Monthly Archives: August 2013

Review of Lauren Beukes’ The Shining Girls

Posted on 10 August 2013 by Mark R. Kelly

Having just posted Gary K. Wolfe’s Locus review of The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes, it’s timely for me to spend a few minutes adding my own reaction. To summarize very briefly (since you can read Gary’s summary right there), … Continue reading →

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Stories, Narratives, Facts

Posted on 9 August 2013 by Mark R. Kelly

Salon has an excerpt from a new book by David McRaney, You Are Now Less Dumb. I think I’ll quote from the excerpt, just because (at the moment) I can. The people who came before you invented science because your … Continue reading →

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Review of McDevitt & Resnick’s The Cassandra Project

Posted on 8 August 2013 by Mark R. Kelly

Jack McDevitt and Mike Resnick’s The Cassandra Project (2012) is set in 2019 at a time when NASA funding is being cut and many worry that NASA may be disbanded altogether. It begins with a routine release of old records … Continue reading →

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