Space: The Final Frontier

Okay, so that sounds a little Star Trekky, I know. I am a big fan of Star Trek, especially the TV series, The Next Generation. (Most of the others, you know, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and/or Enterprise, I never did get as into.)

Maybe it was Captain Picard that really spoke to me, or how you can watch any episode in any order and understand the story, but I enjoyed Star Trek: The Next Generation. I know the graphics, and technologies, and special effects aren't as grandiose as today's standards (and the films coming out now!), but it was this series that first sparked my fascination with space travel.

Now, I have yet to pen a space travel novel, but I absolutely love novels set in space. There's something equally exciting and perplexing about being trapped in space. Yes, I view space as a place where I'd be trapped. There's no air out there!

Films like Gravity make me glad I'm on earth, watching as someone else endures the brutalities of extreme temperature and lack of oxygen. I've also enjoyed novels like Across the Universe by Beth Revis, These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan, and others.

It seems as though novels set in space are a bit of a trend right now, a "hot thing." I really do think it's one of the final frontiers, where the possibilities of new worlds, new species, new ideas, is endless. Maybe that's what draws authors and readers to write and read novels set in space.

How do you feel about space? Novels set in space? Space travel? 

Friday's Fun: I will BLOW YOUR MIND

So, I have to admit, I didn't stumble across today's Friday's Fun through my labor-intensive super-scientific research.

But first, a confession: I'm a Nerd Fighter.

And recently, while skimming through the super-amazing awesome Vlogs of Nerd Fighter founders Hank and John Green, I found Hank's video about how very very very tiny we all are. 

Hank talked about the Hubble Deep Field telescope, and how the latest images show thousands--millions--of galaxies as far as the eye can see.

Dystopian works are irrevocably linked to science fiction, and science fiction, of course, is irrevocably linked to science. Think about how vast the universe is...how many possibilities there are for the future...and how far away (for now) we all are.


And if you want your MIND BLOWN? Check the video out below: