Time is against us Published on March 18, 2025March 16, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Human scales The universe is often an obstacle to science fiction. Read More
Getting the stars right Published on August 13, 2024August 12, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Does it matter? We wonder how careful a fiction author really needs to be. Read More
Octopus arithmetic Published on August 6, 2024August 5, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com How different could it get? We ponder how to communicate with aliens. Read More
The limits of the eye Published on July 12, 2022July 11, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Ordering the planets There are some things that the naked eye just can’t do. Read More
Degrees of difficulty Published on November 24, 2020November 23, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Impossible, inevitable and in between Some actions in science fiction are much more difficult than others. Read More
Historical fiction (II) Published on August 4, 2020August 3, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Parallel genres We continue a comparison with science fiction. Read More
Historical fiction (I) Published on July 28, 2020July 26, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Getting old things right We note some similarities between genres: SF and HF. Read More
On orbits Published on May 12, 2020May 10, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Curves in space Things are different out there. Read More
Old science fiction Published on October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com The trouble with predictions It didn’t happen that way, but we enjoy the stories in spite of that. Read More
Destroying the world (almost) Published on February 19, 2019February 17, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Science to serve the plot We comment on a science-fiction novel in progress. Read More