Monthly Archives: January 2019

Eric Frank Russell: SINISTER BARRIER

Posted on Tuesday 22 January 2019 by Mark R. Kelly

This is an early genre science fiction novel, first serialized in Unknown magazine in 1939, later revised and expanded and published in 1948 by Fantasy Press. I have the latter edition, in a used copy I picked up about six … Continue reading →

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Links and Comments: Progress; San Francisco Values; Value of Literature

Posted on Sunday 20 January 2019 by Mark R. Kelly

From earlier this month. New York Times, Nicholas Kristoff: Why 2018 Was the Best Year in Human History!: Once again, the world’s population was living longer and living better than ever before. Kristof does a version of this column every … Continue reading →

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Hawking: BRIEF ANSWERS TO THE BIG QUESTIONS

Posted on Thursday 10 January 2019 by Mark R. Kelly

This is the lightest Stephen Hawking book you are likely to read. Published posthumously, it’s a set of reminiscences on 10 big questions compiled and edited from various speeches, interviews, and essays in Hawking’s personal archives, “completed in collaboration with … Continue reading →

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