When Artemis II looped around the Moon a few days ago, the astronauts aboard captured a photo of the Moon as it eclipsed the Sun from the astronauts' perspective. Jules Verne had described such an eclipse in his 1870 novel, "Around the Moon," the sequel to his earlier "From the Earth To the Moon." In … Continue reading Artemis II Around the Moon
Tag: science fiction
My favorite reads of 2025
My favorite read of 2025 was actually my re-read of George Eliot's "Middlemarch". But sticking to new works as usual: I read 38 works of fiction and nonfiction for the first time in '25, and of those I've picked out again my favorite ten. This year I went somewhat dark, for me. I took in … Continue reading My favorite reads of 2025

