Tag Archives: space

Book Review: Blast Into Exile: Part Four

Posted on November 10, 2020 by nathanalbright

Officer’s Log: Day 1816 of Alpha Centauri Mission We have discovered the source of the exotic particles coming from the Alpha Centauri system that were spotted only a few years ago as a small trace by the explorers who first … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Complete Cosmicomics

Posted on November 10, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Complete Cosmicomics, by Italo Calvino, translated by Martin McLaughlin, Tim Parks, and William Weaver This book is a somewhat sprawling connection of odd short stories that were viewed as part of a series, most of them with a protagonist … Continue reading →

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Blast Into Exile: Part Three

Posted on November 9, 2020 by nathanalbright

Officer’s Log: Day Seven Of Alpha Centauri Mission It is now the end of the first of many weeks of this mission, and I think I have gotten a handle on the sort of rituals that are necessary to stay … Continue reading →

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Blast Into Exile: Part One

Posted on November 6, 2020 by nathanalbright

Officer’s logs: Hour 151, Day 175 of service, Year 1 It was my good fortune to be in charge of the sensor stations in main base today and it so happens that we sensed a cargo fleet coming from earth. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Starfinder: Pact Worlds

Posted on November 2, 2019 by nathanalbright

Starfinder:  Pact Worlds, by Pazio One thing that is important when one is looking at a game is to gain a sense of place about the world that one is supposed to be playing in.  At times, as is the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Starfinder: Alien Archive

Posted on November 2, 2019 by nathanalbright

Starfinder:  Alien Archive, by Paizo This particular book is an interesting one, although I wish I would have read it in a different order than I did, as there was another book in the series that would have made this … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Traveller Core Rulebook

Posted on November 2, 2019 by nathanalbright

Traveller Core Rulebook, by Gareth Hanrahan When I am reviewing a book like this for a game that I am unfamiliar with, my main question is whether or not this sort of guide makes me want to play the game … Continue reading →

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Book Review: I Am Neil Armstrong

Posted on January 3, 2019 by nathanalbright

I Am Neil Armstrong, by Brad Meltzer, illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos Whether or not Neil Armstrong can qualify as heroic for being an astronaut, it is at least clear that he made one small step for a man but one … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Hidden Figures

Posted on March 13, 2018 by nathanalbright

Hidden Figure:  The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win The Space Race, by Margot Lee Shetterly Although I watched the movie that was based on an early version of this book when … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Hidden Figures

Posted on January 7, 2017 by nathanalbright

Recently I saw a hilarious trailer for this film where an obviously intelligent woman with glasses was being interrogated by a bureaucrat played ably by Kevin Costner where she had to defend herself against accusations that she was a Russian … Continue reading →

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