I've changed the comment settings on this blog--- just to see what would happen. I will now be permitting anonymous comments. I'm hoping that will encourage comments from new people who don't happen to have Blogger accounts. Comments are staying...

Science fiction has long postulated a process by which a planet which is not that useful, such as Mars, can be made into an inhabitable world by installing a breathable atmosphere, a water supply, plant life and possibly a nice wall-to-wall carpet....

The Sci Fi Catholic has posted a seriously unmissable music video called Cool Guys don't Look at Explosions. Why is this music video so unmissable? Because it's full of explosions! And the cool guys walking away from the explosions include Denzel and...

The very first Star Trek novel ever was Spock Must Die! by noted science fiction writer James Blish, who was also the author of the Star Trek novelizations. This 1970 novel begins as follows: "What worries me," McCoy said, "is whether I'm myself...

This is a sad story. A couple days ago I went out to check on my goats and noticed one of Paprika's kids was dead--- Paprika the goat, not the spice. And so I grabbed a goat leash and leashed up Paprika, and grabbed the living kid, Aspiradora (or...