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SPACE: Clouds on Mars?

November 26, 2019 by scott

Weather models are a daily staple of life on Earth, but they can go interplanetary as well, sometimes with a boost from Earth’s most sophisticated computers. That sort of work is on display in a newly released NASA data visualization showing how clouds grow and shrink over the course of a day on Mars. The visualization is the work of the Mars Climate Modeling Center at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California, relying on the institution’s supercomputing facility. In the visualization, features visible on the surface of Mars include the four massive Tharsis volcanic mountains that stand out like knots … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: A Broken Winter, by Kale Night

November 25, 2019 by scott

QSFer Kale Night has a new MM sci fi/fantasy book out: “A Broken Winter.” General Auryn Tyrus is tired of serving an emperor who turns political dissidents into expensive steak and claims to have swallowed Ankari’s sun. He is fed up with pretending not to know Emperor Haken is buying biological weapons and collecting taxes for a war that doesn’t exist. Auryn’s role in the entire mirage leads him to drastic choices, but unexpected news halts his plans. Seven-year-old Keita Kaneko, the son of a former lover, is captured by the emperor’s special forces. Auryn secretly intervenes and spares Keita … Read more

Me Me Monday!

November 25, 2019 by scott

Welcome to M3: ME ME MONDAY at our FB discussion group – your chance to pop in and tell us about your latest success. Have a new book or short story coming out? Let us know. Just sell something? Let us know so we can cheer you on. HOW IT WORKS: I’ll pin this topic to the top of our FB discussion page and our MeWe discussion page for the day. –Please post your announcement as a separate post so we can comment on yours specifically –Check out the other posts and congratulate and share them too! And congratulations!!!

SPACE: Do Massive Black Holes Keep Galaxies Alive?

November 25, 2019 by scott

Supermassive black holes at the hearts of galaxies may be blasting hot, turbulent waves of gas through the cosmos, keeping galaxy clusters alive with their heat. And for the first time, astrophysicists believe they’ve seen that turbulence in action. Peer into a massive galaxy cluster and you’ll see hot gas swirling at its core, filling the space between stars and galaxies. But there’s a mystery about this gas. How does it stay so hot? Simple models suggest it should lose energy much faster than it does, and that gravity should start bind the whole cloud together into stars within about … Read more

REVIEW: The Spymaster’s Secret, by Antonia Aquilante

November 25, 2019 by scott

Title: The Spymaster’s Secret Series: Chronicles of Tournai Book Seven Author: Antonia Aquilante Genre: Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: MM / Gay Publisher: NineStar Press Pages: 375 Reviewer: Melissa Brus, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Alexander is doing his best to settle into life in Tournai’s royal palace after years living outside the country due to his father’s diplomatic work. The sense of belonging and home he feels is overwhelming, but none of his plans are going as he imagined. Many see him as only a lovely, charming adornment of the royal court and underestimate both his intelligence and … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Bisclavret, by K.L. Noone

November 24, 2019 by scott

QSFer K.L. Noone has a new MM/Gay historical paranroaml book out: “Bisclavret.” A very long time ago, in the very old forests of Brittany, a werewolf loved a king … The Lord Bisclavret has a secret. A family enchantment. A wolf’s curse, transforming him when the moon is full. He hopes to be a good lord for his people, and he’s always been a loyal king’s man, even if the new king is inexperienced and scholarly. But one betrayal might leave him trapped in wolf-shape forever … unless his king can save him. Andreas would rather be a University scholar … Read more

FOR READERS: I Like My Books Like That

November 24, 2019 by scott

FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Danielle Flory: What kind of book format do you prefer best? Ebook, audio, or physical copy? Do you like books to be available in both formats? Does not having a book you want in the format you prefer deter you from buying it to read? Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABV MeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

SPACE: What Does It Take to Be a Moon?

November 24, 2019 by scott

From Earth’s rocky, pockmarked satellite to ice-covered ocean worlds, our solar system is chock-full of moons. Some planets have dozens of them; others don’t have any. Astronomers find these satellites very interesting — geologically and, potentially, astrobiologically — and are eager to send probes to visit lunar destinations, such as Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s moon Enceladus. So it might surprise you to discover that, currently, there is no scientific definition of a moon. The scholars in charge of such an undertaking would be the International Astronomical Union (IAU), which approves and certifies the names of celestial objects, planetary scientist … Read more

REVIEW: Surviving Death, by G.R. Lyons

November 24, 2019 by scott

Title: Surving Death Series: Treble and the Lost Boys Author: G.R. Lyons Genre: Paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: MM / Gay Publisher: Self Pages: 186 Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book How can you find purpose when you’re already dead? Cam Lucius has always felt useless and helpless, but never so much as the day his father pulled the plug, ending Cam’s life. As a ghost, there are only a handful of people who can see Cam, leaving him lonelier than ever. Until he meets Taylor. Taylor Ainsley can’t touch anything without suffering, leaving him isolated from family and … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Floodtide, by Heather Rose Jones

November 23, 2019 by scott

QSFer Heather Rose Jones has a new FF historical fantasy book out in the Alpennia series: “Floodtide.” The streets are a perilous place for a young laundry maid dismissed without a character for indecent acts. Roz knew the end of the path for a country girl alone in the city of Rotenek. A desperate escape in the night brings her to the doorstep of Dominique the dressmaker and the hope of a second chance beyond what she could have imagined. Roz’s apprenticeship with the needle, under the patronage of the royal thaumaturgist, wasn’t supposed to include learning magic, but Celeste, … Read more