Scholars have finally deciphered 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets found more than 100 years ago in what is now Iraq. The tablets describe how some lunar eclipses are omens of death, destruction and pestilence. The four clay tablets “represent the oldest examples of compendia of lunar-eclipse omens yet discovered” Andrew George, an emeritus professor of Babylonian at … Read more
Liminal Fiction is spotlighting another great author on the Lim Fic site: N.L. Bates Fantasy, Paranormal, Sci-Fi Canadian author of SFF stories, sometime accidental filker, frequent tabletop gamer. Segue incarnate. https://www.limfic.com/mbm-book-author/n-l-bates N.L.’s book: “FAVORITE” THIS AUTHOR ON LIMFIC.COM TO GET UPDATES BY CLICKING THE STAR NEXT TO THEIR NAME
Genre: Sci-Fi Reviewer: H.L. Publisher | Amazon | B&N About The Book The year is 2124. Earth’s first faster-than-light starship makes its maiden voyage into the unknown and disappears, only to be declared missing for the better part of two centuries. The ship’s historic first mission was supposed to be simple, just a test of the experimental displacement drive. … Read more
Early hominins known colloquially as “hobbits” may have been shorter than scientists thought, a new analysis of teeth and bones has revealed. The 700,000-year-old fossilized remains belonged to Homo floresiensis, an extinct species of exceedingly small humans that once inhabited Flores, an island south of mainland Indonesia, according to a study published Tuesday (Aug. 6) … Read more
It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: Jay Hartlove Fantasy, Paranormal Jay Hartlove is the playwright, director and producer of The Mirror’s Revenge, the musical sequel to the Snow White fable, which had its theatrical run in the San Francisco Bay Area in August 2018 to rave reviews. … Read more
Scientists have invented an injectable “goo” that can regrow cartilage in the body. For now, they’ve only tested it in sheep, but it could someday be used to repair joint damage in humans, the researchers say. In particular, they hope the goo can treat damage caused by degenerative diseases, such as osteoarthritis, and sports-related injuries, … Read more
It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: Novae Caelum Fantasy, Sci-Fi Novae Caelum is an author, illustrator, and designer with a love of spaceships and a tendency to quote Monty Python. Star is the author of The Stars and Green Magics (a winner of the 2022 Laterpress Genre … Read more
It is easy to imagine the moon as an atmosphere-less hunk of rock orbiting Earth. However, while lacking breathable air, our planet’s loyal natural satellite companion does have a thin and wispy atmosphere. Scientists have long puzzled over the existence of this tenuous atmosphere or “exosphere” and have searched for the main process that sustains … Read more
It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: L. A. Jacob Fantasy, Paranormal L. A. Jacob (occasionally writing as Jake Logan) has been writing since she could hold a pencil and draw a straight line. She wrote fan fiction before branching out into novels and short stories. After her … Read more
Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal Reviewer: Vin, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Vampires are not alive, but they have lives and wants and needs and desires. And other cravings. Erased from her vanity, Lady Isabella, a three-hundred-year-old vampire, longs to see her image and commissions an artist to paint her portrait. She’s … Read more
