Frank E. Lee
@djfrankelee.bsky.social
WXRT DJ (retired), science lover, walker
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
SFQOTD: "When he did sleep, his dreams were uneasy and more than once he cried out miserably in the dark, as if to ward off things that had already been let in forever." Stephen King
October 23, 2025 at 9:44 AM
SFQOTD: "When he did sleep, his dreams were uneasy and more than once he cried out miserably in the dark, as if to ward off things that had already been let in forever." Stephen King
SFQOTD: "He was deathly pale, just like a waxen image, and the red eyes glared with the horrible vindictive look that I knew so well." Bram Stoker
October 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
SFQOTD: "He was deathly pale, just like a waxen image, and the red eyes glared with the horrible vindictive look that I knew so well." Bram Stoker
AFQOTD: "He bought the American dream but it put him in debt
The only game he could play was Russian roulette." Bob Dylan
The only game he could play was Russian roulette." Bob Dylan
October 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
AFQOTD: "He bought the American dream but it put him in debt
The only game he could play was Russian roulette." Bob Dylan
The only game he could play was Russian roulette." Bob Dylan
SFQOTD: "No tongue showed between his parted lips; worms writhed there instead, and among the worms gleamed stars." Gene Wolfe
October 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
SFQOTD: "No tongue showed between his parted lips; worms writhed there instead, and among the worms gleamed stars." Gene Wolfe
SFQOTD: "There is evil afoot in Isengard, and the West is no longer safe." J.R.R. Tolkien
October 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
SFQOTD: "There is evil afoot in Isengard, and the West is no longer safe." J.R.R. Tolkien
SFQOTD: "The phrase "our new, happy life" recurred several times. It had been a favorite of late with the Ministry of Plenty." George Orwell
October 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
SFQOTD: "The phrase "our new, happy life" recurred several times. It had been a favorite of late with the Ministry of Plenty." George Orwell
SFQOTD: "And Yahweh closed the door behind Noah." Genesis 6:16
October 15, 2025 at 9:42 AM
SFQOTD: "And Yahweh closed the door behind Noah." Genesis 6:16
SFQOTD: "We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of the black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far." H.P. Lovecraft
October 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
SFQOTD: "We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of the black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far." H.P. Lovecraft
SFQOTD: "I see your armour-plated breast has long since lost its sheen and in your death mask face there are no signs which can be seen." Keith Reid/Gary Brooker
October 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
SFQOTD: "I see your armour-plated breast has long since lost its sheen and in your death mask face there are no signs which can be seen." Keith Reid/Gary Brooker
SFQOTD: "Oh, my friend, how did you come, to trade the fiddle for the drum?" Joni Mitchell
October 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
SFQOTD: "Oh, my friend, how did you come, to trade the fiddle for the drum?" Joni Mitchell
SFQOTD: "Did you ever wake up to find, a day that broke up your mind? Destroyed your notion of circular time? It's just that demon life has got you in its sway." Jagger/Richards
October 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
SFQOTD: "Did you ever wake up to find, a day that broke up your mind? Destroyed your notion of circular time? It's just that demon life has got you in its sway." Jagger/Richards