Category Archives: Books

Baby Steps in a Spacesuit: Newer Readings

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Ed Rybicki

Because I have nothing else to do (ha ha!!), and I have done quite a lot of reading in the last year or two,  I decided to collect my most recent reviews from the Amazon Kindle site. Enjoy!  A wonderful … Continue reading →

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So how DO you decolonise science?

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Ed Rybicki

I have been involved in a number of discussions around this topic recently, since publicly expressing my dismay at the appalling naivety of the poor #sciencemustfall proponent who dislikes gravity in particular, and all western science in general. I say appalling … Continue reading →

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The SA University Blues

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Ed Rybicki

I often alter other people’s songs, seeing as I have no talent to write my own, generally for the purpose of some light-hearted parody. This is less light-hearted. Piet Swart, you gave me the idea – so it’s your fault. … Continue reading →

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Baby Steps In a Spacesuit: The Long Earth Series

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Ed Rybicki

I was really rather excited to discover a couple of years ago, in my local Exclusive Books in Cape Town and just in time for my Xmas present to me, a new novel called “The Long Earth” – by one … Continue reading →

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Legends II: The 5DJ Concert

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Ed Rybicki

I’ve been coming back to the Guitar Boogie Bar for some time now – and it’s an interesting thing: it’s never in the same place twice. Somewhere near where I found it, always somewhere a little out of the way, … Continue reading →

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Izak and Lady

Posted on September 12, 2015 by Ed Rybicki

Other posts in the series: Enter Hilton ZA Virus: the beginning * * * Izak hadn’t always lived on the street.  Once, long ago, he’d been “Mr van Heerden”, and he’d lived in a small cottage in Elsie’s River, and he’d … Continue reading →

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Colony Four

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Ed Rybicki

People seem to be reading these offerings, for whatever reason, so here’s another – considerably younger than the others; in fact, dating dating from just two years ago. And in light of new findings about Pluto and Charon, I may just have … Continue reading →

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A Day at the Station

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Ed Rybicki

Here’s another, from the back archive: I think I wrote the original version about 30 years ago; this is resurrected from a much-copied .wri format file, from the misty past. A homage to the SF greats who inspired me: Roger Zelazny, … Continue reading →

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Tragedy’s Children

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Ed Rybicki

Seeing as the UCT Web renewal project has expunged all of my pages dating back to 1994 as if they had never been – I feel free to recreate them, via the magic of the Wayback Machine. Like this one B-) … Continue reading →

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We all came down to Montreux….

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Ed Rybicki

Well, to Lausanne, actually – but it’s just a boat ride to Montreux, so for the second time in ten years, we were where: We all came out to Montreux On the Lake Geneva shoreline To make records with a … Continue reading →

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