m. c. de marco

Here’s a landscape in pixels by Abstruse Goose.

Last week at Tor: Justin Howe reviewed a book about The Remarkable and True Account of Life on the Moon which was neither.

Matthew Goodman’s The Sun and The Moon: the Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York recounts those weeks when the city was infatuated with the Great Moon Hoax.

Via Twitter: an unpublished photo of Tank Man has now been published in a New York Times blog.

This isn’t really related to science fiction; it’s more of a high-tech thriller story. Bill at Switchback tells the tale of a construction crew that hit a buried fiber-optic cable, prompting an immediate, unexpected response from men in black SUVs:

Georgelas assumed that he was dealing with the federal government and that the cable in question was “black” wire — a secure communications line used for some of the nation’s most secretive intelligence-gathering operations.

“The construction manager was shocked,” Georgelas recalled. “He had never seen a line get cut and people show up within seconds.

Sorry about the lack of posts recently. Service should be restored by next week.

In local news, there will be a bone marrow drive at Kehillath Israel in Coolidge Corner (384 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA) this Sunday and Monday. See the Gift of Life website for more details.

Via Universal Hub: the Gloucester Fisherman came out of nowhere to win the competition to get onto the Massachusetts state quarter.

Via Universal Hub: Governor Patrick wants to hear your opinion about what Massachusetts landmark should go on our forthcoming state quarter. Vote early (by February 26th) and often!