Aah, the 80s. When “Nazis are bad and should have their faces melted off” wasn’t a controversial statement.
Geekery
Whatever I’m geeking out about at the time.
Re-watching Raiders of the Lost Ark and wondered if the “archaeological booby traps” trope had any basis in reality. Turns out, the answer is “yes”! Neat!
Getting set up for the first @norwescon #NWC42 meeting of the year!
Book thirty-three of 2018: Doctor to the Stars, by Murray Leinster. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Looks like BBQ Betty showed up at DragonCon… 😉😆
Thanks to @brentsmmons for pointing out the URL for an RSS feed of your micro.blog timeline: https://micro.blog/feeds/USERNAME.json. (Also, hooray for resurrecting NetNewsWire!)
The first planning meeting for Norwescon 42 is this Saturday! If you’re in the Seattle (or surrounding) area and want to help put on a great literary-focused SF/F con, come down and join us. If you haven’t been to Norwescon before, much more info is on our website.
Book thirty-three of 2018: Star Trek: The Classic Episodes Vol. 2, by James Blish. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Book thirty-two of 2018: Moving Mars, by Greg Bear. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Actually finished a couple weeks ago, but was vacationing and not posting photos.)
“Author NK Jemisin has scooped her third Hugo award for best science-fiction novel and, in doing so, has become the standard-bearer for a sea change in the genre’s diversity, as women – especially women of colour – swept the boards at last night’s ceremony.” Excellent.