…you can’t get your childhood back. As someone in my early twenties when it came back, I was a lot less impressed than the kids at the time. After the duds that were Eps 1-3, I’ll probably wait for it to be free on television. Encouraging thoughts from David Brin on what he calls the “best year for space since the 70s.” More thoughts on my USA Today piece, over at Ricochet. It’s essentially illegal. My latest column, about NASA in the movies and in real life, at USA Today. Movies like “Truth.” When you’ve lost Vox… Also, reminder. Mary Mapes, still stupid after all these years. Here’s news you can use: You’re pronouncing them wrong. I’ve never had a problem with Don Quixote, but shouldn’t “quixotic” be pronounced “Key-ah-tik”? Because Brit Hume said “quix-o-tic” the other day. There’s a new, free downloadable anthology out. Looks potentially interesting. Thoughts on his suggested reading list: Ideological diversity in science fiction and fantasy was a given in the seventies. We are hopelessly homogenistic in comparison to them. The program of political correctness of the past several decades has made even writers like Ray Bradbury and C. L. Moore all but unreadable to an entire generation. The conditioning is so strong, some people have almost physical reactions to the older stories now. All part of the reason that I don’t read anywhere near as much SF as I did as a kid. Yes, those on the blacklist really were communists, and were trying to subvert the culture. And yes, there was something wrong with that. Now, of course, you’re blacklisted in Hollywood for opposing socialism.Sorry, Star Wars Fans
Bootstrapping A Solar-System Civilization
Mars Is Safe From NASA
NASA Can’t Go To Mars
Why People Hate Hollywood “Liberals”
Fictional Characters’ Names
Journeys Through Time And Space
Gary Gygax
How Red Was My Hollywood