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On This Day

Celebrating notable figures in science fiction and fantasy on their birthdays.

The Eldritch Horrors of H.P. Lovecraft

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Einstein Was the Luckiest Science Fiction Writer Ever

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Frank Herbert portrait David A. Johnson

The Legacy of Muad’Dib: The Cult That Frank Herbert Never Wanted

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Our Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams Gave Science Fiction a Sense of Humor

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There’s Not Been Enough of Samuel R. Delany

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Anne McCaffrey Gave Us All Our Own Dragons to Ride

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Terry Pratchett is (Supposedly) the Most Shoplifted Author in Great Britain for a Reason

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So Glad She Stopped Playing Tennis! Why Sally Ride Still Amazes Us

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Harlan Ellison Taught Me How to Be Interesting

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Nikola Tesla Was a Great Scientist, But a Greater Nerd

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J. K. Rowling’s Real Life is More Incredible Than Any Fiction

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If Neil Armstrong Can Be the First to Land on a New World, So Can You

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Write All the Genres, Lois McMaster Bujold!

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C.S. Lewis: Moral Fantasist

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Michael Moorcock is The Eternal Champion

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Chesley Bonestell: Striving Towards the Stars

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A Science Fiction Halo Rests Slantedly Over Isaac Asimov’s Amiable Head

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J. R. R. Tolkien Went into the West, but Gave Us Middle-earth

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The Cavalier Fantasies of Frank Frazetta

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Terror on a Deadline: Remembering Richard Matheson

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“There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.”

C.S. Lewis, The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader

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