SF and F Roundtable

Next Up: June 2020

At midnight, in the month of June, I stand beneath the mystic moon. Edgar Allan Poe, The Sleeper

Next Up: May 2020

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. Marie Curie
But also—
It's May! It's May! The lusty month of May! Lerner & Loewe, Camelot

Next Up: April 2020

Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed. Mark Twain, Following the Equator

And we celebrate them with April Fool's Day.

Next Up: March 2020

By March, the worst of the winter would be over. The snow would thaw, the rivers begin to run and the world would wake into itself again.
Not that year.
Neil Gaiman, Odd and the Frost Giants

Maybe this year: spring.

Next Up: February 2020

“Do you ever wonder if—well, if there are people living on the third planet?" "The third planet is incapable of supporting life," stated the husband patiently. "Our scientists have said there's far too much oxygen in their atmosphere.”
Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles

Well, that settles that. Up and coming, Valentine's Day,

Next Up: January 2020

"It snowed and snowed, the whole world over,
Snow swept the world from end to end.
A candle burned on the table;
A candle burned."
Boris Pasternak, Dr. Zhivago

Deep winter, the time of stealthy new beginnings.

Next Up: December 2019

"....when old Winter puts his blank face to the glass,
I shall close all my shutters, pull the curtains tight,
And build me stately palaces by candlelight.”
Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

Here come the holidays, almost all at once.

Next Up: November 2019

“October extinguished itself in a rush of howling winds and driving rain and November arrived, cold as frozen iron, with hard frosts every morning and icy drafts that bit at exposed hands and faces.”
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

And, of course, Thanksgiving.

Next Up: October 2019

"It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude."
H. P. Lovecraft

Here comes Halloween.

Next Up: September 2019

“Science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world, because it's the history of ideas, the history of our civilization birthing itself. ...Science fiction is central to everything we've ever done, and people who make fun of science fiction writers don't know what they're talking about.”
Ray Bradbury

Well. Now. Maybe so... But.