Papers, Articles 2021 ongoing
1. Review, Chris Lintott, “The Crowd and the Cosmos”, Concatenation, January 2021.
2. Comment on Deborah Byrd, ‘Do Mars dust storms cause the mysterious zodiacal light?’, Earthsky, online, March 10, 2021.
3. Comment on Alicia McDermott, ‘Ancient Indian Flying Machines – Truth in the Legends?’, Ancient Origins, 13th March 2021.
4. ‘Moonrock 2021’, Concatenation, April 2021.
5. Reply to question, ‘Can the impact of lage meteorites lead to flipping of the Earth's magnetic poles?’, researchgate.net, 19th April 2021.
6. Reply to Prof. Stan McDaniel, ‘Possibly Interesting Question’, SPSR, 18th June 2021.
7. Reply to Dr. Jiří Mazurek, Silesian University in Opava, ‘Can we detect miniature extra-terrestrial vessels in our solar system?, Researchgate, 28th June 2021.
8. ‘”The Stones and the Stars. Building Scotland’s Newest Megalith”, Orkney News, 4th July 2021.
9. Reply to Dr. Filipe Wiltgen, Doctor of Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion Engineering in Tokamak, Universidade de Taubaté, ‘What is your scientific opinion regarding use of spacecraft thrusters with nuclear reactors?’, Researchgate, 6th July 2021.
10. Review, Aliya Whiteley, “Skyward Inn”, Shoreline of Infinity 24, July 6th 2021.
11. Review, Peter Crowther, “Things I Never Knew My Father Knew”, ParSec, Vol, 1 No. 1, August 2021.
12. Review, Derek Künsden, “The House of Styx”, ParSec, Vol, 1 No. 1, August 2021.
13. Review, John Appel, “Assassin’s Orbit”, ParSec, Vol, 1 No. 1, August 2021.
14. Review, Tom Major, “Universal Language”, ParSec, Vol, 1 No. 1, August 2021.
15. Review, Paul Di Filippo, “Worldshifter”, ParSec, Vol, 1 No. 1, August 2021.
16. ‘The Solar System’s First Interstellar Visitor ’Oumumua Revisited’, Concatenation, September 14th 2021.
17. Comment on ‘Dr. John Brandenburg on The Martian Revelation’, SPSR, September 10th, 2021.
18. ‘Incoming!’, Spaceflight, October 2021.
19. ‘Remembering Ed Buckley’, Spaceflight, December 2021.
20. Reply to Ananda Siriena, ‘Could There Be Similar Heads on Mars?’, SPSR, online, November 14th, 2021. Postscript, reply to Stan McDaniel, November 15th, 2021.
21. ‘Remembering Ed Buckley’, Spaceflight, December 2021.
22. (with Rob Coppinger) ‘’Oumuamua, a guide for future human probes’, Spaceflight, December 2021.
23. Review, Gary Gibson, “Echogenesis”, ParSec #2, December 2021.
24 Review, Eric Brown, “On Arcturus VII”, ParSec #2, December 2021.
25. Reply to Shuraik Kader, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology – Department of Civil Engineering, ‘Time Travel – a “Possibility” or Not?’, Researchgate, 14th February 2022.
26. Reply to Bernie Bell, ‘The Nebra Disc’, (Orkney News Feb. 22nd 2020), 26th February 2022.
27. Obituary, Capt. Alan C. Evans, quoted at funeral 28th February 2022.
28. Reply to Paul Somerville, ‘Investigating Kepler’s Law on Planetary Motion’, Researchgate, 7th March 2022.
29. Review, Angus McAllister, “Cyber Puppets”, Shoreline of Infinity 29:1, March 2022.
30. Reply to Jay K. Mishra, ‘Is There Any Evidence of Plate Tectonics on the Moon?’, Researchgate, 22nd March 2022.
31. Review, Daniel Bennett, “Requiem for an Astronaut”, ParSec #3, 20th April 2022.
32. Review, Stephen Baxter, “Galaxias”, ParSec, Parsec #3, April 2022.
33. Review, Edward Ashton, “Mickey7”, ParSec #3, April 2022.
34. Review, Ian Whates, ed., “No More Heroes”, ParSec # 3, accepted but not used.
35. Reply to Chad Dixon, Del Cotter, on deep-space ion-drive missions, 24th April 2022.
36. Review, Chris Hadfield, “The Apollo Murders”, Concatenation, April 25th 2022.
37. Contribution to Bernie Bell, "‘I Think, Therefore I Am’ – René Descartes”, Orkney News, 29th April 2022.
38. Correction to ‘Ursa Major the Great Bear, Home to the Big Dipper’. EarthSky, 7th May 2022.
39. Reply to Hakan Umal, Istanbul University, ‘Is There a Way to Avoid Starlight to Find Planets?’, Researchgate, May 6th 2022, replied May 16th.
40. Review. Adam Oyebanji, “Braking Day”, Shoreline of Infinity 31, 6th June 2022.
41. Reply to Seema Tripathy, ‘Why Is There Haziness in My Comet?’, Researchgate, 28th June 2022.
42. ‘Sailplanes on Mars’, Orkney News, 4th July 2022.
43. Comment on Ananda Sirisena, ‘Landsat Looks at the Moon’, SPSR, 7th July 2022.
44. Review, Darren Speegle & Michael Bailey, eds., “Prisms”, ParSec # 4, July 2022.
45. Review, John Dodd, “Ocean of Stars”, ParSec # 4, July 2022.
46. Review, Stephen Baxter, “Galaxias”, Orkney News, 30th August 2022.
47. Review, Florian Freistgetter, “A History of the Universe in 100 Stars”, Concatenation, 15th September 2022.
48. ‘Notes on Campaign Song for Dark Skies’, Orkney News. 18th September 2022.
49. Reply to Ananda Siriensa, ‘Viking Lander Photo’, SPSR, 29th September 2022.
50. Reply to Chali Idosa Uga, ‘What is the connection between solar flares and sun halo effects? Is there a link between the CME and the sun halo?’, Researchgate, 10th October 2022.
51. Review, Chris Hadfield, “The Apollo Murders”, Orkney News, 25th October 2022.
52. Review, Gary Gibson, “Proxy” and Kate Dylan, “Mindwalker”, ParSec #5, November 2022.
53. Review, Stuart Clark, ed., “The Book of Mars”, ParSec #5, November 2022.
54. ‘Music: Duncan Lunan’. ‘Glen Cottage Cookbook’, ‘Snow, Collisions and the Ferry that Didn’t’, ‘Boom and Fireball’, excerpts from ‘Where Indivisuals Grew’ (unpublished), Dave Goulder and Friends, “The Torridon Portfolio, Rebel Hostel in the Glen, 1967-1973” (see Books).
55. Review, Florian Freistgetter, “A History of the Universe in 100 Stars”, Orkney News, January 1st, 2023.
56. Comment on ‘Scotland and New Year # On This Day’, Orkney News, 1st January 2023.
57. Review, Stuart Clark, ed., “The Book of Mars”, Orkney News, January 8th, 2023.
58. Review, Kim Stanley Robinson, “Red Moon”, Angus McAllister, “Close Quarters”, Orkney News, 15th January 2023.
59. Review, Craig Russell, “Fragment”, Shoreline of Infinity, accepted but not used.
60. Review, James Dunham, “The Helena Orbit”, Shoreline of Infinity, accepted but not used.
61. Review, Angus McAllister, “The Cyber Puppets”, Orkney News, 22nd January, 2023.
62. Review, Stephen Baxter, “The Thousand Earths”, ParSec # 6, 28th January 2023.
63. Review, Chris Lintott, “The Crowd and the Cosmos”, Orkney News, 29th January 2023.
64. Reply to Massaud Mostafa, ‘How Do You Know a Meteorite?’, Researchgate, 30th January 2023.
65. Space Notes: Helicopters in Space, Orkney News, 5th February 2023.
66. Space Notes 2: Balloons in Space, Orkney News, 12th February 2023.
67. Review, Stephen Baxter & Alastair Reynolds, “The Medusa Chronicles”, Orkney News, 19th February 2023.
68. Review, Derek Künsden, “The House of Styx”, Orkney News, 26th February 2023.
69. ‘Solar System Exploration’, Orkney News, 5th March 2023.
70. ‘Scottish Space Writers’, Orkney News, 12th March 2023.
71. ‘Scottish SF Writers’, Orkney News, 19th March 2023.
72. Review, Jane Yolen, “Midnight Circus”, Shoreline of Infinity, 21st March 2023.
73. Space Notes: Art, Poetry and Music. Orkney News, 26th March 2023.
74. Space Notes: Howlers that Weren’t, Orkney News, 2nd April 2023.
75. Space Notes: Capt. Eric Brown, RN, Orkney News, 9th April 2023.
76. Space Notes: Spacecraft, by Jupiter, Orkney News, 16th April 2023.
77. ‘Launch Costs in the New Era’, Concatenation, 17th April, 2023.
78. Review, Daniel R. Altschuler, Fernando J. Ballesteros, “The Women of the Moon”, Orkney News, 23rd April 2023.
79. Review, Michio Kaku, “The Future of Humanity”, Orkney News, 30th April 2023.
80. ‘The Earth from Space’, Orkney News, 7th May 2023.
81. ‘’Oumuamua – Astronautical Interpretations’, Analog, May-June 2023, in press; illus. William K. Hartmann, David A. Hardy, Sydney Jordan.
Pending
1. Review, Neil Williamson, “Queen of Clouds”, ParSec, accepted.
2. ‘Waverider – a Spacecraft in Waiting, Newly Topical’, 4th Prize, Griffith Observer Seidel Essay Contest, Griffitth Observer, in press.
3. Review, M.D. Lachlan, “Celestial”, ParSec, accepted.
4. Review, H.G. Parry, “The Magician’s Daughter”, ParSec, accepted.
5. Review, A.G. Riddle, “Quantum Radio”, ParSec, accepted.
6. Review, Martin MacInnes, “In Ascension”, Shoreline of Infinity, accepted.