Brian Fagan is silently cursing for not going that far back. His Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History, 1300–1850 was the book that changed my major, basically.

I never had a dinosaur phase. Even now I'm kind of eh about them. Like with Cuvier, yeah zoology, but WOOO geologic theory. Which probably explains my research interests.

@Darth Meow 504: That is a fantastic point, actually. I did enjoy the movie when I watched it for the first time a couple months back, but I had that sinking feeling that it wasn't enough, it wasn't fulfilling my expectations. And we certainly learned a LOT about the rules and functions for what we saw on screen.

Awe, I kind of liked his "The Universe is a Big Fraking Scary Place" theme. Quick, what's lurking out past Neptune? Though, I am kind of torn, because I do love a good far-past the quiet (or well, even abrupt but far enough behind) apocalypse story.

I love threadless! A few years back I wore the Communist Party one through US customs and was laughing a bit at the content/where I was and the cute customs guy was like "why are you smiling suspiciously?" Always a conversation starter.

I am so glad the science experiments I participated in college only involved moving my hand around a lot.

This is not helping me do work while I wait for my copy of Hull Zero Three (and Way of Kings), which is still listed as "out for delivery." ...my priorities...Eon is definitely one of my favorite books, it is one of those few that I couldn't tell just by reading it it was written before I was born, it was still sci-fi…

@Mr.Gawn: +1

@matthewabel: I'm very curious to see where a 4th would go if the 3rd ends with the war between the universes. Like, where does a show go from there, effectively (depending on how the plot unfolds) pulling billions of people/a entire UNIVERSE from existence? (But that COULD be a very interesting season, AND what would…

I propose we recruit Elon Musk for funding & lead colonist. He would bring a harem of 20 something women and it would be a Heinlein novel.

@Gilese: Nooo that is one of the few Connie Willis books I have yet to read and even though it has been sitting on my shelf for months, I was still looking forward to it. Though I think I subconsciously know it sucks.

I'm still convinced that one of the universes is the result of a universe opening up over a time travel paradox because I hate the idea that the "First People" were some sort of pre-pre-history people and I'd rather believe that they were time travelers, or something, who placed them there. (There has to be SOME…

I'm on a time travel kick after finishing All Clear last night at 2 am (and feeling less than satisfied with the outcome which of course has caused me to spiral into a search for alternative time travel scenarios...), so yay!

I hope this is true. I remember being 8 years old and reading the Star Wars magazine with the outline of the entire, multi-trilogy series that George was going to work on after he finished the prequels.

I better figure out where exactly Mysterious Galaxy is because I will be there a lot this month.

Okay, now I really am going to crack open my dad's ancient radio & microwave textbooks from the garage to help with my next science fiction story idea. You never know when 1980s technology is going to come in handy.

This is one of the reasons I miss being on a college campus. Hearing friends talk about the synthetic biologist's laboratory they were working in or living on Cyclotron Road was so much more conducive to science fictional thought than the suburbs.

Both books I've read recently by SETI higher ups have been very focused on this theory. I think in some way it is SETI rationalizing the Eerie Silence—they must think they are better than us/not interested in us. Of course, there is always the Adam-Troy Castro Andrea Cort series approach...duh duh duh