Just finished Olaf Stapledon’s Last and First Men. I think people often forget how short sighted we are. Even the more far thinking have a hard time grasping the big picture of things. This seems especially relevant lately because our nation just chose a president who doesn’t believe in climate change and insists on social … More On Olaf Stapledon’s Last and First Men

The Bradbury Chronicles by Sam Weller. Ray Bradbury was awarded the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation in November 2000. In his acceptance speech he said: “[W]ho you’re honoring tonight is not only myself but the ghost of a lot of your favorite writers,” he continues. “And I wouldn’t … More What I learned from Ray Bradbury

Ted Chiang’s science fiction short stories can make you uncomfortably aware of how far society has to go, cry for an hour (which I did after one particular story), see reality differently, and challenge your convictions all while explaining the functions and beauty of an equation or mechanism. That’s what you get when a technical … More Ted Chiang’s Stories of Your Life and Others.

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli.

A brief list of some of my favorite science fiction right now.