Kelly McCullough's Blog, page 80

Brain Empty

So, I'm done with the first book in the Chronicles of Aral Kingslayer and it's left me completely wrung and kind of empty feeling. Not my normal pattern with a book. My head feels like there's been a fire inside that just burned the whole thing hollow.

Space LOL

Since we have some cat pic fans here, I thought I'd "re-tweet" this link I got from Tor.com = Science Fiction LOL Cats

R.I.P. Realms

According to their publisher, Realms of Fantasy Magazine is dead.

Friday Cat Blogging

Bored pieta.



I'd eat you if it didn't mean moving.



Could you untie my feetz?



Zombie otter sez "brainz!"



As soon as lazer eyez finish chargz yer toast!



Guest cat Coconut iz ready fer clozeups.

October 13 NASA Photo of the Day (2 Days Late)

Will the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) end up in a museum? Probably not, as when it finally goes bust, current plans call for it to be de-orbited into an ocean. But this won't stop likenesses of the famous floating observatory from appearing in science museums around the globe, sometimes paired with amazing pictures it has taken. Pictured above, in a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the launching of Hubble, a replica of the telescope was given a picturesque setting in the Italian Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in their beautiful and historic Palazzo Loredan. The scene there appears perhaps a bit surreal as the deep space imager appears over a terrestrial tile floor, surrounded by the busts of famous thinkers, and under arches reminiscent of Escher. If you're lucky, it may even be possible to find an exhibition of Hubble images near you. And if no HST model appears there, you could always build your own.

Commentary Courtesy of NASA.

The Thick Plottens... on Gilese 581g

Cool article today on .io9 about a second planet in the Gilese system that skirts the edges of habitability, which may be looking at the warmer Gilese 581g with diabolical intentions!

If I ever get my act together and write about this planet, the story keeps getting scientifically more interesting.

Check Me Out!

My alter ego got a new reviewing gig over at the Science Fiction and Other ODDysseys. She/I is/am particularly excited because she gets to review graphic novels, comic books and more.

WTF??

...We were JUST missed by an asteroid this morning!* Apparently, TD54 came within 28,000 miles of us.

Um, eek?

*Unnerving knowledge brought to my attention thanks to an SF Signals tweet.

Link-ity Bits

You may be able to see Hartley 2 Comet with binoculars tonight.

Tor.com has a two chapter sampler up of PASSION PLAY by Beth Bernobich.

There's a bit of a controversy that's been going on about race and cover art and the discussion continues on Bitten By Books.

(Mainstream?) debut novelist Ruiyan Xu talks about how to start a writers' group over on Galley Cat.

We Got Cover!

The final cover art for "Among Thieves" came across my e-desk over the weekend. I have to say, I'm rather pleased...



You should be able to find it on shelves at the beginning of April, 2011. (Whee! :)