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| RTomens, 2022 |
6.15 a.m. I gaze up up the dark-turning-deep-blue pre-dawn sky and see UFOs! UFOs, that is, until researched 'lines of white lights in the sky' and found out they were part of SpaceX's satellite internet project - whoooo! Part of me was disappointed that I hadn't seen a row of alien spacecraft flying in very tight formation and part of me was amazed by the earth-based human endeavour. By a suitably X-Files-type, spooky sci-fi coincidence I had made the image above, Space Event, just yesterday. So it came to pass, art predicted what would happen the very next day - a real space event.
Talking of outer space, inner space and sci-fi, here's my Cover of the Day, picked up this morning from a charity shop on my way to the bookshop...
...a gem, eh? Artwork by Alun Hood. I scanned my copy because those online weren't very good. The collection is promising, though, but also misleading because there are short stories by other authors too. Why they've packaged it as a Spinrad collection is a mystery. I didn't notice until I examined the credits once I was home. Turns out the first and title story is by...hold on...it says 'copyright Michael Moorcock' but research tells me it's by Spinrad - huh? So Moorcock had the copyright because it appeared in New Worlds 2? OK, what about The Weed Of Time, stated as copyright by Anne McCaffrey? Or The National Pastime copyright Harry Harrison? It seems that all the stories are by Spinrad by some other authors hold the copyright. How did that happen? You figure it out.
Whilst mentioning Moorcock, I recommend this podcast from the Bureau of Lost Culture. It's the first part of what was apparently a long discussion, the rest of which will be aired in the future. Check out other episodes too because it's an interesting show.
That's one HELL of a cover..!
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