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In the Year 2024
Mars Analog 2: An Expedition to the “Martian” Desert
Mars Analogs: Live a Martian Lifestyle Right Here on Earth
AIs: Just What in the Heck are They Learning?
CE 2024: Another Year of Hot Topics and the Odd Weird Tale
In the Year 2023
Robot Emotions: Love & Laughter in the Time of AI
Lab Food: Better Than from an Algae Vat?
Smackdown In The “Octagon”: ChatGPT Vs The Master
Mars: Water in the Dry Desert. Was There Life?
Atomic Rockets: A Favorite in Fiction. Now a Reality?
CE 2023: More Hot Topics that Fire the Imagination
In the Year 2022
2022: An Exciting Year in Science Fact and Fiction
SF Poetry: Take a Stroll on the Lyrical Side
SF Playlist: A New Take on the Music of the Spheres
Astro-photographers: Exploring The Vastness Of The Cosmos
Robot Actors: Do They Get SAG Cards? An Oscar?
Parker Solar Probe—Man, It’s a Hot One. Like 7 Inches from the Midday Sun*—Literally
In the Year 2021
From Perseverance & Ingenuity to James Webb: Bookends to a Remarkable Year
Christmas Movie? Maybe. But Is Die Hard Science Fiction?
Say That Again? Sci-Fi Phrases We Know and Love
Blasters, Monsters, And Alien Invaders-A Laugh a Minute
Science Fiction Art – Transporting Us to Adventures of the Imagination
Challenging Their Destiny in the Interstellar Void – They Still Call Home
CE 2021 BLOG Archives
In the Year 2224
New Power Comes Online: A Magnetic Shield Installation Update
Lunar Bio-waste Subsidies – A Violation Of The Luna-Mars Compact
Introducing the StrawBanany – Crafting the Perfect Smoothie
Celebrating Our Upcoming Independence with a New Rose
Let’s Celebrate – New Instruments
CE 2224 BLOG Archives
Short Fiction
The Hydrogen Thieves
Book One: It Always Starts with a Probe
Episode One: Signal Noise
Episode Two: Off Limits
Episode Three: Somewhere in the Desert
Episode Four: The Secret Base
Episode Five: Decoded
Episode Six: Open a Channel
Episode Seven: Reproductive Imperative
Episode Eight: Hard Choices
Episode Nine: Alien Intrusion
Book Two: It Always Ends with a Nuclear Device
It Always Ends with a Nuclear Device – Mars
Episode One: A New Alliance
Episode Two: Strategy Session
Episode Three: A New Adversary
Episode Four: A Change in Plans, Part I
Episode Four: A Change in Plans, Part II
Episode Five: A Hurried Departure
Episode Six: Go for Launch
It Always Ends with a Nuclear Device – Jupiter
Episode Seven: Into the Void
Episode Eight: Shields on Full
Episode Nine: First Contact, Part I
Episode Nine: First Contact, Part II
Episode Ten: Interstellar Diplomacy
Episode Eleven: Battle Stations
Episode Twelve: Eject the Core
Episode Thirteen: Stranded
Book Three: Rescue Always Comes in the Nick of Time
Episode One: No Time to Mourn
Episode Two: Short of the Goal
Episode Three: Scarce Resources
Episode Four: Critical Repairs
Flash Series: The Tharsis Plateau
The Tharsis Plateau – Season 1
The Tharsis Plateau – Season 1, Week 1, Episodes 1 thru 7
The Tharsis Plateau – Season 1, Week 2, Episodes 8 thru 14
The Tharsis Plateau – Season 1, Week 3, Episodes 15 thru 21
The Tharsis Plateau – Season 1, Week 4, Episodes 22 thru 28
The Tharsis Plateau – Season 2
The Tharsis Plateau – Season 2, Week 1, Episodes 1 thru 7
The Tharsis Plateau – Season 2, Week 2, Episodes 8 thru 14
The Tharsis Plateau – Season 2, Week 3, Episodes 15 thru 21
The Tharsis Plateau – Season 2, Week 4, Episodes 22 thru 28
The Tharsis Plateau – Season 3
The Tharsis Plateau – Season 3, Week 1, Episodes 1 thru 7
The Tharsis Plateau – Season 3, Week 2, Episodes 8 thru 14
The Tharsis Plateau – Season 3, Week 3, Episodes 15 thru 22
The Tharsis Plateau – Season 3, Week 4, Episodes 22 thru the End
Planetary Cuisine
SF in Verse
Four Limericks: Alien Visitation Tropes
Santa to the Rescue
The Voyage of the Argo
The Case of a Mounting Sorrow
Lunar Gravity: A Limerick in Three Parts
Flash Series: Mars vs. The Invaders
Episode 1: Unwarranted Surveillance
Episode 2: Mars Attacks!
Episode 3: Divide and Conquer
Episode 4: Forgive and Forget
Episode 5: Reproductive Imperative
Episode 6: Salvation and Hope
One Man’s Trash
Alien Abduction
Episode One: I Was Just Visiting
Episode Two: Alien Abduction Club
Standard Procedures
Standard Procedures – Part I – How It Started
Standard Procedures – Part II – How It Ended
A Holloween Special: Head ‘em Up, Move ‘em Out
Archives: Short Fiction
Book and Movie Reviews
Book Review: Aurora Darwin
THE DEEP SKY–Book Review
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It Always Ends with a Nuclear Device – Mars