I recently got my copy of the Dictionary of Philippine Mythology by Ferdinand Blumentritt, a new translated edition of the 1895 Spanish original that until recently was very hard to find and access. This edition is comprehensive, containing . . .
Read MoreWith the recent successes of the Mars missions and the progress made by SpaceX and other private corporations, a lot of people are thinking about space, and indeed wondering, is anyone else out there?
Read MoreI’ve been thinking about superheroes a lot lately, and how my favorite characters are almost always the ones with “utility” powers. They don’t have the pew-pew offensive abilities, but they can do a lot of nifty things…
Read MoreOne of the occasional pitfalls of writing time-travel stories is ending up in the past and then having to research history. It doesn’t require a different kind of researching muscle, but…
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