The Fictional Aether

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Adrift in the Aether
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Aug 11, 2024 • Mark Hannam
Let's start the year with some incisive cultural criticism
Knives Out, Stranger Things, and Pluribus.
14 hrs ago • Mark Hannam
Three horrifying London episodes
(3/3) Mild-mannered professors out for blood
Dec 19, 2025 • Mark Hannam
Three terrifying London episodes
(2/3) In which I disgrace myself before the worst professor I have ever met
Dec 13, 2025 • Mark Hannam
Three disturbing London episodes
(1/3) The approach to the twelfth floor.
Dec 6, 2025 • Mark Hannam
Big feels in Florence
In which a brilliant professor fails to suppress his feelings.
Nov 29, 2025 • Mark Hannam
A Greek island tragedy averted
(At least for the hero of this story)
Nov 22, 2025 • Mark Hannam
I may never recover from my Best Trip Ever
The (sadly non-reproducible) key to perfect academic travel
Nov 15, 2025 • Mark Hannam
The Fictional Aether
The Fictional Aether
Fiction inspired by science and academia. I'd call it "science fiction", but some rascals already took that name. (Also, inevitably, non-fiction.)
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