More sci fi comedy! And TASAT is go! Plus many other sci-fi related sites and resources!

For your weekend pleasure, I've posted the third installment of THE ANCIENT ONES - my SF comedy novel... that also delivers some unexpected twists on hoary sci-fi tropes. I don't see any comments under the prior postings, so I assume they were... fun? That some of the puns knocked you unconscious?

Your wit is welcome.

Okay, back to the world and varied ways to save it!

Far more important than any of the news below, is my annual suggestion for Seasonal Giving -- how your philanthropy dollars can be targeted in ways that help to achieve the world you want. If you have a dozen things you feel should be done, there’s an NGO trying for each of them. Please read. 

Save the world, your way.

== And now something for you... ==

...Well, for the prosperous sci fi aficionado. After 44 years, there is a hardcover of my first novel Sundiver. It's a lovely, collectible edition (numbered and signed) with a gorgeous new cover and interiors by Jim Burns. From Phantasia Press. (Not cheap. But wow does Phantasia do good work!)

Are you more rich in nerdy sci fi knowledge, instead? 

Well again, The TASAT project -- There's A Story About That! -- is doing great! A special service I've tried to bring into the world for almost 20 years. And now, thanks top master programmer Todd Zimmerman, it lives!

Come by TASAT.org and see how there's a small but real chance that nerdy SciFi readers like you might one day save the world!

Or like Ray Bradbury's chillingly prescient time paradox story "The Sound of Thunder."

Addendum -- other science fiction resources:

And now a year-ed gift for the nerdiest. A passel of web resources all about science fiction!

Here is a list of useful online science fiction resources, including databases, encyclopedias, as well as discussion forums and question and answer sites... 

Science Fiction Academia

Science Fiction Research Association -
“The oldest professional association dedicated to scholarly inquiry into Science Fiction and the Fantastic across all media.”

SFE: SF Encyclopedia -  
“Our aim is to provide a comprehensive, scholarly, and critical guide to science fiction in all its forms.”

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database -
“A freely available online resource designed to help students and researchers locate secondary sources for the study of the science fiction and fantasy and associated genres.”

J Wayne and Elsie M Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction   -
“A safe space for inquiry into, education about, and celebration of the genre.”

Science Fiction Databases

The Internet Speculative Fiction Database - 
“A community effort to catalog works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.”

Science Fiction – TV Tropes -
A section of the famous TV Tropes site, focused on popular themes in science fiction.

Inventions and Ideas from Science Fiction Books and Movies at Technovelgy.com -
"Explore the inventions, technology and ideas of science fiction writers at Technovelgy (that's tech-novel-gee!)"

Science Fiction Forums

Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange -  
“A question and answer site for science fiction and fantasy enthusiasts.”

r/scifiwriting -
A subreddit for writers of science fiction.

r/AskScienceFiction -
"It's like Ask Science, but all questions and answers are written with answers gleaned from the universe itself."

Worldbuilding Stack Exchange -
“A question and answer site for writers/artists using science, geography and culture to construct imaginary worlds and settings.”

And yes, I'll repeat that I am continuing each week, more or less, posting chapters of my sci fi comedy novel THE ANCIENT ONES. Hey, can you really turn down free yucks?

== Defy The Beast! == 

The world is worth loving and saving. We do that by proselytizing what can truly save it...

...belief that we have a future.