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What's going on this week at Baen Books? In observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the Baen offices are closed today. The Baen Fantasy Adventure Award submissions window is OPEN! Please follow the guidelines listed in the rules, and doublecheck as well. Every year as many as

Here are 3 sci-fi book recommendations from Your Friendly Neighborhood Rocket Scientist and author #booktwitter #sciencefiction #mustread #scifi #authorsoftwiiter #writingcommunity #space #science #bookrecommendations #mars #startrek #marsexploration

What might our future in space be like? Check out my scifi and nonfiction books Saving Proxima, Crisis at Proxima, and A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars! (& follow my Instagram @lesauthor.) #booktwitter #sciencefiction #mustread #scifi #authorsoftwiiter #writingcommunity #space

NASA is investigating the use of graphene to improve solar sail performance. I've long been an advocate of using graphene in solar sailing - it may one day allow us to build sails over a square mile in area that could reach the stars! linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

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Here’s how I cheated the system (not really) in getting my first novel published. For more content, follow my instagram @lesauthor. #booktwitter #sciencefiction #mustread #scifi #authorsoftwiiter #writingcommunity #space #science #bookrecommendations Tordotcom Publishing Baen Books

Pluto, my conclusion to Ben Bova's 'grand Tour' series will be published by Tor Books in Nov. Pre-order now at Barnes & Noble through Feb. 7 for 25% off! I hope Ben's fans, new and old, enjoy where I take the series! barnesandnoble.com/w/pluto-ben-bo…

Honoring Science Fiction writer Ben Bova. For more content, follow my instagram and tiktok @lesauthor. #booktwitter #sciencefiction #mustread #scifi #authorsoftwiiter #writingcommunity #space #science #bookrecommendations #sciencenonfiction #rockets

This isn’t your parents' lunar lander. For more content, follow my Instagram and Tiktok @lesauthor. #booktwitter #sciencefiction #mustread #scifi #authorsoftwiiter #writingcommunity #space #science #bookrecommendations #sciencenonfiction #rockets #lunarlanding

The lowly banana - a source of antimatter? #booktube #books #scifibooks #bookrecs #scienc... youtu.be/Mu5xTciKZnY?si… via YouTube

Are Brazil Nuts radioactive?

Mission to Methone, a story of first contact that will either give us the stars or result in the extinction of our civilization.

Time Travel Books - Here are 3 I recommend. Baen Books #BooksWorthReading #sciencefiction #TimeMachine

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Some call The Doctor! #drwho #drwhofan #sciencefiction #SciFiAdventure #... youtu.be/8Ui1uT_veuQ?si… via YouTube

This is how I almost got arrested when I moved to Alabama in a case of mistaken identity. (For more content, follow my Instagram and Tiktok) @lesauthor. #sciencefiction #mistakenidentity #huntsvillealabama #Alabama #storytelling

The 'easiest' way for us to reach the stars - but let's not! #scifibooks... youtu.be/o9UW7TLuhYE?si… via YouTube

Huntsville is hosting the Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space Conf. & I had the pleasure of moderating a panel of univ. leaders discussing how academia can work with industry and NASA to develop new space nuclear power and propulsion. (You know, rocket science stuff...)

Calling my fellow 'Rocket Scientists!' Check out the submission requirements for this Special Issue featuring breakthrough space propulsion and let the world know about your research.