Frank E. Lee
@djfrankelee.bsky.social
WXRT DJ (retired), science lover, walker
SFQOTD: "Eat hearty," Billy Halleck whispered in the sunny silence of the kitchen, and cut himself a piece of Gypsy pie." Richard Bachman
November 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM
SFQOTD: "Eat hearty," Billy Halleck whispered in the sunny silence of the kitchen, and cut himself a piece of Gypsy pie." Richard Bachman
SFQOTD: "The morning the Zone died Omega slept in, murk-mouthed in hangover." Colson Whitehead
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
SFQOTD: "The morning the Zone died Omega slept in, murk-mouthed in hangover." Colson Whitehead
SFQOTD: "Astrogation demands steady nerves---and that hunk of rock we had last night for dinner was no more a sauerbraten than I am." James Blish
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
SFQOTD: "Astrogation demands steady nerves---and that hunk of rock we had last night for dinner was no more a sauerbraten than I am." James Blish
SFQOTD: "He examined his new home star through the camera of one of the scout probes---and the strange filters of the ancestral visual system." Greg Egan
November 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
SFQOTD: "He examined his new home star through the camera of one of the scout probes---and the strange filters of the ancestral visual system." Greg Egan
SFQOTD: "All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth is Change." Octavia E. Butler
November 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
SFQOTD: "All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth is Change." Octavia E. Butler
SFQOTD: "With total singleness of purpose, the Ree sensors probed across space from the dark and silent ship, searching for a receptive human mind." Keith Laumer
November 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
SFQOTD: "With total singleness of purpose, the Ree sensors probed across space from the dark and silent ship, searching for a receptive human mind." Keith Laumer
SFQOTD: "I am afraid I cannot convey the peculiar sensations of time traveling. They are excessively unpleasant." H.G. Wells
November 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
SFQOTD: "I am afraid I cannot convey the peculiar sensations of time traveling. They are excessively unpleasant." H.G. Wells
SFQOTD: "There are no more highways, no more Earth. His father is off the Ark and on Mars by now, far centuries away." Greg Bear
November 18, 2025 at 11:09 AM
SFQOTD: "There are no more highways, no more Earth. His father is off the Ark and on Mars by now, far centuries away." Greg Bear
SFQOTD: "Even a time traveler doesn't peek into the future, Eddie---not if he's smart." Spider Robinson
November 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
SFQOTD: "Even a time traveler doesn't peek into the future, Eddie---not if he's smart." Spider Robinson
SFQOTD: "Then the dish began to turn, noiselessly, incredibly, and to tip. And it was not a dish anymore but an ear, a listening ear cupped by the surrounding hills to overhear the whispering universe." James E. Gunn
November 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
SFQOTD: "Then the dish began to turn, noiselessly, incredibly, and to tip. And it was not a dish anymore but an ear, a listening ear cupped by the surrounding hills to overhear the whispering universe." James E. Gunn
SFQOTD: "All the other satellites aloft are showing the same albedo, seems more and more like a case of "Hubble bubble, double trouble".' J.G. Ballard
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
SFQOTD: "All the other satellites aloft are showing the same albedo, seems more and more like a case of "Hubble bubble, double trouble".' J.G. Ballard
SFQOTD: "Physics. That's everything, mija. Study your physics and be a scientist and support me in my old age, eh?" Marie Vibbert
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
SFQOTD: "Physics. That's everything, mija. Study your physics and be a scientist and support me in my old age, eh?" Marie Vibbert
SFQOTD: "Well, we can't all be astronauts. The Air Force had its quota or something. I was in the Army so fast I hardly had time to pack." Robert A. Heinlein
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
SFQOTD: "Well, we can't all be astronauts. The Air Force had its quota or something. I was in the Army so fast I hardly had time to pack." Robert A. Heinlein
SFQOTD: "The human body was never really totally at home in the inhuman world of flightspace." Fred Saberhagen
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
SFQOTD: "The human body was never really totally at home in the inhuman world of flightspace." Fred Saberhagen
SFQOTD: "The constellation called the Wheel of Fire burned in every outworld sky; the wonder of it was notorious as far inward as Old Earth." George R.R. Martin
November 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
SFQOTD: "The constellation called the Wheel of Fire burned in every outworld sky; the wonder of it was notorious as far inward as Old Earth." George R.R. Martin
SFQOTD: "It was blue: the deep, inscrutable blue of a mountain lake, somehow peaceful and ominous at once." Robert Charles Wilson
November 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
SFQOTD: "It was blue: the deep, inscrutable blue of a mountain lake, somehow peaceful and ominous at once." Robert Charles Wilson
SFQOTD: "I sniff his shoes and bark. He smells friendly. I smell two cats and a hot dog and street tar and a car. I feel happy. I like cars." Nancy Kress
November 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
SFQOTD: "I sniff his shoes and bark. He smells friendly. I smell two cats and a hot dog and street tar and a car. I feel happy. I like cars." Nancy Kress
SFQOTD: "I was in the Terminal Institute for Enemies of Humanity, three kilometers beneath Ptolemaeus, on the Nearside." John Varley
November 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
SFQOTD: "I was in the Terminal Institute for Enemies of Humanity, three kilometers beneath Ptolemaeus, on the Nearside." John Varley
SFQOTD: "The telepath began broadcasting terror with such an uproar that alarms sounded all over Mars St. Michele." Alfred Bester
November 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
SFQOTD: "The telepath began broadcasting terror with such an uproar that alarms sounded all over Mars St. Michele." Alfred Bester
SFQOTD: "What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow." Mary Shelley
October 31, 2025 at 9:37 AM
SFQOTD: "What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow." Mary Shelley
SFQOTD: "It's the dead people, coming up invisible out of the water, gathering around me. Hush, is what they say." Margaret Atwood
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
SFQOTD: "It's the dead people, coming up invisible out of the water, gathering around me. Hush, is what they say." Margaret Atwood
SFQOTD: "Have you noticed how long it's taking for the flies to die off this year?" Alan Moore
October 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
SFQOTD: "Have you noticed how long it's taking for the flies to die off this year?" Alan Moore
SFQOTD: "We come in the age's most uncertain hours and sing an American tune." Paul Simon
October 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM
SFQOTD: "We come in the age's most uncertain hours and sing an American tune." Paul Simon
SFQOTD: "She did not feel safe until his van was out of sight.
Actually, even then, she did not feel safe." Dean R. Koontz
Actually, even then, she did not feel safe." Dean R. Koontz
October 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
SFQOTD: "She did not feel safe until his van was out of sight.
Actually, even then, she did not feel safe." Dean R. Koontz
Actually, even then, she did not feel safe." Dean R. Koontz
SFQOTD: "The Old One licks his lips. It is beginning." T.E.D. Klein
October 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
SFQOTD: "The Old One licks his lips. It is beginning." T.E.D. Klein