Born on this day – James Blish:

James Blish

Writer

May 23, 1921 – July 30, 1975

Credits:

Written work:

6 Great Short Novels of Science Fiction (1954); A Case of Conscience (1958); A Dusk of Idols, and Other Stories (1996); A Life for the Stars (1962); A Torrent of Faces (1967); A Work of Art and Other Stories (1993); And All the Stars a Stage (1971); Antigrav (1975); Anywhen (1970); Backdrop of Stars (1968); Best Science Fiction Stories Of James Blish (1965); Beyond Tomorrow (1976); Black Easter (1968); Born of the Sun: Adventures in Our Solar System (2020); Bug-Eyed Monsters (1974); Death's Angel (1981); Devil World (1979); Doctor Mirabilis (1964); Earthman, Come Home (1956); Flights of Eagles (2009); Galactic Cluster (1959); Get Out of My Sky (1980); Get Out Of My Sky and There Shall be No Darkness (1980); Giants in the Earth (1968); Human Machines: An Anthology of Stories about Cyborgs (1975); In This World, or Another (2003); Jack of Eagles (1952); Midsummer Century (1972); Mission to the Heart Stars (1965); More Issues At Hand (1970); Mudd's Angels (1978); Novelets of Science Fiction (1963); One-Shot (1955); Perry's Planet (1980); Planet of Judgment (1977); Science Against Man (1970); Science Fiction Gems, Volume Two (2011); So Close to Home (1961); Spock Must Die! (1970); Spock, Messiah! (1976); Star Trek 1 (1967); Star Trek 10 (1974); Star Trek 11 (1975); Star Trek 12 (1977); Star Trek 12 (1977); Star Trek 2 (1968); Star Trek 3 (1969); Star Trek 4 (1971); Star Trek 5 (1972); Star Trek 6 (1972); Star Trek 7 (1972); Star Trek 8 (1972); Star Trek 9 (1973); Star Trek: The New Voyages (1976); Star Trek: The New Voyages 2 (1977); Supermen (2002); Ten Tomorrows (1973); The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction (1980); The Best of James Blish (1979); The Day After Judgment (1971); The duplicated man (1959); The Fate of the Phoenix (1979); The Frozen Year / Fallen Star (1957); The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume IV (2018); The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume VI (2016); The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X (2018); The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X (2018); The Issue at Hand (1964); The Late Great Future (1976); The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF (2009); The Night Shapes (1962); The Price of the Phoenix (1977); The Quincunx of Time (1973); The Seedling Stars (1956); The Star Dwellers (1961); The Starless World (1978); The Tale That Wags the God (1987); The Testament of Andros (1965); The Thing in the Attic (1954); The Triumph of Time / A Clash of Cymbals (1958); The Vanished Jet (1968); The Warriors of Day (1953); They Shall Have Stars / Year 2018! (1956); Titan's Daughter (1961); Trek to Madworld (1979); Vor (1958); Vulcan! (1978); Welcome to Mars (1967); With All of Love (1995); Works of Art (1993); World Without End (1979); Worlds to Come: New Science Fiction Adventures (1967).

Movie and television:

The Beast Must Die (1974); The Secret Files of Captain Video (1953); Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949–1955).

Recommended reading - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, by Susan Cain (2013):

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking,

by Susan Cain (2013).

Description:

The book that started The Quiet Revolution.

At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over working in teams. It is to introverts — Rosa Parks, Chopin, Dr. Seuss, Steve Wozniak — that we owe many of the great contributions to society.

In Quiet, Susan Cain argues that we dramatically undervalue introverts and shows how much we lose in doing so. She charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal throughout the twentieth century and explores how deeply it has come to permeate our culture. She also introduces us to successful introverts — from a witty, high-octane public speaker who recharges in solitude after his talks, to a record-breaking salesman who quietly taps into the power of questions. Passionately argued, impeccably researched, and filled with indelible stories of real people, Quiet has the power to permanently change how we see introverts and, equally important, how they see themselves.

Alice Hoffman, on books:

Books may well be the only true magic.

- Alice Hoffman.

On this day in music history - Strength & Serenity - Flute & Piano, by Greg Maroney and Sherry Finzer (2020):

The album Strength & Serenity - Flute & Piano,

by Greg Maroney and Sherry Finzer,

was released on May 22, 2020.

On this day in movie history - The Little Prince (2015):

The Little Prince,

directed by Mark Osborne,

written by Irena Brignull and Bob Persichetti,

based on the novel Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 22, 2015.
Music by Richard Harvey and Hans Zimmer.

“One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eye.”

– Antoine De Saint–Exupéry.

Cast:
Jeff Bridges, Mackenzie Foy, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Riley Osborne, James Franco, Bud Cort, Benicio Del Toro, Ricky Gervais, Albert Brooks, Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, Jeffy Branion, Jacquie Barnbrook, Marcel Bridges, André Dussollier, Florence Foresti, Vincent Cassel, Guillaume Gallienne, Laurent Lafitte, Vincent Lindon, Guillaume Canet, Pascal Légitimus, Achille Orsoni, Clara Poincaré, Andrea Santamaría, Bernard Tiphaine, Veronica J. Valentini.

On this day in music history: Livin' on Love, by Deborah Coleman (2001):

The album Livin' on Love,

by Deborah Coleman,

was released on May 22, 2001.

On this day in movie history - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998):

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,

directed by Terry Gilliam,

written by Terry Gilliam, Tony Grisoni, Alex Cox and Tod Davies,

based on the novel by Hunter S. Thompson,

was released in the United States on May 22, 1998.
Music by Ray Cooper.

Cast:
Johnny Depp, Benicio del Toro, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Ellen Barkin, Gary Busey, Mark Harmon, Cameron Diaz, Katherine Helmond, Michael Jeter, Craig Bierko, Lyle Lovett, Flea, Larry Cedar, Tim Thomerson, Richard Riehle, Richard Portnow, Steve Schirripa, Larry Brandenburg, Jennifer Elise Cox, Kim Flowers, Tane McClure, Christopher Meloni, Harry Dean Stanton, Troy Evans, Debbie Reynolds, Jenette Goldstein, Verne Troyer, Gregory Itzin, Laraine Newman, Penn Jillette, Hunter S. Thompson.