First Dog on Earth by Irv Weinberg

First Dog on Earth by Irv Weinberg | 20 Oct 2020|Weeva Inc.

Set thirty thousand years ago, more or less, Irv Weinberg weaves a tale about Oohma, the first dog, born from a wolf, and pushed out of the pack with his littermates to fend for themselves. The story takes off from an archeological fact, that found in the Chauvet Cave in France along with its remarkable cave art were the fossilized tracks of a boy and a dog, a discovery that pushed the origins of man’s friendship with dogs back about 10 thousand years.1 Continue reading →

Science Fiction to Look for October 2020

Originally published: https://amazingstories.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=232782

October surprised me by not offering up tales of futuristic hauntings and horror, and I’m not complaining. Ghosts in the machine are fine by me, but that’s where I like to keep them. 2020 has been scary enough already.

What we did get was several good space operas, including a return to Elizabeth Bear’s White Space universe; a new book from Kim Stanley Robinson on how to save the planet from mankind and live to tell about it, the last of Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother novels about life in times of future DHS, and a sexy police procedural from Amanda Bridgeman that will make you long for the 80s. It was also a good month for anthologies, and I take a look at Ben Bova’s favorite picks as well as a curated collection of really fine stories from Escape Pod’s fifteen years of podcasting. Finally, there’s a collection of stories from Cixin Liu, most from his earlier work that gives a window into both author and culture.

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Corvette Meet (1984)

Shot with my Nikon FM and Kodachrome, though I don’t remember which lens I was using. I scanned this from the slides using a KODAK Mini Digital Film & Slide Scanner which produces a 22 Megapixel JPEG from slides or negatives and costs just over $100.

My Nuclear Family

That’s us, the classic 50’s nuclear family of 2.3 children. I’m the second son from the rock. Notice that even at an early age I’m smiling…but it’s not reaching my eyes. We’re still debating who’s the three-tenths of a child. Continue reading →