Who : Scott Maxwell and the fairly small Brotherhood of Mars Rover Drivers
What : They've been name- (or job-) checked in a recent SF short story.
Where : Karl Schroeder, of Canada, in the story "Laika's Ghost" ; published in at least the "Engineering Infinity" anthology, but possibly elsewhere.
When : Published 2010, but some of the stories are copyrighted 2011 ; go figure. ISBN 978 1 907519 51 2
Why : Well, the anthology as a whole is pretty good (so far ; not finished reading it yet). But I started using this "Twitter" thing recently and I heard of the Mars rover driver who "twits". So I started "following" him (sounds like I became his stalker!) and then he (or his character) turns up in a book I'd ordered for completely other reasons.
If the world is small, then Mars must be even closer.
Somewhere to write my notes and comments while out and about. Typically, these are bits of science news that tickle my fancy.
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