CBS Radio Workshop:Gettysburg

Gettysburg

This would have been more timely a few days ago: it is an account of the Battle of Gettysburg, in which the Slavers and their fellow travelers lost an important battle to the United States.

Don't know the battle in detail so I cannot comment on the accuracy.

The Science Fiction Book Club Reviews Revisited: 1965

List courtesy of Andrew Wheeler.

I really should do a Rick Mercer-style bit of stage setting but I don't remember 1965 all that clearly. I think this was the year I nearly died of pneumonia in West Germany, had two three concussions, drank an entire bottle of sherry, got a third degree burn on my thigh and turned four. Perhaps the wretchedness of 1965 explains why I avoided so much published this year.

[Also, pretty sure this was the year I got run over] ( Read more... )

Hartwell's Year’s Best SF 18 f/m

Table of Contents here

Total          Female     Male     F/T
 28             12        16       .42

Context

Crap

Earwormed:

Quebec town rocked by explosions, fire after derailment

A train carrying crude oil derailed overnight in the heart of Lac-Mégantic in Quebec's Eastern Townships, sparking a major fire that led to the evacuation of 1,000 people from their homes.

From comments, this assertion:

PierreCouture66
Rank 11632

Just read on the French CBC site that Montreal, Maine & Atlantic just confirmed that there was no one on the train, it was guided by an autopilot system... WOW. 73 wagons of crude at 100 tonnes each, and no human supervision on board...
http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/estrie/2013/07/06/001-explosion-lac-megantic-train.shtml

"La compagnie Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway confirme qu'il n'y avait pas de conducteur à bord du train, qui était sous pilotage automatique."

Today's find.

The Science Fiction Book Club Reviews Revisited: 1966

List courtesy of Andrew Wheeler


I've glanced ahead and I assure you-all that my hit rate -will- improve.
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