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Month: September 2016

SpaceX Rocket Explodes On Launch Pad

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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, meant to launch a satellite this weekend, exploded on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Reports suggest the explosion occurred during a static fire test of the rocket’s engines. The Falcon 9 was getting ready to launch the Amos 6 satellite, a communications probe for the Israeli satellite operator Spacecom. The mission was scheduled for 3AM ET Saturday morning. Prior to all launches, SpaceX conducts a static fire test, in which the rocket’s engines are turned on while the vehicle is constrained. It’s a routine procedure the company has done many times before. Full Story … Read more

Announcement: Sentries Shorts, by Elizabeth Noble

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Sentries Shorts

QSFer Elizabeth Noble has a new MM paranormal alternate history title book out: Want to try out my Sentries series for free? Love the series and want a little more? Over the years I’ve written a few short stories in the world of Sentries and have compiled them in a free eBook. It’s available on my website and in PDF, mobi and ePub. Take one or all three. About the series: You are everything to me. My breath, my heartbeat. Without you my life would be empty. Three hundred years ago, natural disaster reformed the face of North America, and the people … Read more

For Readers: Vote With Your Dollar

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer ‘Nathan Smith: “How consciously do readers ‘vote with their dollar’? By which I mean I try very hard to purchase and pre-order LGBTIQA and AoC authors, #ownvoices, etc.?” I’m gonna expand Nathan’s topic scope a bit. I’d also like to ask, do you withhold your purchases from authors who you think have acted badly? Someone notoriously anti gay, for instance? Someone who has plagiarized in the past? Someone who has acted badly at cons? Or is the quality of the writing the most important thing? No name calling or calling out here … Read more