Nicholas de Monchaux’s Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo is a stunning examination of the development of NASA'S iconic A7L EVA Space Suit: http://andrewliptak.wordpress.com/2012/08/17/spacesuit-fashioning-apollo/

I've got a review of the anthology War & Space up on io9: http://io9.com/5928850/some-of-the-coolest-space-war-stories-youve-ever-seen

Over on the Kirkus Reviews blog, I've got a new column on Jules Verne and his novels From the Earth to the Moon and Round the Moon: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/blog/science-fiction-and-fantasy/jules-vernes-moonshot/

As always, I've got a followup post that details my sources: http://andrewliptak.wordpress.com/2012/07/05/jules-verne-and-the-moon/

The 4th of July is always a bit of a somber holiday for me. Aside from the pagentry and celebrations of our nation's Independence from Great Britain, I've always remembered it for two very tragic events that happened while I was younger. 
The first happened when I was a student at Moretown Elementary. A classmate of mine was involved in a major car ( Read more... )

Two things out from me today:

Over on Lightspeed Magazine, I've interviewed Jake Kerr, about his fantastic story Requiem in the Key of Prose: http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-jake-kerr-2/

(You should really check out his brilliant story, which you can find here: http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/requiem-in-the-key ( Read more... )

Over on the Kirkus Reviews site, I've got a post up on H.G. Wells and the War of the Worlds: 
http://www.kirkusreviews.com/blog/science-fiction-and-fantasy/hg-wells-and-decline-empires/
On my own site, I've got a listing of the ( Read more... )

I really enjoyed Prometheus, despite the flaws: http://andrewliptak.wordpress.com/2012/06/11/prometheus-has-landed/

Over on the Kirkus Reviews Blog, I've written a short obituary for Ray Bradbury: http://www.kirkusreviews.com/blog/science-fiction-and-fantasy/ray-bradbury-1920-2012/

My own influences: http://andrewliptak.wordpress.com/2012/06/06/ray-bradbury-1920-2012/

Because I haven't figured out what I've been reading lately: http://andrewliptak.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/the-reading-list-3/

Over on the Kirkus Reviews Blog, I talk about the interesting relationship between American Gothic author Edgar Allan Poe and French Science Fiction writer Jules Verne. 
http://www.kirkusreviews.com/blog/science-fiction-and-fantasy/strange-tale-edgar-allan-poe-and-jules-verne/The companion post has gone up as well, with sources and background: http ( Read more... )