Wanderers
Plans are gathering, SpaceX have announced their BFR/BFS architecture and an aspirational set of dates for “boots on the ground on Mars”. In…
Category: Books
Abundance
Abundance by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler Wow, what an interesting read. This was a gift from my youngest daughter and was quite…
A.I. and the future of work
A.I. is coming. No one is really sure how long it will take. It could be next year, it might not happen for a…
The truth is out there
Fans of X-Files and conspiracy theorists will be pleased. A new series is due out in the next week. This made me think of…
More Than Human and the Nexus Trilogy
This is probably the most exciting and influential series of books that I have read over the last year. Ramez Naam has worked at…
Red Mars
I recently read the Kim Stanley Robinson trilogy about Mars. It seemed appropriate, given the slowly growing interest in the planet by the…
Now then lad
I’m a reader. Even as a young lad, wherever we went, I normally had a book with me. We went to an…
Hiatus
Hiatus – A gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break There has been a short gap in my blogging –…
My precious
Maybe I have watched LOTRs too many times. But the past few days, my precious (cigarettes) have been calling me. And it made…