S.D.Falchetti

Season 2 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds isn’t over yet, but the writers are already knocking it out of the park

It’s hard to believe Black Mirror has been producing content since 2011. After bingeing Season 6, I offer a few thoughts.

Hear Hayden’s World for the first time

How closely does a flight simulator match reality? I found out last week when I flew both a real and virtual plane to the same airport.

Netflix’s R-rated sci-fi anthology returns for Season 3. How does it stack up versus previous seasons?

Paramount+ released Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, taking us back to Pike’s Enterprise. As a fan who grew up watching the classic series, what do I think?

What happens when a sim pilot flies a real Cessna?

It’s been twenty-two years since the first Matrix blew our minds. How does the Matrix Resurrections measure up?

Once again I’m the last person in the world to watch something popular. What did I think of Netflix’s Squid Game?

As a long-time Robert Jordan fan, how do I think Amazon is doing with their newly-released Wheel of Time series?

Want to go old school and navigate a 70s-era Piper Warrior IFR using nothing but nav radios and maps? Follow along in this step-by-step instruction for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.

I just finished the audiobook of real-life astronaut Chris Hadfield’s historical space fiction piece, The Apollo Murders. Does it deliver everything I hoped it would?

There’s nothing better than a hardcover for a tactile reading experience. The Hayden’s World novels are now available through IngramSpark.

I spill the beans and share the secrets of how I make my book covers.

Hayden’s World: Volume 1 is now available as a hardcover produced by IngramSpark.

Westworld’s Lisa Joy writes and directs the near-future sci-fi noir Reminiscence, starring Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, and Thandiwe Newton. How does it fare?

If you enjoy flight simulation and aviation, come join me on my YouTube channel where I have 108 videos featuring VFR and IFR flights using real-world procedures. I’ve pulled together a short list of some of the more interesting one.

A pantser becomes a plotter, and shares a scene from the cutting room floor.

Go interstellar with the newest Hayden’s World novel, Bernard’s Dream.

I rock my wings flying the famous Fisk Arrival into OshKosh with real-life air-traffic controllers

In Andy Weir’s latest book, Project Hail Mary, a human and an alien must team up to save their worlds. How does it compare to the Martian and Artemis?

This weekend Netflix released Season Two of the anthology Love, Death and Robots. I give my thoughts on how it stacks up to Season One,

Netflix’s original movie Stowaway was released this weekend. How does it fare as cerebral sci-fi?

There are clear winners for game choices in Detroit: Become Human, but, thinking like a writer, what are the best story choices?

As a writer, I thoroughly admired the effort that went into producing Detroit: Become Human

43 Seconds is now an Audible audiobook. I talk about the process of creating it.

I share some of my process for taking astrophotographs with the Nexstar 8SE

Once you get comfortable flying with eyeballs, it’s time to learn how to fly blind.