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Andrew Liptak is a writer and editor from Vermont who writes about science fiction and technology. Sign up for his newsletter here.

Wingspan is phenomenal, and it’s worth playing just to see the art! Read more

I’ve found that putting out lots of food regularly has had a really neat effect of attracting more and more birds, along with a variety of feeder types: we have a couple of suet feeders, a ground feeder, and a hummingbird feeder. When the time comes, I’m definitely planning to find some more local plants to see who Read more

They eat SO MUCH. I really love them, because they have so much personality and seem so curious and fearless. We generally have 5-6 at any given time, and I love watching them flitting back and forth from the trees to the feeders.  Read more

I’ve really started listening to him in the last year or so, and I’ve definitely taken mental notes on how he goes about asking questions. He’s a really great interviewer. I do the same with Terry Gross.  Read more

Two things: my dad taught me how to change the oil in my car. There’s also long car trips listening to Car Talk. Read more

Ah man. I spent so many hours playing Lode Runner: The Legend Returns. (I realize that wasn't one of his games, but it came from his.) Read more

one of the things I love about The Expanse series: they pay attention to a bunch of these. Read more

I work from home once a week. We went through a pretty extensive testing phase before we were allowed to do it, but it worked out nicely. Read more

I saw that James S.A. Corey is in here. A new Expanse story? Read more

There's a bunch of the one-season shows that are worth blowing through: Kings, Daybreak, Awake, and a couple of others along those lines. Single season, fairly contained storylines. Read more

I thought it was a neat take on the military in speculative fiction. It had some flaws, but overall, I thought that it was a neat read. Read more

Total Recall is hitting Redboxes today. I'll probably watch that. Read more

Oh yeah - it's a way to reduce risk, but it just seemed like an odd thing to say. Maybe there's some reason the risk is higher. Read more

What are the odds of them actually hitting an Apollo site? I'm guessing it's pretty slim. Read more