Important SF editor--at Ballantine and Del Rey Books--Judy-Lynn del Rey (1943-1986) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1933

L, Greg and Tim Hildebrandt, 1976; R, Darrell K. Sweet, 1976
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Martha Wells' next 'Murderbot Diaries' book is 'the family roadtrip from hell on Ringworld' (interview)

https://www.space.com/entertainment/space-books/martha-wells-next-murderbot-diaries-book-is-the-family-roadtrip-from-hell-on-ringworld-interview

"I've been watching 'The Pitt' lately, and it's almost like a comfort show, because you get to see people come in with horrible injuries and they're just like 'oh, we can fix this.' You see people trying to help as much as they can, even when they don't manage to, when they fail, it still feels encouraging and, and heartening in a lot of ways. That's what I wanted to do with Murderbot."

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Martha Wells' next 'Murderbot Diaries' book is 'the family roadtrip from hell on Ringworld' (interview)

https://www.space.com/entertainment/space-books/martha-wells-next-murderbot-diaries-book-is-the-family-roadtrip-from-hell-on-ringworld-interview

"I've been watching 'The Pitt' lately, and it's almost like a comfort show, because you get to see people come in with horrible injuries and they're just like 'oh, we can fix this.' You see people trying to help as much as they can, even when they don't manage to, when they fail, it still feels encouraging and, and heartening in a lot of ways. That's what I wanted to do with Murderbot."

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Fuckin' brilliant!

On the one hand, I feel like kind of an idiot for absentmindedly neglecting to read this
book at any time over the past decades. On the other: what delightful surprise to find this week.

I'm now curious to watch what my reactions will be when I re-watch Kubrick's version.
Richer? Poorer? We shall see....

I'm just glad this book has waited so patiently for me until now.

Happy belated 29th(or 34th) birthday HAL, you psychotic beastie!

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I started reading Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey last night.
I _thought_ I had read it years ago; but, I was mistaken.
Seems I had read his short story "The Sentinal" years ago and mixed the two of them up somehow.
Totally different scene.
I've probably watched Kubrick's film at least a dozen times.
So, I re-read "The Sentinal" before diving into the main course.
Definitely a welcome, if temporary, respite from the world right now.

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Babylon 5 The Complete Series Remastered is £24.99 on the UK Apple Store at present.

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Babylon 5 The Complete Series Remastered is £24.99 on the UK Apple Store at present.

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Heel by Philip José Farmer



http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60871



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Paul Lehr's cover art detail for Best SF: 1967, ed. Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss (1968)
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Paul Lehr's cover art detail for the 1964 edition of H. G. Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896)
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Paul Lehr's cover art detail for the 1964 edition of H. G. Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896)
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Finished book 2 of my Discworld re-read, "The Light Fantastic".

I might post some more thoughts about it tomorrow, but for now here is a great article from a cover designer about Josh Kirby's artwork for the first 26 Discworld paperbacks:

https://www.kathrynrosamiller.com/post/cover-thoughts-discworld-again

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