Wednesday, March 27, 2013

It takes a village - or a circus - to raise a child

›
It's an old-fashioned Scottish witch-burning in Cindy Spencer Pape's 5th Gaslight Chronicles story, Cards and Caravans . Not...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

One of the space program's pioneers gets one last chance to fly

›
“Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife.”...
Thursday, March 7, 2013

An AI to make HAL look like a kitten

›
Technology is becoming more and more of part of our everyday lives. Surgeons can preform complex operations halfway across the world using m...
Monday, March 4, 2013

Manga Monday: It makes sense that Alexia would end up hanging off the side of an airship

›
We meet Lord Maccon's former pack, and they have a most peculiar problem on their hands in Gail Carriger and Yen Press' Soulless The...
Thursday, February 28, 2013

This isn't your grandmother's finishing school

›
Gail Carriger returns to the Parasol Protectorate universe with a young adult prequel, Finishing School Book the First: Etiquette & Espi...
Monday, February 18, 2013

Manga Monday: Why did Mr. Smith think he could sleep astride a camel?

›
Mr. Smith continues on his travels, and meets two special young ladies, in Kaoru Mori's A Bride's Story Volume 4 . Note:   A B...
Thursday, February 7, 2013

A hospital tries to save Japan's first 'Criticality' victim

›
Environmentalists have a terrible time with energy production. Coal, nuclear, wind, solar, natural gas-each falls in and out of favor in tur...