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Early Notes from the San Antonio WorldCon 11 Apr 2013 | 11:20 pm
This past weekend I was able to join the majority of the organizers of the 2013 in San Antonio to go over plans, facilities, etc. It was a great and very productive weekend, and I was very happy to me...
2012 Year in Review 23 Jan 2013 | 02:23 am
I noticed this post over on Neth Space and realized that I have all the information needed to do the same (I try to track my reading on Library Thing, and was getting my list up-to-date for awards nom...
Driftings and Endings 4 Jan 2013 | 12:15 am
I read Ian McDonald’s short story in the January issue of Clarkesworld, and it got me thinking about endings. If you don’t want spoilers, you’d better either stop reading or go read “Driftings” first ...
Moondoggle 19 Sep 2012 | 07:35 am
The Atlantic's Alexis Madrigal has an interesting article out: "Moondoogle: The Forgotten Opposition to the Apollo Program." In it he points out that support for the Apollo mission never approached 50...
Changing Up Spiral Galaxy 17 Sep 2012 | 01:02 am
You may have noticed that the name of the blog has changed above: from "Spiral Galaxy Reviewing Laboratory" to "Spiral Galaxy Musings." It's no surprise that I've barely been blogging here for the las...
Avengers: Comics and Fandom 17 Jun 2012 | 11:50 am
I finally got out to see The Avengers movie, courtesy of a wonderful babysitter. I really enjoyed it, and I'm especially glad I got to see it on the big screen. I had fun, and it was everything I expe...
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell 17 May 2012 | 08:09 am
The Sparrow must be the single most tragic science fiction story I’ve ever read. It compares to the most tragic stories I’ve ever read, full stop, except that non-fiction must trump fiction when it co...
Evaporating Genres for Best Related Book 21 Feb 2012 | 11:36 am
I don't want to bury the lede here: Gary K. Wolfe has never won a Hugo (???), and I believe that he should win one for his most recent essay collection, Evaporating Genres (!!!). I didn't review Evap...
End of the Year 31 Dec 2011 | 08:42 am
2011 draws to a close, marking the end of a year that has probably marked the biggest single change in my life, ever. Posts have been thin on the ground here at Spiral Galaxy, but I have no regrets. I...
Histrionic Waffling 25 Sep 2011 | 03:59 am
Jack Williamson's Darker Than You Think [1948] is an unusual book for the "Golden Age" of science fiction; it focuses on the psychological as opposed to outward sci/tech adventure or even more purely ...
