Yeah, in a similar vein -- I'm going to take a break from the news to... finishing writing my article about an African American utopia responding to mass disenfranchisement of black voters via electoral violence, racism, militias...

Pauline Ashwell (1926-2015) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Boris Vallejo, 1992 (collection contains her 1959 Hugo-nominated novelette "Unwillingly to School" and 1961 Hugo-nominated novella "The Lost Kafoozalum"); Frank Kelly Freas, 1958 #scifi #sciencefiction

A. J. Deutsch (1918-1969) was born on this day. He published one -- very interesting -- short story "A Subway Named Mobius" (1950). I wish he wrote more! My review: sciencefictionruminations.com/2024/01/07/s...

C. L. Moore (1911-1987) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, uncredited, 1969; R, Alexis Oussenko, 1972 #scifi #sciencefictio #books #fantasy

René Barjavel (1911-1985) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, uncredited, 1970; R, uncredited, 1970 #scifi #sciencefiction #Books

Gary K. Wolf (1941-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... While best known for Who Censored Roger Rabbit? (1981), he wrote some fascinating science fiction. L, Steve Marcesi, 1975; R, Margo Herr, 1977 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Artist Douglas Chaffee (1936-2011) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, 1967; R, 1986 #scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist

Hello new followers! Here's my periodic reminder that my account is but a front for my fanzine Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations. Come join the community: sciencefictionruminations.com Hundreds of reviews: sciencefictionruminations.com/science-fict... #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1923-1996) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, George Sottung, 1960; R, Robert Gibson Jones, 1951 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Michel Jeury (1934-2015) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Fred Gambino, 1985; R, Wojtek Siudmak, 1980 #scifi #sciencefiction #france #books

Helen M. Urban (1915-2003) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Dember, 1962; R, Nick Solovioff, 1956 #scifi #sciencefiction

Artists Tim Hildebrandt (1939-2006) and Greg Hildebrandt (1939-2024) were born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, 1975; R, 1977 #scifi #sciencefiction #fantasy #art #artist

Artist Jack Faragasso (1929-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, 1967; R, 1971 #scifi #sciencefiction #art

Don Berry (1932-2001) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Mel Hunter, 1956; R, Ed Emshwiller, 1956 #scifi #sciencefiction

New science fiction purchases: Edgar Pangborn, Rudy Rucker, Sally Miller Gearhart, and a SF anthology Discussion + cover citations + my initial thoughts: sciencefictionruminations.com/2026/01/23/u... #scifi #sciencefiction #books

vs. a slow slow slow build towards a multi-season ending that took at least four years to get started.... Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999)

Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: some very sublime jazz, a mutant stew of progressive fusion and cult sounds, dub from psychedelic space and sugar-sweet rocksteady. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

Katherine MacLean (1925-2019) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, uncredited, 1988; R, Ed Emshwiller, 1951 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Artist Ray Feibush (1948-1998) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, 1974; R, 1975 #scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist

Robert E. Howard (1906-1936) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Jack Gaughan, 1964; R, Frank Frazetta, 1967 #fantasy #books

Judith Merril (1923-1997) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Edward Kasper, 1950; R, Paul Lehr, 1969 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Gina Berriault (1926-1999) was born on this day. I reviewed her only SF novel -- The Descent (1960). A madcap satire of America's descent into madness (and nuclear bomb shelters). sciencefictionruminations.com/2021/05/16/s...

Charles Eric Maine (1921-1981) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, John Richards, 1958; R, Richard Powers, 1957 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Paul Lehr's cover art detail for Best SF: 1967, ed. Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss (1968) #scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist

Growing up in the 70s/80s, I was quite familiar with the books in this article. While not specifically an art book, I'd add the Octopus Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.

Nancy Kress (1948-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Kenneth Jackson, 1993; R, Ron Walotsky, 1988 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Gary Wright (1930-2004) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Gray Morrow, 1967; R, Bryn Barnard, 1989 #scifi #sciencefiction

Paul Lehr's cover art detail for the 1964 edition of H. G. Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896) #scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist

Louis Charbonneau (1924-2017) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, uncredited, 1960; R, Paul Lehr, 1965 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Octavia E. Butler’s Clay’s Ark (1984) sciencefictionruminations.com/2025/10/18/b... #scifi #sciencefiction #Books

I wrote a guest post! Click through for the list of my favorite old-school science fiction art books and why they're so great

Today I'm joined by Adam Rowe (@70sscifiart.bsky.social) on the Best Retro Science Fiction Art Collections sciencefictionruminations.com/2026/01/19/e... #scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist

The origin of my pen name. I love Russell Hoban.

Margot Bennett (1912-1980) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Uncredited, 1955; R, Hans Buys, 1970 #scifi #sciencefiction #Books

Artist Victor Kalin (1919-1991) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, 1960; R, 1967 #scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist #horror

More books I've had to buy and read for this project... In addition to articles, 200 newspaper references about my SF author's political career before he wrote his utopia, and dissertations not shown... I'm making progress -- I hit 24 pages! #scifi #sciencefiction #history #NorthCarolina

Artist Eddie Jones (1935-1999) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, 1972; R, 1974 #scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist

I want to share more of American history I read. Here George K. Butterfield, Jr. registers black voters in Jim Crow North Carolina -- he drills them in the often arbitrary literacy tests. Against all odds, he wins an election for Wilson town Commissioner in 1953. #history #northcarolina

Lynne Ramsay's Ratcatcher (1999)

Nevil Shute (1899-1960) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Val Biro, 1953; R, Miriam Woods, 1957 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Paul O. Williams (1935-2009) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Ruth Sanderson, 1981; R, Darrell K. Sweet, 1983 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Is there a more ridiculously amazing ending to a film? Wernor Herzog's Stroszek (1977)

Everybody, please read this. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...

Nat Schachner (1895-1955) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Hubert Rogers, 1941; R, Gilmore, 1939 #scifi #sciencefiction

Janny Wurts' cover art detail for the 1983 edition of Norman Spinrad's Bug Jack Barron (serialized 1967, novel 1969) #scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist

Burns' interior art for Bill Doede's "The Birds of Lorrane" in Galaxy Magazine (August 1963) #scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist

An illustration for one of my favorite early Robert Silverberg stories (in honor of his birthday). Nodel's interior art for Robert Silverberg's "The Pain Peddlers" (1963) #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Robert Silverberg (1935-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Colin Hay, 1978; R, Stan Mack, 1958 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Other Haldeman novels are also worth reading. I've enjoyed his New Wave-esque experiment Mindbridge (1976) sciencefictionruminations.com/2019/12/31/s... And his successful fix-up novel All My Sins Remembered (1977) sciencefictionruminations.com/2025/09/13/s...

Check out SFinTranslation.com for reviews, lists of what's out this month, links to SFT on the web, interviews, and lists lists lists and did I mention lists? Also, there's a really big spreadsheet... #sff #translation