Steven French
Philosopher of science, short story writer, comics & music lover
- Does anyone know of any studies of the role of music in science fiction literature (not film or tv please)? I ask because I’ve just read Fred Hoyle’s October The First Is Too Late in which music features prominently - much to the dismay and, in some cases, disgust of the book’s early reviewers!
- Reposted by Steven FrenchWe cannot expound on these “circumstances”. The fact that our Island has recently acquired two F/A-18s is most certainly a coincidence.
- Reposted by Steven FrenchThe Guardian has an 'explainer' about the India-Pakistan conflict that manages to avoid stating that the border between the countries was originally drawn by an Englishman who had never been to India and signed off on in a hurry by Lord Mountbatten because he had to get back to Britain for a party.
- Reposted by Steven FrenchThese are the only soldiers Donny 2 Dolls is allowed for his big boy birthday parade.
- Reposted by Steven FrenchICYMI, Join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps! There are many ways to support Uncanny Magazine! Patreon! Subscriptions from Weightless Books! SPREADING THE GOOD WORD!! buff.ly/VXV5Btw
- Reposted by Steven French“I picked up the book and regarded it with interest.” The Half-Pint Flask, by DuBose Heyward Narrator: Ben Phillips Host: Alex Hofelich Audio: Chelsea Davis This story was first published in The Bookman, May 1927 pseudopod.org/2025/05/07/p...