Daily Archives: June 3, 2020
Five Things: June 3, 2020
Posted on June 3, 2020 28 Comments
Let’s get to today’s five, shall we? Hey, did you remember that there’s a presidential campaign going on? Well there is, and seven states and the District of Columbia even had primaries yesterday. Not that you would know it from the front pages of the news sites, I had to dig deep, deeeep into the […]
The Big Idea: Robert J. Sawyer
Posted on June 3, 2020 13 Comments
Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Robert J. Sawyer has gone “back to the future” with his newest novel The Oppenheimer Alternative. But why does he go back at all — and back to this particular Great Man of History? Sawyer is here to explain it all. ROBERT J. SAWYER: It’s been obvious since the days […]
Uncle Hugo’s Fundraiser + Editorial Note
Posted on June 3, 2020 1 Comment
First things first: Uncle Hugo’s, the venerable Minneapolis science fiction bookstore, was burned down last week (along with Uncle Edgar’s, the next-door mystery bookstore). Almost immediately a GoFundMe was set up, but it wasn’t endorsed by Don Blyly, the owner of the bookstores. The GoFundMe has since been taken over by the Blyly family, who […]
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