Skulls in the Stars

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Greg Gbur; Professor of optical physics, blogger of physics, history of physics, and pulp fiction. Opinions are my own (and, of course, mighty Cthulhu's)
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Singer 1: Is he strong? Listen, bud: HE'LL RIP YOUR HEAD OFF WITH HIS BARE HANDS AND SHIT INTO YOUR GAPING MOUTH HOLE

Singer 2: Um I thought we were doing the Spider-Man theme

Book blog 15 of 36 for the year! Kalivas! Or, Another Tempest, by Nick Mamatas https://skullsinthestars.com/2026/06/09/kalivas-or-another-tempest-by-nick-mamatas/
Kalivas! Or, Another Tempest, by Nick Mamatas

Book 15 for my 2026 goal of 36 books for the year! Only slightly behind. My link to the book is through my bookshop.org affiliate account, which means I may earn a small commission if you buy from …

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Okay, I sent off my response to reviewers for my book proposal and I guess the proposal will be fully considered by the publisher this week, so keep those fingers crossed.
Book blog post 14 for the year! Strange Houses, by Uketsu. https://skullsinthestars.com/2026/06/07/strange-houses-by-uketsu/
Strange Houses, by Uketsu

Book 14 for my 2026 goal of 36 books for the year! More or less on track. My link to the book is through my bookshop.org affiliate account, which means I may earn a small commission if you buy from…

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Decided to browse scientific journals from the 1800s for blog fodder and struck gold almost immediately:

On the Supposed "New Force" of M. J. Thore

Got what appears to be positive news on my next pop sci book proposal! Nothing definite yet, so keep your fingers crossed for me.
Okay, I have successfully figured out my section on skyrmions for my singular optics textbook revisions! I can say that the draft is done and now I just have to read through things again a couple of times to look for stupid mistakes and then it's ready to submit!
Got one more bit of tweaking to my skyrmion section and then the second edition of my Singular Optics textbook is DONE.
Okay I’m in the home stretch of writing my book section on optical skyrmions. It’s taken me months to figure them out enough to write about and has held up the whole completion of the book!
New long and tricky optics blog post: What is an "optical skyrmion?" 🧪 https://skullsinthestars.com/2026/05/25/what-is-an-optical-skyrmion/
What is an “optical skyrmion?”

Preparing to write the final section for the second edition of my Singular Optics textbook that happens to be on, you guessed it, optical skyrmions! I thought I would try writing a non-technical ex…

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