Alan Boyle#Seattle science-fiction writer Vonda McIntyre completed the manuscript for a different kind of #Odyssey - from ancient Crete to the Pacific Northwest - just before she died in 2019. Seven years later, "The Curve of the World" has finally been published, and that's a cause for celebration. https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/15/late-author-curve-world/ #FictionScience #Minoan #History #Science #Archaeology #Books #ClarionWest
When we scheduled our #FictionScience podcast with evolutionary biologist Scott Solomon to talk about his book, "Becoming Martian," we didn't know that #ElonMusk would be doing his strategic pivot from a city on #Mars to a city on the #moon. But that made the podcast even more timely. Hope you enjoy listening to our conversation! https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/17/occupy-mars-or-the-moon-its-time-for-a-reality-check/ #space
Aerospace consultant Roger Myers explains the geopolitical rationale behind the drive by #NASA and the Department of #Energy to put a #nuclear reactor on the #moon by the 2030s. Check out the #FictionScience podcast: https://cosmiclog.com/2026/01/30/why-nasa-is-going-nuclear-for-a-power-play-on-the-moon/ #Space
The last novel in the Grand Tour series by sci-fi master #BenBova is #Pluto, which reflects the latest discoveries from the #NASA #NewHorizons mission. As the author of "The Case for Pluto," I was tickled to talk with space scientist Les Johnson, who wrote the novel based on the notes that Bova left behind when he died. Give a listen to the #FictionScience podcast to get the full details. https://cosmiclog.com/2025/10/31/a-fictional-grand-tour-portrays-pluto-as-it-really-is/
Cosmic LogA fictional Grand Tour portrays Pluto as it really is
NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto has forced astronomers to rewrite their textbooks — but that's not all: New Horizons also forced Les Johnson to rewrite a novel.
The space scientist was tasked with taking notes that the famed science-f
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/10/31/a-fictional-grand-tour-portrays-pluto-as-it-really-is/
#FictionScienceClub #Books #Charon #DwarfPlanets #FictionScience #NewHorizons #Pluto #ScienceFiction #Space
Native American legends get woven into an alien tale
Centuries before the Roswell UFO Incident, Native Americans had their own stories to tell about alien visitations — for example, about the "Sky People" who traveled from the Pleiades star cluster to Earth and have a special bond with the Cherokee Nation.
In a newly published novel titled "
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/10/13/native-american-alien/
#FictionScienceClub #Aliens #Books #FictionScience #NativeAmericans #ScienceFiction #UFOs
In a new book titled "Rocket Dreams," Christian Davenport provides an inside look at two parallel space races - between #JeffBezos and #ElonMusk, and between America and China. I'll be chatting with Chris at Seattle's Museum of Flight on Oct. 1. Listen to the podcast, read the book, and come join us! https://cosmiclog.com/2025/09/26/billionaires-america-space-race-china/ #Space #FictionScience #NASA
How billionaires boost America in space race with China
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture has only just begun to launch a heavy-lift rocket that was a decade in the making — its orbital-class New Glenn launch vehicle, which had its first flight in January. But it's already planning somethin
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/09/26/billionaires-america-space-race-china/
#FictionScienceClub #Artemis #BlueOrigin #Books #China #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #FictionScience #JeffBezos #Moon #NASA #SpaceX
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture has only just begun to launch a heavy-lift rocket that was a decade in the making — its orbital-class New Glenn launch vehicle, which had its first flight in January. But it's already planning somethin
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/09/26/billionaires-america-space-race-china/
#FictionScienceClub #Artemis #BlueOrigin #Books #China #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #FictionScience #JeffBezos #Moon #NASA #SpaceX
In the latest episode of the #FictionScience podcast, Tim Chawaga talks about the parallels between the plot of his first novel, #Salvagia, and the real-world thrills and chills that are likely to sweep over America's coastal areas due to future sea level rise. Tim will be visiting Seattle for this week's #Worldcon sci-fi convention. https://cosmiclog.com/2025/08/11/climate-fiction-thriller-explores-floridas-flooded-future/ #Climate #Science
Climate-fiction thriller explores Florida’s flooded future
How will technology — and society — adapt to the dramatic effects that climate change is expected to bring? Will necessity become the mother of invention in a world of rising seas? Will it be business as usual? Or will it
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/08/11/climate-fiction-thriller-explores-floridas-flooded-future/
#FictionScienceClub #Books #ClimateChange #CLUBClub #Environment #FictionScience #Florida #ScienceFiction #TimChawaga
How will technology — and society — adapt to the dramatic effects that climate change is expected to bring? Will necessity become the mother of invention in a world of rising seas? Will it be business as usual? Or will it
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/08/11/climate-fiction-thriller-explores-floridas-flooded-future/
#FictionScienceClub #Books #ClimateChange #CLUBClub #Environment #FictionScience #Florida #ScienceFiction #TimChawaga
