Month: September 2020

Your latest science news and book reviews are right here! Hot off the internet, let’s start with the world’s fastest animal. It’s not the cheetah. Or peregrine falcon. It’s . . .

But that’s only the first science video. I’ve got more. But first a word from our sponsor . . .

That’s right. Zombie Turkeys are sponsoring this post. Oh, and I’ve got this great new review of Oops! Tales of the Zombie Turkey Apocalypse, coming up next.

Your Latest Book Review Follows

You’d think after three oddball novels, Zombie Turkeys (How an Unknown Blogger Fought Unkillable Turkeys), My Undead Mother-In-Law (The Family Zombie with Anger Management Issues), and Paranormal Privateers, that Andy Zach would have exhausted all the comic possibilities in his world of killer zombie turkeys and superhero zombie human.

You’d be wrong.  How about flying zombie pickles? Zombie zucchini? Zombie caterpillars? (How can you tell a zombie caterpillar from a normal one? Andy Zach can tell you.) 

How about being injected with zombie blood which can cure any ill, regrow any lost limb, and be quickly cured with a widely available antidote? Who needs insurance with that sort of help?     How about organizing a zombie worker union at Amazon when zombies can outperform robots? And suggest the story is based on two real people, Anthony and Ravan Jones who contribute the foreword to the book?  Or zombie residents of a nursing home taking over the place?

But all this silliness is just part of what Andy Zach has collected in Oops.  He has included other short stories by other authors like “The Story of Sound” by Olivia Smith and his own “A Phoenix Tale”   before diving into his zombie world. Then he offers a batch of stories based on his other book series featuring disabled  middle-schoolers who become superheroes,  the Secret Supers. Oh yea, there are the aliens who first appeared in Paranormal Privateers who are defeated by zombies working for the U.S. Government.  The aliens can provide you legal assistance in the form of a sexy avatar who looks exactly like Marilyn Monroe. 

From Dr. Wesley Britton on Book Pleasures

Your latest science news and book reviews Part 2

But all this silliness is just part of what Andy Zach has collected in Oops.  He has included other short stories by other authors like “The Story of Sound” by Olivia Smith and his own “A Phoenix Tale”   before diving into his zombie world. Then he offers a batch of stories based on his other book series featuring disabled  middle-schoolers who become superheroes,  the Secret Supers. Oh yea, there are the aliens who first appeared in Paranormal Privateers who are defeated by zombies working for the U.S. Government.  The aliens can provide you legal assistance in the form of a sexy avatar who looks exactly like Marilyn Monroe. 

If you’re getting the impression that one Mr. Andy Zach has a wide and wild imagination, you are on the right track. One obvious audience for his quirky tales is the YA readership, especially for all the contemporary references like video gaming and computer lingo. But even grumpy old sixty-somethings like me can have a lot of fun with Andy’s characters, scenarios, and plots. I’m still laughing at the image of migrating flying zombie pickles.  Hard to get more original, unique, or surprising than Zach’s “Life After Life” series. Have some fun with Andy Zach in 2020!

From Dr. Wesley Britton on Book Pleasures

More Science News for You

I have to include this article about the latest SpaceX booster, SN8. It looks just like rocketships from 50s science fiction.

Here’s another post on this rocket, including a video.

Now for something completely different. The scientific history of the highest jump.

So what science article, video, or review did you like best? Let me know and I’ll give you more in my next post.