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Glossary:  Vikram is the name of the lunar lander. Chandarayaan2 is the name of the mission. ISRO, Indian Space Research Organisation is India’s space agency. Here is a video of the Chandrayaan 2 mission during the landing of its Vikram lander.  I’ve set the time stamp to a few minutes before the landing problem occured (21km […]

David Harris Ebenbach is a U.S. writer of fiction and poetry, a teacher, and an editor. He is the author of nine books, and he is the recipient of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, the Juniper Prize and the Patricia Bibby Award. Ebenbach’s first science fiction novel, How to Mars, was published in 2021 David’s […]

David Ebenbach is a U.S. writer of fiction and poetry, a teacher, and an editor. He is the author of nine books, and he is the recipient of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, the Juniper Prize and the Patricia Bibby Award. Ebenbach’s first science fiction novel, How to Mars, was published in 2021 David’s homepage: https://www.davidebenbach.com […]

David Ebenbach is a U.S. writer of fiction and poetry, a teacher, and an editor. He is the author of nine books, and he is the recipient of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, the Juniper Prize and the Patricia Bibby Award. Ebenbach’s first science fiction novel, How to Mars, was published in 2021 David’s homepage: https://www.davidebenbach.com […]

David Ebenbach is a U.S. writer of fiction and poetry, a teacher, and an editor. He is the author of nine books, and he is the recipient of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, the Juniper Prize and the Patricia Bibby Award. Ebenbach’s first science fiction novel, How to Mars, was published in 2021 David’s homepage: […]

Purchase The Alien Stars: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-alien-stars-tim-pratt/1138650676?ean=9780857669285 Tim Pratt’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/timpratt Tim Pratt’s The Axiom novel series: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/EHA/the-axiom Tim Pratt’s blog: http://www.timpratt.org This episode contains contributions by the following Fr...

Tim Pratt in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Pratt Tim and I mention attending the Clarion Writers Workshop (you must apply 6-12 months in advance): http://clarion.ucsd.edu This episode contains contributions by the following FreeSound.org Users Film Countdown.flac by contributor qubodup. 16mm Film Reel by contributor bone666138 20161105 Veteran’s Parade by davein...

Tim Pratt in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Pratt Tim and I mention attending the Clarion Writers Workshop (you must apply 6-12 months in advance): http://clarion.ucsd.edu This episode contains contributions by the following FreeSound.org Users Film Countdown.flac by contributor qubodup. 16mm Film Reel by contributor bone666138 20161105 Veteran’s Parade by daveincamas...

Get Unity here in Kindle and paperback: https://www.amazon.com/Unity-Elly-Bangs/dp/1616963425/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1IKEZCEJFZS8Y&keywords=unity+book+elly+bangs&qid=1640743411&sprefix=unity+book+elly+bangs%2Caps%2C92&sr=8-1 Elly Bangs website: http://www.elbangs.com Elly’s new short story that was purchased by LIGHTSPEED Magazine: https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/f...

Get Unity here in Kindle and paperback: https://www.amazon.com/Unity-Elly-Bangs/dp/1616963425/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1IKEZCEJFZS8Y&keywords=unity+book+elly+bangs&qid=1640743411&sprefix=unity+book+elly+bangs%2Caps%2C92&sr=8-1 Elly Bangs website: http://www.elbangs.com

Mandalorian’s active display studio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpUI8uOsKTM And more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gX4N5rDYeQ Buy BlazeSky on Steam Games (sometimes for as low as $10) : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1208980/BlazeSky/ A review about BlazeSky More BlazeSky videos Video game Trailers: BlazeSky on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlazeSkyCom If...

Buy BlazeSky on Steam Games (sometimes for as low as $10) : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1208980/BlazeSky/ A review about BlazeSky Creating V Profiting The Creator’s Dilemma: A Constant Pursuit for Less of the Same: https://medium.com/@Brian_G_Peters/the-creators-dilemma-a-constant-pursuit-for-less-of-the-same-bf98f55a037d Creative ‘unconventionals’: How content entrepreneurs are r...

You can buy BlazeSky on Steam Games (sometimes for as low as $10) :  https://store.steampowered.com/app/1208980/BlazeSky/ A review about BlazeSky Video game Trailers: BlazeSky on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlazeSkyCom If you enjoyed this episode, you will surely enjoy the first SciFi Thoughts series about BlazeSky: https://lancerkind.com/listen-to-the-scifi-thoughts-podcast/blazes...

You can buy BlazeSky on Steam Games (sometimes for as low as $10) : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1208980/BlazeSky/ A review about BlazeSky Video game Trailers: BlazeSky on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlazeSkyCom If you enjoyed this episode, you will surely enjoy the first SciFi Thoughts series about BlazeSky: https://lancerkind.com/listen-to-the-scifi-thoughts-podcast/blazesk...

About the Late Adopters curve: https://www.ou.edu/deptcomm/dodjcc/groups/99A2/theories.htm About Psychohistory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychohistory Rotten Tomatoes article: https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/everything-we-know-about-the-foundation-streaming-series/ Critique of how The Foundation was turned into a screen play: https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-tv-plus...

Rotten Tomatoes article: https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/everything-we-know-about-the-foundation-streaming-series/ The Foundation won a Hugo for “Best All Time Series”: http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1966-hugo-awards/ The Foundation (the novel): https://www.amazon.com/Foundation-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0553293354 The Foundation series on Apple TV: ht...

The Foundation won a Hugo for “Best All Time Series”: http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1966-hugo-awards/ Foundation (the novel): https://www.amazon.com/Foundation-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0553293354 The Foundation series on Apple TV: https://tv.apple.com/us/show/foundation/umc.cmc.5983fipzqbicvrve6jdfep4x3?itscg=MC_20000&itsct=atvp_brand_omd&mttn3pid=Google%20AdW...

Here is a visual representation of the Kardashev scale and the amount of energy for each step:  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale#/media/File:Consommations_énergétiques_des_trois_types_de_l’échelle_de_Kardashev.svg] Why is there a scale? It’s hard to have an intelligent conversation about something if you don’t have a way to think critically about it. Classifica...

Christopher Brown’s homepage: https://christopherbrown.com/about/ Christopher Brown’s Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Brown/e/B01MAUNZD0?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1627752495&sr=8-1 Christopher on Twitter: @NB_Chris

Christopher Brown’s homepage: https://christopherbrown.com/about/ Christopher Brown’s Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Brown/e/B01MAUNZD0?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1627752495&sr=8-1 Christopher on Twitter: @NB_Chris

Christopher Brown’s homepage: https://christopherbrown.com/about/ Christopher Brown’s Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Brown/e/B01MAUNZD0?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1627752495&sr=8-1 Christopher on Twitter: @NB_Chris

Christopher Brown’s homepage: https://christopherbrown.com/about/ Christopher Brown’s Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Brown/e/B01MAUNZD0?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1627752495&sr=8-1 Christopher on Twitter: @NB_Chris

Christopher Brown’s homepage: https://christopherbrown.com/about/ Christopher Brown’s Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Brown/e/B01MAUNZD0?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1627752495&sr=8-1 Christopher on Twitter: @NB_Chris

About The Girl with All the Gifts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_with_All_the_Gifts_(film) By The Girl with All the Fights here: https://www.amazon.com/Girl-All-Gifts-M-Carey/dp/0316278157 Links to M.R. Carey: The book of Kohli: https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/contributor/m-r-carey-2/ M.R. Carey’s author page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/M.-R.-Carey/e/B00NGCIG46/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_...