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The Godfather: Peter Corris on science fiction, astronomy and the next Big Bang

The Godfather: Peter Corris on science fiction, astronomy and the next Big Bang

by NRB | 21 Mar 2014 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 0 comments

Few subjects interest me less than astronomy and space travel. I can’t be bothered with what’s happening light years away, the Big Bang or dark matter. I watched the moon landing with some interest but, with the Vietnam war raging, I saw it mainly just as another...
             

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