science-fiction – CHARLES GILLINGHAM

Why Didn’t We Go Back to The Moon?

Notes on Progress TIME MACHINES Human bodies are time machines. My grandfather, born in 1896, grew up in the “wild west” of California: horses, buggies, the occasional train. Before he died, he flew 400 mph in a jet airliner as big as a building and watched men walk on the moon. But what happened duringContinue reading “Why Didn’t We Go Back to The Moon?”

I. The Latitude of Falling Sparks

Everybody who is my age or older can remember exactly where there were the day they heard about The Amazing Journey of Colonel Eratosthenes Smith. It was that kind of thing. If you’re too young to remember then forget about it. You have no idea. It’s like that moon landing thing. To you and me,Continue reading “I. The Latitude of Falling Sparks”