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What’s New Science and Reviews in 2022?

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What’s New Science and Reviews in 2022? Find out as I go through breaking science news and book reviews so far this year.

Let’s begin with military science, which is becoming military SciFi.

A 1000-mile cannon would be revolutionary, but it’d be rather like a hypersonic weapon on a movable platform. One of my favorite military SciFi series is by John Ringo concerning the invasion of the alien Posleen. In it, he has a super cannon mounted on a battleship–and a tank.

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Try this new review!

5.0 out of 5 stars 

Contact Butterball! Central Illinois is being taken over by turkeys!

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2021

I really wasn’t expecting much from a book about zombie turkeys. I don’t watch the zombie tv shows or movies, so I was expecting this to be some creepy story where evil wins, and good people are destroyed. Guess what? That’s pretty much how this book was, yet it was done in a fun and entertaining way.

I didn’t think it was hilarious, as some people said. However, it was obviously written tongue in cheek with lots of opportunities to chuckle…if you aren’t worried where the next zombie outbreak is happening!

I moved to Florida from Central Illinois MANY years ago, so I was pleasantly surprised when the zombie plague visited all the small towns back home. I wonder if there really are turkey farms around there? Hmmm, I DO remember lots of corn. Maybe I had better go on Amazon and get me a flame thrower before I go back up to visit!

Grab some snacks, (Anything but corn chips,) and enjoy a good read. (You’ll understand when you finish reading it!)

june

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I can’t let the new James Webb Space Telescope go by unnoticed.

While we’re on the topic of space, I have to share this video of SpaceX’s science-fiction gantry, designed to catch a returning booster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVUEV2MytJo
SpaceX testing its gantry.

Another New Review

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Cover of At the End of the World
Review ofAt the End of the World (Black Tide Rising, #7)
Rating 4 of 5 stars
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FormatKindle Edition edit
StatusDecember 24, 2021 – Finished Reading2 Show more
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Just finished this book tonight. Charles Gannon writes a crackling good story about John Ringo’s zombie apocalypse from a wholly different point of view in a wholly new setting.

The point of view? A sailing ship full of teens learning to sail on the ocean. Their plan is to sail to South Georgia Island off Antarctica. The point of view is Alvaro, a savant from the tough streets of LA with a perfect memory.

He doesn’t hit it off with anyone among the other teens, but especially Chloe–a hyper aggressive and hostile teen from Alaska. The gruff and taciturn captain tasks him with learning to navigate. Then he has to teach it to the other teens–starting with Chloe. First he has to teach her how to read.

By this time the zombie outbreak has begun around the world. The captain maintains radio silence and trains the teens for survival in the new world. Their first challenge is at South Georgia Island.

Altogether a satisfying read. 

Andy Zach’s review

Laugh at this Science-Fiction on Video

This video defies description. But it’s funny, if you use the subtitles, or if you speak Russian.

Russian Spacetrain – Just What You Want

You’re Final Science Fiction Audio Dramatization

In A Pickle dramatization

This short story is in my collection, Oops!

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Oops! short story collection. Click to get.

Oh, and here is the latest review of Oops!

5.0 out of 5 stars 

Short stories to keep you looking for zombies!

Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2022

I started by reading this author’s book about the Turkey Apocalypse. I had so much fun (yes, fun, even though the turkeys were out killing everyone and thing in their path!) Then I read about the Undead Mother in law. Even better! Each book gets more accomplished than the next.

This one was a surprise! I thought I had purchased the same book twice (I’ve been known to do that!) However, this is just a group of short stories that are prequels or sequels to the others that fill in some questions I didn’t know I had or start me on a new train of thought.

Fun to read! Just make sure you check all wildlife around you for metal caps before you settle in! They’re watching you!

june

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Andy Zach Newsletter

“Audio Dramatization? Are you doing this, Andy Zach?”

“Don’t I wish! I’m not this talented. But Chris Herron is.”

“Who’s he?”

“Creator of podcast, website, and Youtube channel Tall Tales.”

“So what short story is this?”

“It’s my favorite short story I’ve ever written: In A Pickle.”

“Can I listen to it and read along?”

“You bet. Here’s the link to the short story. It’ll open in a new tab. The dramatization is below. Be sure to be sitting down and don’t operate heavy machinery while you listen to it. Note that this short story and many others are in my book, Oops! Tales of the Zombie Turkey Apocalypse.

The Audio Dramatization

It begins like this:

Now, what was he going to do? Brice Butterworth’s boss just told him to double the productivity of Vegan Inc.’s pickle strain they used for their Kilwowski Pickle brand. That was completely impossible.

But keeping his job required it. He was the low man on the genetic engineering totem pole at Vegan Inc., the last one hired and the first one to be fired if another recession hit.

Brice couldn’t think. He couldn’t face this. So he cruised the internet. “The origin of zombie turkeys? I didn’t know they’d found that. Hmm, a Midley Beacon exclusive, the foremost zombie news source,” he read out loud.

From the Tall Tales website

In A Pickle short story.

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Some more short stories I have for you:

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A Phoenix Tale – I tell of my college studies of the phoenix and how I got one as a pet.

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The Butterfly Effect

Brice Butterworth tries again to improve the productivity of Vegan Inc with completely unexpected results.

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A Hamster’s Tale

Find out what it’s like to be a superhero hamster–from the hamsters point of view.

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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.

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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.

My CFO finds a great article.

Posted by Andy Zach on Monday, September 14, 2020

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

Space technology marches on! Who’s with me on the first commercial trip to the Moon?

Posted by Andy Zach on Sunday, September 6, 2020

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.