Monthly Archives: June 2007

This week I recieved some galleys for my forthcoming book, 100 Characters From the Bible. They look really beautiful, I think. My job was to add some text here and there, among other things.

Genesis II, Bigelow Aerospace’s second test facility was successfully launched this afternoon on a Russian Dnepr rocket (prior to the end of the Cold War, such missles were ICBMs; now Russia makes money with them). More details are available at … Continue reading →

Got an email from someone in marketing at Reader’s Digest Trade Books today. It’s the first direct contact I’ve had with them. Up til now, all communication had been through my London publisher, Quarto. They needed author’s photos for their … Continue reading →

Armadillo Aerospace (founded and run by the guy who made the Doom games) did a demo launch of his lunar lander; if he does what he did with this test at the XPrize Cup in New Mexico in October, he’ll … Continue reading →

Richard Chesnoff of the New York Daily News writes: Forty years ago tomorrow, Israel wielded its terrible swift sword against the attack-poised armies of Egypt, Syria and Jordan – and saved the Jewish state from destruction. It was the Six-Day … Continue reading →