News

Yes, I do have some news. As I reported in File770,

On the morning of August 17,  I experienced  a terrible fall, resulting in a huge gash on my forehead that makes me look a bit like Frankenstein; I also had some small neck fractures, but no surgery was required, as they are expected to heal by themselves. I was able to return home on August 18, but I will have to wear a neck brace for 6 to 8 weeks, which will obviously affect my productivity and communications with colleagues.

It has been observed that the true key to longevity is avoiding falling, and for the last three years I have been walking with extreme care so that I wouldn’t fall. On August 17, my luck ran out.

I’m now gradually recovering, and I’ve recently been able to do a lot of writing, mostly entries for The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction as listed in the Archives.

An update (October 12, 2026) I’m still wearing a neck brace, since my minor fractures have not sufficiently healed, though I am now told that I should be able to take it off by mid-November, in time to allow me to prepare our traditional Thanksgiving dinner.

Meanwhile, I am stilly awaiting the publication by Wildside Press of my book The Case Against Space: Essays on the Space Program, Science Fiction, and the Contemporary World, as well as the Second Edition of my 2012 book on the spacesuit film. Here is an image of its cover:

My article on “The Moon in Science Fiction” has recently been posted to The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Planetary Science, and I am awaiting the publication of two completed essays in critical anthologies; my current deadlines are one review and a third article for a critical anthology. I still haven’t submitted a proposal for another book, but I am working on another book while still intermittently preparing some compilations of my previously published articles and reviews for possible future publication.