest post on his blog. Nic has been very... Continue Reading →
