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Jewish Futures: Science Fiction from the World's Oldest Diaspora|Paperback
Jewish extraterrestrials? Brisket-eating zombies? Baby robot golems? The first Jewish diaspora began nearly three thousand years ago. Those three millennia have informed a rich story-telling tradition that will only continue to expand in the coming centuries. This volume-the literary heir to the Wandering Stars anthologies of the 1970s and '80s (and leading off with a very personal essay by Jack Dann, who edited those books)-extrapolates Jews and Judaism into a wide future.
The Great Miracle
Editor’s Note: We at Apex Magazine love our dark SF. 2015 has been a tough twelve months for many so we wanted to run something that offers optimism and hope. Any member of any religion (or lack thereof) will enjoy Michael A. Burstein’s tale of perseverance in the face of adversity. Apex thanks Michael for letting us run his story. Enjoy! It gets dark early this time of year, the time of the winter solstice, and it gets cold far too early as well. I feel that cold much more in my bones nowadays.
NFL faces COVID-19 Outbreak
Increasing cases among the NFL made for a tumultuous Week 12 Michael Burstein, Staff Writer December 6, 2020 When the NFL season first kicked off almost three months ago, there was a lot of skepticism as to whether they’d be able to play a complete season without a bubble and with health experts warning of a spike in COVID-19 cases as the weather turned colder. We now know this spike the experts warned of has become a reality and it’s not sparing anyone, not even the NFL.
Two top seeds set to face off in World Series
Los Angeles and Tampa Bay will soon lock horns on baseball’s biggest stage Michael Burstein, Staff Writer October 22, 2020 The final stage is set. After two back-and-forth league championship series which tested the depths of both rosters in a pair of game sevens, only two final teams remain. The 2020 World Series will be a classic matchup between the top seeds from both the American League (A.L.) and National League (N.L.).
Four teams remain in MLB postseason
It’s down to just four. When the first pitch of the 2020 MLB playoffs was thrown, just over two weeks ago, on Sept. 29, for the first time in Major League Baseball history, there were 16 teams. Now, just four remain. In the American League (A.L.), the sixth-seeded Houston Astros return to the championship series for the fourth consecutive season.
October’s back, welcome to post-season baseball
As the leaves begin to fall and the temperature starts dropping, it’s time for playoff baseball. In a year when there has been so much uncertainty as to whether there would even be a baseball season, we have finally made it to October and the post-season. With the shortened 60 game season every organization knew there was no time to waste. Each game virtually counted as 2.7 games of a regular 162 game season.
NFL Week one: Browns stumble, Chiefs roll
It had been 221 days since Super Bowl LIV concluded when the new NFL season finally kicked off on Sept. 10. The reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs hosted the Houston Texans to start what will surely be one of the most uncertain seasons the NFL has ever experienced. What at first appeared to be a normal offseason quickly changed with big trades and signings, COVID-19, and most notably, the rise in discussions surrounding racial injustice seen across the country.
Across the Universe: Tales of Alternative Beatles
The Fab Four are reimagined as wizards, robots, hockey players, zombies, the Marx Brothers, and more in this anthology from Ventrella ( Big Stick) and Dawn (Home for the Holidays). An introduction by “Wicked” series coauthor Nancy Holder sets the stage.
A Trustees’ Retreat | Trustees’ Corner
On one Sunday afternoon in September, the board on which I serve held a retreat. It took a while to organize; we’re a 12-member board, and although we are all generally committed to our monthly meetings—not to mention outside time spent working on various committees, attending library programs we sponsor, or showing up at town budget meetings to advocate for the library—it’s difficult to find time when all of us are free. The retreat was suggested by one of the trustees to our current chair.
Nature : Nature Research
This room of the university's Artificial Intelligence Lab looked like the study of an Oxford don. The walls were covered with bookcases and — of course! — paper books. There was a small end-table with a lace doily. There was no teapot. The visitors were not at all what one might expect in a computer lab. There was a Catholic priest, a Lutheran minister and a rabbi. Two dark suits and a tweed vest covering an expansive paunch. Two dog-collars and a yarmulke.
Observant Jews ‘daven’ long, prosper at area sci-fi con
BOSTON – Every January since 1990, the Arisia science fiction convention, one of the largest annual fan-run conventions in the field, has been held in the Boston area. Last month, as in previous years, the convention included one special item: an egalitarian service held on Friday night for observant attendees to welcome Shabbat. The full version of this story is only available to online subscribers.
[GUEST POST] Michael A. Burstein on How to Save Eureka
A Modest Proposal for Eureka Fans by Michael A. Burstein Nomi and I have been enjoying the television show Eureka ever since it began its run on the Syfy Channel (back in 2006, when it was the Sci-Fi Channel). For those of you unfamiliar with the show, it’s about a secret town filled with scientific geniuses who develop advanced technology for the United States.
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