Opening this up for a discussion of the first episode of American Gods so people can talk without fear of spoiling anyone else.
Initial thoughts:
1) Holy shit
2) They had better have cast carefully or Ian McShane will steal the show. Again.
3) I see Fuller provided Neil his Great Beast of London, er, Wyoming.
Sunday, April 30, 2017
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Link Salad
Chinese astronomers discover a spiral arm that encircles the Milky Way.
NASA and Nissan team up to build self driving cars.
The Gogoro Smartscooter will do until someone makes my Tesla Vespa.
Spinal cord implant helps rats to walk again.
Orichalcum has been recovered from a ship sunk 2600 years ago off the coast of Sicily.
Ancient Egyptian fortress unearthed in Sinai. The Wall of the Prince is the largest known fortess in Egypt and was used 3000 years ago.
New poetry by Mike Allen.
NASA and Nissan team up to build self driving cars.
The Gogoro Smartscooter will do until someone makes my Tesla Vespa.
Spinal cord implant helps rats to walk again.
Orichalcum has been recovered from a ship sunk 2600 years ago off the coast of Sicily.
Ancient Egyptian fortress unearthed in Sinai. The Wall of the Prince is the largest known fortess in Egypt and was used 3000 years ago.
New poetry by Mike Allen.
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Links for the Beginning of Fimbulwinter 2015
Searching for "starivores," intelligent life that could eat the sun.
A mitochondrial DNA transplant could treat hundreds of diseases.
Newly discovered antibiotic could defeat superbugs.
Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient musical instrument, the se, in China.
The 1911 plan to build a Mega-Manhattan failed.
Researchers create quantum memory that's stable for six hours.
New fiction by Kat Howard and Peter Orullian,
Cat Rambo on StarShipSofa.
The January issues of Apex (includes fiction by Ursula Vernon), Clarkesworld (Jay Lake, Naomi Kritzer, Karl Schroeder, Kij Johnson, Catherynne M Valente, Damien Broderick, Aliette D Bodard, and more), Uncanny, and GigaNotaSaurus are up.
A mitochondrial DNA transplant could treat hundreds of diseases.
Newly discovered antibiotic could defeat superbugs.
Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient musical instrument, the se, in China.
The 1911 plan to build a Mega-Manhattan failed.
Researchers create quantum memory that's stable for six hours.
New fiction by Kat Howard and Peter Orullian,
Cat Rambo on StarShipSofa.
The January issues of Apex (includes fiction by Ursula Vernon), Clarkesworld (Jay Lake, Naomi Kritzer, Karl Schroeder, Kij Johnson, Catherynne M Valente, Damien Broderick, Aliette D Bodard, and more), Uncanny, and GigaNotaSaurus are up.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Opening 2015 Links
Vast 5000 year old underground city discovered in Turkey's Cappadocia region.
Meteorite from Mars reveals the planet has been losing carbon form its atmosphere since the Noachian Era.
The Great Blue Hole of Belize may confirm that climate change did in the Mayan civilization.
Archaeologists have uncovered the tomb of an unknown Egyptian queen.
A microbiologist says that an image from Curiosity strongly suggests microbial life once existed on Mars.
Astronomers observed the largest x-ray flare ever seen erupting from a black hole at the center of our galaxy.
It seems the Utahraptors hunted in packs.
New short fiction by Daniel Jose Older, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and a reprint from Theodora Goss.
Meteorite from Mars reveals the planet has been losing carbon form its atmosphere since the Noachian Era.
The Great Blue Hole of Belize may confirm that climate change did in the Mayan civilization.
Archaeologists have uncovered the tomb of an unknown Egyptian queen.
A microbiologist says that an image from Curiosity strongly suggests microbial life once existed on Mars.
Astronomers observed the largest x-ray flare ever seen erupting from a black hole at the center of our galaxy.
It seems the Utahraptors hunted in packs.
New short fiction by Daniel Jose Older, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and a reprint from Theodora Goss.
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
End of 2014 Links
An earthquake may have destroyed the Sanxingdui culture in China nearly 3000 years ago.
Bone marrow transplants have progressed past sticking a needle in your bones.
NYPD cop throws man to the ground after spotting him doing Ellen Degeneres' dance dare.
Chuck Wendig has a New Years' Resolution for writers.
Fiction by Paul di Filippo,
Interview with Mary Robinette Kowal.
Bone marrow transplants have progressed past sticking a needle in your bones.
NYPD cop throws man to the ground after spotting him doing Ellen Degeneres' dance dare.
Chuck Wendig has a New Years' Resolution for writers.
Fiction by Paul di Filippo,
Interview with Mary Robinette Kowal.
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Quick Review: The Desert of Souls
The Desert of Souls by Howard Andrew Jones
In 8th Century Baghdad, the scholar Dabir and Captain Asim, two members of the court of the Caliph Haroun al-Rashid must contend with treachery, foul magics, and fight to protect immortal souls, their own and that of Immortal Baghdad.
This Silk Road/Arabian Nights fantasy is set during the time al-Rashid and Jaffar, and features swashbuckling action, court politics, walking dead, and decisions between love, duty, and survival. The Desert of Souls has characters you won't soon forget treating with matters that are important. I enjoyed this book and look forward to reading the sequel soon. Yes, there's more. Save the Caliphate once and you're expected to do it again.
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Coldest Links
The Boomerang Nebula is the coldest place in the universe, recorded as being just one degree above absolute zero.
A planet in the "rotisserie" alignment could still support life.
Damien Walter hosts an interview between Monica Byrne and Rudy Rucker on transrealism and Rumpus hosts her interview with Jeff VanderMeer on his Southern Reach trilogy.
Marina Warner: How Fairy Tales Grew Up.
Viking women were most certainly not stay-at-home moms.
EU approves stem cell therapy to treat blindness.
Overview of Iain M. Banks' life, career, and Culture sf novels.
A planet in the "rotisserie" alignment could still support life.
Damien Walter hosts an interview between Monica Byrne and Rudy Rucker on transrealism and Rumpus hosts her interview with Jeff VanderMeer on his Southern Reach trilogy.
Marina Warner: How Fairy Tales Grew Up.
Viking women were most certainly not stay-at-home moms.
EU approves stem cell therapy to treat blindness.
Overview of Iain M. Banks' life, career, and Culture sf novels.
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Monday, December 8, 2014
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Monday, December 1, 2014
Science Links For the End of November
Airborne lidar permitted researchers from the University of Salamanca discover a 1st Century Roman gold mining network that used a complex hydraulics system lifted from Ancient Egypt.
This is the seal that secured King Tutankhamun's tomb.
Researchers in Germany have grown a complete spinal cord from stem cells.
Antikythera Mechanism dates older than previously thought, going back to at least 205 BC.
Pictures from the ancient Greek tomb discovered in the Macedonian city of Amphipolis.
Comet Sliding Spring could alter the atmosphere of Mars.
This is the seal that secured King Tutankhamun's tomb.
Researchers in Germany have grown a complete spinal cord from stem cells.
Antikythera Mechanism dates older than previously thought, going back to at least 205 BC.
Pictures from the ancient Greek tomb discovered in the Macedonian city of Amphipolis.
Comet Sliding Spring could alter the atmosphere of Mars.
Arts Links For the End of November
There was a series of children's storyteller records back in the 1950s and '60s. Before my time, but I was happy to have this pointed out to me as it includes Lauren Bacall reading James Thurber's 13 Clocks. 13 Clocks is a wonderful story, and Lauren Bacall as the narrator can only make it better.
Wm Shakespeare First Folio discovered in the library at Saint-Omer in France.
Terry Pratchett: Accused of philosophy!
The Verge reviews The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness, a documentary about Studio Ghibli.
Wm Shakespeare First Folio discovered in the library at Saint-Omer in France.
Terry Pratchett: Accused of philosophy!
The Verge reviews The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness, a documentary about Studio Ghibli.
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Marvel, DC, and Image Solicitations February 2015: What interests me
Marvel Comics solicitations February 2015:
Do we really need multiple Guardians of the Galaxy books? Guardians Team-Up has Art Adams on art, so - dammit! - I'm in.
Spider-Gwen and Silk now how their own titles. Extremely tempting. I'll probably give each a look.
Spider-Man 2099 #9 has Miguel O'Hara returning to his own time and meeting Maestro? Doubly tempted.
I read the first issue of the new Spider-Woman and enjoyed it. I've always been fond of Jessica Drew. Sticking around for a while.
Thanos vs Hulk by Jim Starlin? Hell, yes, I'm in.
Angela and Thor will be picked up. Love Asgard, love Gillen and Aaron's writing.
Dan Abnett is writing good science fiction/super-heroes mashup in Guardians 3000.
The Avengers: Rage of Ultron OGN by Rick Remender & Jerome Opena should be good.
Image Comics solicitations February 2015:
Nameless #1 by Grant Morrison & Chris Burnham.
Ed Brubaker does excellent crime and noir comics. His work with Sean Phillips has been phenomenal. The first trade of The Fade-Out is up.
I read the first issue of Low by Rick Remender & Greg Tocchini and it knocked me out. Set against the expansion of the sun, it deals with the survival of the human race both immediate and potential future. Good science fiction. I missed the second issue, but the first trade is being solicited. Yes!
The first trade of Trees by Warren Ellis & Jonathan Howard will be out in February, for those who didn't pick up the singles. This may be Warren's most mature comic work.
Bitch Planet #3 Kelly Sue DeConnick & Robert Wilson IV merge female prison and science fiction. And a swell time was had by all.
ODY-C by Matt Fraction & Christian Ward is a sfnal retelling of the Greek Odyssey. Likewise, Fraction's interdimensional superspy Casanova returns in a new eponymous series.
Supreme Blue Rose #7 brings Warren Ellis' Supreme tale to a close. He and Tula Lotay had so much fun with this I can't wait to see what they do next.
Tooth & Claw #4 by Kurt Busiek & Benjamin Dewey. High fantasy. Good story, lovely art.
DC Comics solicitations February 2015:
The Multiversity: The Mastermen. Jim Lee joins Grant Morrison for a story about the universe where the Third Reich won, Superman is the Overman and Uncle Sam is the leading superhero of the USA.
Gail Simone is once again doing the Secret Six for DC.
Do we really need multiple Guardians of the Galaxy books? Guardians Team-Up has Art Adams on art, so - dammit! - I'm in.
Spider-Gwen and Silk now how their own titles. Extremely tempting. I'll probably give each a look.
Spider-Man 2099 #9 has Miguel O'Hara returning to his own time and meeting Maestro? Doubly tempted.
I read the first issue of the new Spider-Woman and enjoyed it. I've always been fond of Jessica Drew. Sticking around for a while.
Thanos vs Hulk by Jim Starlin? Hell, yes, I'm in.
Angela and Thor will be picked up. Love Asgard, love Gillen and Aaron's writing.
Dan Abnett is writing good science fiction/super-heroes mashup in Guardians 3000.
The Avengers: Rage of Ultron OGN by Rick Remender & Jerome Opena should be good.
Image Comics solicitations February 2015:
Nameless #1 by Grant Morrison & Chris Burnham.
Ed Brubaker does excellent crime and noir comics. His work with Sean Phillips has been phenomenal. The first trade of The Fade-Out is up.
I read the first issue of Low by Rick Remender & Greg Tocchini and it knocked me out. Set against the expansion of the sun, it deals with the survival of the human race both immediate and potential future. Good science fiction. I missed the second issue, but the first trade is being solicited. Yes!
The first trade of Trees by Warren Ellis & Jonathan Howard will be out in February, for those who didn't pick up the singles. This may be Warren's most mature comic work.
Bitch Planet #3 Kelly Sue DeConnick & Robert Wilson IV merge female prison and science fiction. And a swell time was had by all.
ODY-C by Matt Fraction & Christian Ward is a sfnal retelling of the Greek Odyssey. Likewise, Fraction's interdimensional superspy Casanova returns in a new eponymous series.
Supreme Blue Rose #7 brings Warren Ellis' Supreme tale to a close. He and Tula Lotay had so much fun with this I can't wait to see what they do next.
Tooth & Claw #4 by Kurt Busiek & Benjamin Dewey. High fantasy. Good story, lovely art.
DC Comics solicitations February 2015:
The Multiversity: The Mastermen. Jim Lee joins Grant Morrison for a story about the universe where the Third Reich won, Superman is the Overman and Uncle Sam is the leading superhero of the USA.
Gail Simone is once again doing the Secret Six for DC.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
IDW & DH Interests
February 2015 solicitations from IDW, what interests me:
Steranko Nick Fury & Captain America Artist's Edition, oh, be still my heart and wallet.
Joe Frankenstein by Chuck Dixon & Graham Nolan
Star Slammers by Walt Simonson. Collected hardcover.
Secret Agent X-9 by Dashiell "Sam Spade" Hammett, Leslie "The Saint" Charteris, and Alex "Oh, C'mon!" Raymond
February 2015 solicitations from Dark Horse, what interests me:
Of course the Mignolaverse books: Abe Sapien, BPRD, Hellboy & the BPRD, & Witchfinder (the Kim Newman story is now collected.)
The Conan/ Red Sonja crossover, co-written by Jim Zub and Gail Simone.
The collected edition of Groo vs Conan by Mark Evanier, Sergio Aragones, Thomas Yeates, and Tom Luth (out in April, though, not February.)
Mister X: Razed by Dean Motter
Steranko Nick Fury & Captain America Artist's Edition, oh, be still my heart and wallet.
Joe Frankenstein by Chuck Dixon & Graham Nolan
Star Slammers by Walt Simonson. Collected hardcover.
Secret Agent X-9 by Dashiell "Sam Spade" Hammett, Leslie "The Saint" Charteris, and Alex "Oh, C'mon!" Raymond
February 2015 solicitations from Dark Horse, what interests me:
Of course the Mignolaverse books: Abe Sapien, BPRD, Hellboy & the BPRD, & Witchfinder (the Kim Newman story is now collected.)
The Conan/ Red Sonja crossover, co-written by Jim Zub and Gail Simone.
The collected edition of Groo vs Conan by Mark Evanier, Sergio Aragones, Thomas Yeates, and Tom Luth (out in April, though, not February.)
Mister X: Razed by Dean Motter
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Science Links, 10/8/14
Here is a more detailed article on the winners of this year's Nobel Prize for Physics: Shuji Nakamura, Hiroshi Amano, and Isamu Akasaki and their blue light emitting diode.
On this week's Star Talk, Leighann Lord asks questions from the audience on the subject of pseudoscience of Neil deGrasse Tyson.
NASA is considering a deep sleep option for the Mars mission crew.
Sierra Nevada protest halts work on the Boeing and SpaceX NASA space taxis.
The Nobel Prize for Chemistry goes to Eric Betzig, Stephen Hell, and William Moerner. (No link yet; was just announced)
On this week's Star Talk, Leighann Lord asks questions from the audience on the subject of pseudoscience of Neil deGrasse Tyson.
NASA is considering a deep sleep option for the Mars mission crew.
Sierra Nevada protest halts work on the Boeing and SpaceX NASA space taxis.
The Nobel Prize for Chemistry goes to Eric Betzig, Stephen Hell, and William Moerner. (No link yet; was just announced)
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Science Links, 10/07/14
There was an AMA on Reddit with Dr Alan Stern and the New Horizons team.
On this week's It's Okay To Be Smart, Dr Joe speaks on the science of clouds. If you plan to participate in NASA's SkyScience next week, this is very possibly of interest.
A green tea based nanocarrier appears to kill cancer cells efficiently.
Here is a profile of Doctors Edvard & Mary-Britt Moser, the husband and wife team who are part of the winners of the Nobel Award for Medicine.
New "programmable" antibiotic targets drug resistant genes.
Three scientists in Japan were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for invention of blue light emitting diodes.
On this week's It's Okay To Be Smart, Dr Joe speaks on the science of clouds. If you plan to participate in NASA's SkyScience next week, this is very possibly of interest.
A green tea based nanocarrier appears to kill cancer cells efficiently.
Here is a profile of Doctors Edvard & Mary-Britt Moser, the husband and wife team who are part of the winners of the Nobel Award for Medicine.
New "programmable" antibiotic targets drug resistant genes.
Three scientists in Japan were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for invention of blue light emitting diodes.
Monday, October 6, 2014
Science Links, 10/06/14
The Wreck of the SS Connaught discovered off the coast of Boston.
Aeon interviews Elon Musk on space travel and industry with a focus on getting man to Mars.
Japan's Hayabusa 2 may be the first satellite to intercept and destroy an asteroid.
MIT researchers have developed a material that absorbs almost all wavelengths of light that reaches the earth from the sun for conversion to solar energy.
Vanishing bumblebee species reappears in Virginia.
Scientists have created a crystalline material that can pull all of the oxygen out of the room with just a spoonful and release it all when and where it's needed.
Swedish woman first to give birth after womb transplant.
Phone booths in London become solar powered phone chargers.
AIDS has its origins in 1920's Kinshasa.
A shipwreck uncovered in northern Canada has been verified as the HMS Erebus, lost since 1845.
John O'Keefe, Edvard Moser, and Mary-Britt Moser won the Nobel Prize for medicine over studies of cells that constitute a positioning system for the brain.
Dr David Grinspoon, aka Doctor Funkyspoon, astrobiologist, on "Terra Sapiens: Planetary Changes of the Fourth Kind.
Aeon interviews Elon Musk on space travel and industry with a focus on getting man to Mars.
Japan's Hayabusa 2 may be the first satellite to intercept and destroy an asteroid.
MIT researchers have developed a material that absorbs almost all wavelengths of light that reaches the earth from the sun for conversion to solar energy.
Vanishing bumblebee species reappears in Virginia.
Scientists have created a crystalline material that can pull all of the oxygen out of the room with just a spoonful and release it all when and where it's needed.
Swedish woman first to give birth after womb transplant.
Phone booths in London become solar powered phone chargers.
AIDS has its origins in 1920's Kinshasa.
A shipwreck uncovered in northern Canada has been verified as the HMS Erebus, lost since 1845.
John O'Keefe, Edvard Moser, and Mary-Britt Moser won the Nobel Prize for medicine over studies of cells that constitute a positioning system for the brain.
Saturday, October 4, 2014
Science Links, 10/3/14
Dr Joe brings us the science of pizza and uses pizza for science.
Space missions map undersea mysteries.
Swirling cloud at Titan's pole is cold and toxic.
Elon Musk says next year's Tesla cars will be able to self-drive 90% of the time.
The Majorana Particle is a theoretical particle speculated by physicist Ettore Majorana to be both matter and antimatter. It may no longer be theoretical.
Look up! NASA wants you to get involved in #SkyScience and help!
This viral DNA infects cells by changing from a solid to a liquid.
This massive sunshield will protect the James Webb Space Telescope.
Space missions map undersea mysteries.
Swirling cloud at Titan's pole is cold and toxic.
Elon Musk says next year's Tesla cars will be able to self-drive 90% of the time.
The Majorana Particle is a theoretical particle speculated by physicist Ettore Majorana to be both matter and antimatter. It may no longer be theoretical.
Look up! NASA wants you to get involved in #SkyScience and help!
This viral DNA infects cells by changing from a solid to a liquid.
This massive sunshield will protect the James Webb Space Telescope.
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Science Links, 10/2/14
Twitter funds MIT Laboratory for Social Machines.
Paul Allen eyes using Sierra Nevada Corp's Dream Chaser to ferry passengers for the space startup Stratolaunch Systems.
A Danish company is building a $335m seawall around New York City.
Where did the earliest inhabitants of South America go? Everywhere.
Scientists have identified a rectangular feature on the Moon that appears to be the remains of old rift valleys.
The ESA has identified four sites on Mars for a potential rover to land in 2018.
Paul Allen eyes using Sierra Nevada Corp's Dream Chaser to ferry passengers for the space startup Stratolaunch Systems.
A Danish company is building a $335m seawall around New York City.
Where did the earliest inhabitants of South America go? Everywhere.
Scientists have identified a rectangular feature on the Moon that appears to be the remains of old rift valleys.
The ESA has identified four sites on Mars for a potential rover to land in 2018.
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