Once upon a time, I wanted to be an astrophysicist. But math and I do NOT get along, and so being a science fiction fan is the closest I'm going to get to space. I'm okay with this. There is significantly less higher math involved with reading science fiction novels. So in no particular order, … Continue reading 2021 Favorites: Science Fiction
To Be Taught if Fortunate
Book Review: To Be Taught, if Fortunate
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky ChambersScience Fiction138 pages In the not-so-far-away future, four astronauts leave Earth to explore interstellar space. Thanks to the unfathomable distance and the time it takes to travel the distance between stars, they spend the majority of the journey in cryosleep, where they age incredibly slowly compared to the … Continue reading Book Review: To Be Taught, if Fortunate
Sunday Sum-up, January 3, 2020
Happy Birthday to J.R.R. Tolkien! The Professor was born on this day in 1892 in Orange Free State in what is now South Africa. Thought I spent yet another holiday at home alone, it was a pretty okay evening. I made plokkfiskur again, watched The Fellowship of the Ring, and finished reading The Return of … Continue reading Sunday Sum-up, January 3, 2020
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