Your Best Internet Science and Science Fiction and Fantasy – what do I mean by that?
I’ve read through the internet this January and these are the best science articles, science fiction, and fantasy books I’ve found. Plus my usual quirkiness and unpredictability.
Let’s begin now
Your Best Internet Science Articles
Let’s begin with AI combined with jet fighters.
AI Top Gun?
Posted by Andy Zach on Thursday, January 28, 2021
What can top an AI Top Gun? How about a science story that could come out of Star Trek or Star Wars?
Posted by Andy Zach on Saturday, January 23, 2021
Your Best Science Fiction
Here’s the first science fiction book I read this year and my review. I recommend this series.
This is the second book in this alternate history series, where a large ocean liner and its refueling tender have both gone back to 320 BCE. They arrive in the middle of Alexander the Great’s generals fighting over his empire.
The ship goes from port to port, officially neutral and promoting peace. However, they have aligned themselves with Alexander’s heir Philip and his mother Euyadice. Naturally, aside from advancing technology to the industrial revolution, the modern ship is smack in the middle of Grecian politics.
There are murders and battles, as the iron age civilization modernizes to the steam age within years. Eric Flint and his co-authors, Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett keep the plot moving and the reader engaged with colorful characters from the 21st century and the 4th BCE.
Review by Andy Zach on Goodreads
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Next, you have a science fiction, steampunk, time-traveling trilogy I’m planning. I’m basing it upon the life of Nicola Tesla. Give me some encouragement, because I’m stuck right now. I can’t figure out how to work with Nicola or with time traveling. Can you?
I am planning a trilogy about Tesla time-traveling back in time. I'll use this interview as source material.
Posted by Andy Zach on Friday, January 29, 2021
Coming up is the best book trailer I’ve seen. I’ve never made a trailer for one of my books, but now I’ll seriously consider it.
Your Best Fantasy Books Are Next
I have to include this new short story anthology. Two of my short stories are in it. Actually, only one. The other was written by my daughter.
I collaborated on this horror short story anthology. Thanks for bringing this together, Trubbshore Gloria!
Posted by Andy Zach on Thursday, January 28, 2021
Then there’s this fantasy book. It’s the best fantasy book you’ve never heard of.
I’m wildly biased in favor of Patricia McKillip. I’ve loved every book she’s written in her 40-year career. Like most of her books, ‘The Throme of the Erril of Sherill is full of beautiful language and imagery. Here are her opening two sentences:
“The Erril of Sherill wrote a Throme. It was a deep Throme, and a dark, haunting, lovely Throme, a wild, special, sweet Throme made of the treasure of words in his deep heart.”
But beyond the beautiful language is a complex, fairy-tale type plot with many twists, full of laughter and surprises.
If you love fantasy, read this book.
Review by Andy Zach on Goodreads
Let’s close this blog post with an ambiguous video. Is it science fiction? Or science fact?
Some science issues with this SF short. Can you find them?
Posted by Andy Zach on Friday, January 22, 2021
