October 24, 2182, 0600 GMT Eric Ivanov started awake, tense and shivering, to the sound of his bedside alarm pinging its final warning. Somehow he’d slept through the half hour of gentler sounds it started with— which normally woke him…
October 2182: The Warning
In 2182, the Terran Federation consisted of six Continental Directorates, although in that election year twenty-four member states of them had sponsored a proposal to reorganize, seeking to leave their parent directorates and unite to form a seventh. Every Continental…
What’s Next Around Here?
I’ve been wondering what to do with this blog, which has been adrift since I finished my “Dr Who From The Beginning” series. I haven’t mustered that much enthusiasm for reviewing current Dr Who episodes, for two reasons: There are…
Dr Who: The Magician’s Apprentice/The Witch’s Familiar
Warning: spoilers in this review Now that Doctor Who (new) season 9 is underway, I plan to post my take on the episodes as they come out. Last week, however, as I was thinking what to say about the season…
Road Trip Journal: There and Back Again
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door. You step into the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.” —Bilbo Baggins July 25 Well, I’m back.…
Road Trip Journal: Carlsbad Caverns
July 24 The sea that once covered much of what’s now the southwest of the United States has been a running theme of the parks I’ve visited on this trip. In fact, there was more than one sea, at different…