Today seems to have turned into a day of reading speculative fiction online. There are worse ways to spend a Sunday… I first read Incorruptible by Peter Watts a couple of years ago as part of the XPRIZE Flight #008 competition. It’s precisely as optimistic as you’d expect from Watts: This is the moment Malika… Continue reading Incorruptible
Month: September 2020
A short Trek
I truly wish the folks running the Short Treks series could get behind adapting Matchmaker of Mars by Edonohana. [End of a rejection letter from Campbell…] As for “The Phonemes of Aldebaran,” it’s well-written but I have to pass. Astounding is a science fiction magazine and linguistics is not a science. I mean, how can… Continue reading A short Trek
Surface Duo (again)
I have to confess that I’m fascinated by the slow reveal of Microsoft’s Surface Duo, as reviewers have had to negotiate two separate embargoes on the reveal of first the hardware1 and then the software. 2 Part of me really hopes Microsoft have the deep pockets 3 and the patience 4 to pull off creating… Continue reading Surface Duo (again)
BSG is back
Happy to see Battlestar Galactica return to BBC2 tomorrow. Looks as if the plan is for two episodes a week on Saturdays, so that’ll be something to look forward to. Admittedly All This Has Happened Before and All This Will Happen Again, but perhaps this time knowing in advance how badly they lost their grip… Continue reading BSG is back