Positive Comments for Geoffrey Landis’s Story…
Thursday, June 4th, 2009Check them out here. No spoilers. Not many, anyway.
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »>More Diamonds in the Classroom
Saturday, March 28th, 2009I noticed this blog entry by Dr. Robin Anne Reid: On a creative procrastination note, behind the cut is my list of books for my fall online graduate science fiction course (which is tied to a university initiative where sf will be the focus of two sections of 201 which will be ‘tied’ to an […]
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »>A Review of Dimaonds Story “Galactic Stress” by David Levine
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009You can find it here, with this to say among other things: The view from inside the HVF dataset was awesome! Not only was it fun reading about it, but it helps provide people with an interesting way to comprehend the magnitudes of distance in our universe – and that is very cool. I think […]
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »>Diamonds Stories in the Classroom
Monday, March 2nd, 2009We’ve started getting hits from professors using the stories in their astronomy classes. Cool! That’s one of our goals, and we hope that continues. Sometimes a story can ground a concept better in the mind than a very clear but abstract passage in a textbook.
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »>Reviews are Starting to Appear
Saturday, February 28th, 2009Fantastic Reviews Blog highlights Mary Robinette’s story, “Jaiden’s Weaver”: “Jaiden’s Weaver” falls in that category, and it is as good an example of YA science fiction as has seen print since Robert Heinlein was still with us. Set on a habitable ringed planet, “Jaiden’s Weaver” illustrates the concept of planetary rings. The rings come into […]
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »>Some People Announcing or Discussing Diamonds Online
Thursday, February 19th, 2009Thank you for helping to spread the word and please continue to do so. MSNBC Cosmic Log Boing Boing John Scalzi at Whatever Tor.com SF Signal Science Not Fiction Mary Robinette Kowal Alma Alexander Variety SF Random Musings from the Desert True Science Fiction Christopher Kastensmidt Slog News and Arts Etc. A whole bunch more. […]
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »>The Original Announcement on www.mikebrotherton.com
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007It was here, way back in December of 2004. These things take a while to get funded and to happen. You can decide how well I managed. Not too far away from my original vision.
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »>AAS Abstract About Diamonds in the Sky
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007I presented a poster paper about this idea at the January 2005 American Astronomical Society meeting in San Diego, California. The AAS held a special session on using the Humanities to Teach Science. David Brin also attended and gave a memorable talk to a standing-room-only crowd. My abstract is still online, and here it is, […]
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