There’s an old story that I’ve heard several times about how Mars came to be associated with its famous canal imagery that goes something like this: During Mars’s “Great Opposition” of 1877, Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaperelli observed a dense network … Continue reading →

This is the time of year when writers and editors put up posts detailing their award-eligible work from the year now passed. And although I wrote about twenty stories in 2011, I didn’t submit anything until near the end of … Continue reading →

I’ve never been a really gadgety guy. I’ve been using the same computer for the past six years and still don’t carry a cell phone with me unless I’m traveling. And before I bought an ebook reader, I spent at … Continue reading →