Frank Herbert (1920-1986) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Vincent Di Fate, 1976; R, uncredited, 1970 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Frank Herbert (1920-1986) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Vincent Di Fate, 1976; R, uncredited, 1970 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Ted Reynolds (1938-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Earl Keleny, 1989; R, Roger Stine, 1980 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

George Turner (1916-1997) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Tony Roberts, 1984; R, Geoff Taylor, 1989 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Anyone know a good used book store (for science fiction) in Pittsburgh, PA? Visiting at the moment.

David Brin (1950-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Jim Burns, 1983; R, Tom Hallman, 1985 #scifi #sciencefiction #book

The book that made me fall in love with reading. My mother started reading it to my sister and I at night. I was so transfixed that I pulled out the little book light my dad gave me but never used, and read the rest... all night.

Karl Kofoed's interior art for D. D. Storm's "Mud/Aurora" in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (November 1981) #scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist

David Brin (1950-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Jim Burns, 1983; R, Tom Hallman, 1985 #scifi #sciencefiction #book

Well that Octavia E. Butler novel kicked me in the gut... will try to give it a full length review. I always struggle to write about her work.

AI at its peak.

Virgil Finlay's interior art for Otto Binder's "From the Beginning" in Weird Tales (June 1938) (written as Eando Binder) #scifi #sciencefiction #art

Short Fiction Reviews: George H. Smith’s “The Last Days of L.A.” (1959) and “In the Imagicon” (1966) sciencefictionruminations.com/2025/10/04/s... #scifi #sciencefiction

Jean-François Pénichoux. From Extraterrestres: mondes et créatures fantastique de la galaxie d'Andromède, Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1983. #Jean-FrançoisPénichoux

A. M. Lightner (1904-1988) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Richard Powers, 1972; R, Gene Szafran, 1970 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Gerald Jonas (1935-) was. born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, James Gurney, 1986; R, Jack Gaughan, 1970 #scifi #sciencefiction

New purchase! #scifi #sciencefiction

New SF esoterica for the collection! #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Artist Elliott Dold sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/dold_e... was born on this day. 1931 SF magazine Miracle Science and Fantasy Stories was edited by his brother Douglas; Elliot provided artwork - here's his frontispieces to both issues (1&2), plus his artwork (3&4) for his one story "The Bowl of Death":

Richard Olsen's interior art for part 2 of Thomas Burnett Swann's "Will-O-the-Wisp" in Fantastic (November 1974) #art #artist #scifi #sciencefiction

David Horowitz wrote a science fiction story? The topic sounds like his axe to grind... Although I assumed he was still part of the "New Left" at this point before his massive swing right. "What's a Mother For?" in Fantastic (November 1974) #politics #scifi #sciencefiction

John Boyd (1919-2013) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Gene Szafran, 1972; R, Paul Lehr, 1975 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Ray Nelson (1931-2022) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Frank Kelly Freas, 1975; R, Hannes Bok, 1963 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Gore Vidal (1925-2012) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Richard Powers, 1961; R, uncredited, 1979 #scifi #sciencefiction #literature #books

Hallowe'en Season is fully upon us, so I'm taking some time this month to dig into classic Weird Tales again. Today it's the action-packed weird crime story “The Vyrkolakas” by the enigmatical Robert Sandison, Weird Tales v. 19, n. 4, 1932! Give it a read, why dontcha? geoliminal.com/2025/10/02/p...

As I've always had an antagonistic relationship with social media, I'm going to try to take a few steps to be more supportive and kind: 1) Share more stuff I love. 2) Mute more words. 3) Be less grumpy. It's hard. The world sucks. My job also seems caught up in the whirlwind of the suckage.

Vernor Vinge (1944-2024) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Boris Vallejo, 1992; R, Tom Kidd, 1984 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Jack Finney (1911-1995) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, John McDermott, 1955; R, John Alcorn, 1968 #scifi #sciencefiction #literature #books

Avery Brooks (1948-) was born on this day! Benjamin Sisko in Deep Space Nine (my favorite Star Trek).

Artist Richard Corben (1940-2020) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, 1975; R, 1980 #art #artist #scifi #sciencefiction

Futurian, author, and editor Donald A. Wollheim (1914-1990) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Ed Emshwiller, 1961; R, Cosimo Scianna, 1966 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

PKD hang Tuesday 6 PM PST 9/30: @joachimboaz.bsky.social on "Foster You're Dead" - Joachim is the writer, commentator, and critic behind the long-running Science Fiction Ruminations Blog. Often writing about the connection between labor and classic Science Fiction.

John Brunner's "Fair" (1956) is a notable positive take on virtual reality. He argues it can be used to make us more empathetic by experiencing what others experience. sciencefictionruminations.com/2022/08/14/f...

William Spencer's “Horizontal Man” (1965) was enjoyable as well -- these are all short stories I've covered but the article includes more early novels. sciencefictionruminations.com/2017/11/18/b...

For an early short story: I enjoyed John D MacDonald's "Spectator Sport" (1950) which is also about virtual reality sciencefictionruminations.com/2022/07/20/f...

Another early short story appearance (not as good): Robert F. Young’s “Audience Reaction” (1954) sciencefictionruminations.com/2023/03/30/s...

H. B. Fyfe (1918-1997) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, D. Pattee, 1950; R, Schomburg, 1952 #scifi #sciencefiction

Artist Oliviero Berni (1935-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, 1978; R, 1978 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Vance Aandahl (1942-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Ed Emshwiller, 1960; R, Dario Campanile, 1975 #scifi #sciencefiction

Shelf 19 of my science fiction library, a full set of 80 Pan Science Fiction books in the distinctive livery and fine artwork, modelled here by Christopher Priest's A Dream of Wessex. Think I've read about 10% of them so far. 🪐📚 #shelfie #scifibooks #sciencefiction #bookcollecting

H. B. Fyfe (1918-1997) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, D. Pattee, 1950; R, Schomburg, 1952 #scifi #sciencefiction

Artist Oliviero Berni (1935-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, 1978; R, 1978 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Vance Aandahl (1942-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Ed Emshwiller, 1960; R, Dario Campanile, 1975 #scifi #sciencefiction

I can strongly recommend this book. Mike Ashley crafts a very engaging history of British SF from 1895 to 1966, with a mix of well known and obscure inclusions.

Freff's interior art for Fritz Leiber's "Rime Isle" (a Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser story) in Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine (May 1977) #scifi #sciencefiction #fantasy

"If men wore price tags how would you feel?" Hmm..... An advertisement for International Correspondence Schools in Astounding Stories (April 1937) #advertisements #history #scifi #sciencefiction

Nelson Tremaine (1907-1971) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Howard V. Brown, 1936; R, Howard V. Brown, 1937 #scifi #sciencefiction

Artist Ionicus (1913-1998) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, 1959; R, 1960 #scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist #books

Hannes Bok's interior art for Henry Hasse's "Farewell to Fuzzies" in Astonishing Stories, ed. Frederik Pohl (September 1941) #scifi #sciencefiction #art

Conducting my first ever watch through of Babylon 5. Just finished episode 8 -- the plot thickens!