May 16, 2012
Dress Your Marines in White
Murder in powdered form. What a life.
May 9, 2012
About Fairies
Some things happen whether or not you clap your hands.
May 3, 2012
At the Foot of the Lighthouse
I am American. We are all Americans.
April 25, 2012
Prophet
Some men are born monsters. Others made so.
All of us are here at Tor.com because we love good writing, and expect it in our science fiction. We don’t expect it from scientists, though, and even less so from engineers. And if those engineers happen to be test pilots who happen to be astronauts, our expectations drop further.
[Read as Apollo XI astronauts blatantly defy that expectation]
Tor.com presents excerpts from Feynman, the bio-comic from Jim Ottaviani and illustrator Leland Myrick. The two authors present a colorful picture of the larger-than-life exploits of Nobel-winning quantum physicist, adventurer, musician, and world-class raconteur Richard Feynman, following him from his childhood in Long Island to his work on the Manhattan Project and the Challenger disaster.
Ever wanted to know more about Richard P. Feynman, quantum electrodynamics, the fine art of the bongo drums, the outrageously obscure nation of Tuva, or the development and popularization of the field of physics in the United States? This excerpt presents the five faces of Richard Feynman: Adventurer, skeptic, scientist, artist, musician.
In a few days we’ll celebrate the 42nd anniversary of the first time humans set foot on our moon... another world. Forty-two isn’t a special number, except for those who consider space travel mostly humorous, and survival inevitable. Along with all other Tor.com readers I blame, and love, Douglas Adams for that.
All these years later, here in reality, space travel is not as humorous or inevitable. And that’s the anniversary we celebrate today, because forty-two years ago William Safire took a call from NASA’s White House liaison Frank Borman. Borman told him “You want to be thinking of some alternative posture for the President in the event of mishaps.”
Safire, though he was a smart guy, didn’t get it, so Borman — who had commanded Apollo 8, and did get it — said it plain: “Like what to do for the widows.”
Oh. That kind of mishap.
So Safire wrote the following for president Nixon to read in case Aldrin and Armstrong didn’t come back....
Below the cut, a very exciting announcement about Better Zombies Through Physics!
Join us for chills, thrills, and pulse-pounding scientific breakthroughs as we embark on a tour of the Quantum Zombie, Inc. facility, courtesy of a guy who bears a striking resemblance to famed scientist and cat-lover Erwin Schrödinger. Hijinks, hilarity, and an abundance of felines await you in Tor.com’s newest comic strip.
Links to previous episodes are here.
(c) 2008 Jim Ottaviani and Sean Bieri
Join us for chills, thrills, and pulse-pounding scientific breakthroughs as we embark on a tour of the Quantum Zombie, Inc. facility, courtesy of a guy who bears a striking resemblance to famed scientist and cat-lover Erwin Schrödinger. Hijinks, hilary, and an abundance of felines await you in Tor.com’s newest comic strip.
Links to previous episodes are here.
(c) 2008 Jim Ottaviani and Sean Bieri
Join us for chills, thrills, and pulse-pounding scientific breakthroughs as we embark on a tour of the Quantum Zombie, Inc. facility, courtesy of a guy who bears a striking resemblance to famed scientist and cat-lover Erwin Schrödinger. Hijinks, hilarity, and an abundance of felines await you in Tor.com’s newest comic strip.
Links to previous episodes are here.
(c) 2008 Jim Ottaviani and Sean Bieri
Join us for chills, thrills, and pulse-pounding scientific breakthroughs as we embark on a tour of the Quantum Zombie, Inc. facility, courtesy of a guy who bears a striking resemblance to famed scientist and cat-lover Erwin Schrödinger. Hijinks, hilarity, and an abundance of felines await you in Tor.com’s newest comic strip.
Links to previous episodes are here.
(c) 2008 Jim Ottaviani and Sean Bieri
Join us for chills, thrills, and pulse-pounding scientific breakthroughs as we embark on a tour of the Quantum Zombie, Inc. facility, courtesy of a guy who bears a striking resemblance to famed scientist and cat-lover Erwin Schrödinger. Hijinks, hilarity, and an abundance of felines await you in Tor.com’s newest comic strip.
Links to previous episodes are here.
(c) 2008 Jim Ottaviani and Sean Bieri
Join us for chills, thrills, and pulse-pounding scientific breakthroughs as we embark on a tour of the Quantum Zombie, Inc. facility, courtesy of a guy who bears a striking resemblance to famed scientist and cat-lover Erwin Schrödinger. Hijinks, hilarity, and an abundance of felines await you in Tor.com’s newest comic strip.
Links to other episodes are here.
(c) 2008 Jim Ottaviani and Sean Bieri
