2023 will be a big year in space… and for scifi readers too #NASA #scifibooks
If you follow space exploration, you’ll be happy to know NASA has a big year planned. Here’s a 3 minute summary, then scroll down for book offers.
Go to the You Tube page for links to these missions and more. Click here.
I’m not sure what I’m most excited about. Maybe the sample return from an asteroid, or the selection of Artemis astronauts who will take us to the Moon. Missions in planning stages forever (or so it seems) are on the tips of our fingers.
Until the real science rolls in, science fiction makes a great choice for your reading pleasure. Here are selections from Story Origin.


Speculative fiction includes scifi, fantasy, horror, and all things futuristic and paranormal. Just as long as the story contains elements that do not exist in reality, recorded history, nature, or the present universe. These genres have always overlapped and make for stories that can be exciting, intriguing, or just plain fun.

The Bassalia Job: Key knows there’s only one way to get the Empire off their backs. Landing on the remote planet Bassalia in search of a “fixer” who can grant them new identities, Key does his best to keep an eye on the Cloud. He’s still not sure of its intentions… and the suspicion harboured by his crew is palpable.
Thanks for scrolling all the way down. People sometimes ask me where my ideas come from. Here’s my secret:

Happy New Year. Best of luck in 2023.