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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Last night I became a granddad! What an amazing feeling

Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

1/ I've always felt that if my first book "The Close Encounters Man" sold 10,000 copies, that would be a great accomplishment. So imagine how I feel having just learned that we've sold 6,736 copies of the paperback and 3,373 copies of the audiobook, for a grand total of 10,109!

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

North State Public Radio has posted my interview for its Blue Dot podcast! Host Dave Schlom and I talk about my new book "The Year Science Changed Everything." It's all about one of most important events in the history of science, the International Geophysical Year. www.mynspr.org/show/blue-do...

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Blue Dot: The International Geophysical Year 1957-58 with Mark O'Connell

Host Dave Schlom is joined by Mark O'Connell, whose screenwriting credits include Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, to talk about his non-fiction book, The Year Science Changed Every...

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

1/ I'm excited to be taking part in the Climate of H.O.P.E. Conference this week in Downers Grove, IL lnkd.in/e6QRspZN ! Hundreds of middle school and high school science teachers will be spending the day honing their craft, and learning new ways to teach science to their students,

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2024 ClimateOfHOPE Conference

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Ariaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

My friends in Austria sent this and I can't stop watching...wait for the end. 🤗💜

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Ten years ago today I was on an Antarctic cruise with my siblings. We were privileged to be with our dad as he fulfilled his life's dream and set foot on the the last of the 7 continents. It was the adventure of a lifetime, and a fantastic experience to share with my family!

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Put some tasty UFO and IGY reading under your Christmas tree this year! Link to my website www.markoconnell.info to see where to buy my two books. I'd prefer you buy them at your local indie bookstore, but chain stores are fine too!

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Today, December 6th, is my birthday! On this day I was "reborn" after surviving my bone marrow transplant and restaging my immune system. I have endless gratitude to all the family, friends, nurses and doctors who got me through it all. To celebrate I went out on a donut run!

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

I had a great time this weekend at the Wisconsin Book Festival talking about my new book, "The Year Science Changed Everything." Thanks to everyone at UW-Madison and the National Science Foundation's US Ice Drilling Program for making this possible!

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I just got a fundraising email from James Carville. James fucking Carville?? Are you shitting me, Democratic Party? That hopeless, pompous fuck up is still on the team?? I didn't contribute and I unsubscribed. This is a real problem for you.

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

1/ I'm having a real metaphysical moment here... At my agent's suggestion I ran my new book,THE YEAR SCIENCE CHANGED EVERYTHING, through an AI tool (to sell more books, you know), & the result is kind of fascinating, but kind of weird. I am still processing...

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

I watch bad movies then read up on them to see what made them so bad. Lately I've noticed a weird trend where reviewers will write that a movie bombed, then add that, "in recent years, however, the film has developed a cult following." I call BS on the crap movie cults.

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Today marks 15 years of marriage with this beautiful soul. How did I get so lucky?

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

This 4th of July seemed like a good day for Monica & me to tour the beautiful grounds of the Carter Center here in Atlanta and pay our respects to one of the most decent, honorable and admirable presidents we've ever had.

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Lately I've been preoccupied with my second book "The Year Science Changed Everything," so it was nice to see my first book at the local bookstore yesterday, displayed "cover out"! www.markoconnell.info

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Maybe we should just give him the Nobel Prize and he'll go away.

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

1/ I love that once you're part of the Star Trek family, you're in forever! I just got an invitation from the good folks at the Treksperts Briefing Room podcast to talk about one of the Deep Space 9 episodes I wrote way back in the 1990s & I can't wait. It never gets boring!

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TREKSPERTS BRIEFING ROOM: AN INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS PODCAST

TV Reviews Podcast · Updated Weekly · From the creators of the hit INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS podcast comes TREKSPERTS BRIEFING ROOM with hosts LISA KLINK (writer, Star Trek: Voyager) and PETER HOLMSTROM (...

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

1/ My interview on Beth Mund's "Casual Space" podcast is up! On this visit we talk about "The Year Science Changed Everything," my new book about the International Geophysical Year of 1957 and how it still benefits us every day.

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

1/ Really bizarre day: started with a bumpy interview about my new science history book, then news that my Ancient Aliens episode premieres tonight, only to have that news retracted by Discover... www.bethmund.com/casual-space...

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

bethmund.com

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I'm psyched that I'll be giving a talk about my new book "The Year Science Changed Everything" at the Wisconsin Book Festival/Science Festival in Madison this October. I did this event when my first book came out and I loved it--the second time should be twice as fun! www.wisconsinbookfestival.org

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

I recently did a fun interview about my new book, "The Year Science Changed Everything," with the ever-inspiring Beth Mund for her Casual Space podcast. We covered a lot of ground and had a lot of fun, and I can't wait for our talk to get posted! Watch This Space! www.bethmund.com/podcast

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I had a wonderful birthday dinner with Monica last night at Kimball House in Decatur, GA.

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

1/ Because people ask, my book The Year Science Changed Everything was in part inspired by Donald Fagen's 1982 hit song "IGY" IGY stands for International Geophysical Year, & Fagen imagines it as a future utopia where we "trust machines to make big decisions," cities are powered by the sun...

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

More library news: My daughter-in-law Claire is friends with Siobhan, a librarian at the Barrington, RI Public Library, and Siobhan has already got my book in her library's collection. And it's already been checked out! Thank you Claire and Siobhan! barringtonlibrary.oslri.net/Record/981770

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Googling my book today to see where it's popping up after its first few days on the market! Today's highlight? The Chicago Public Library chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1... Does this mean they bought a copy for each of their 81 locations? I can hope! Thank you, Chicago librarians!

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The Year Science Changed Everything: 1957's International Geophysical Year and the Future of Our Planet — Chicago Public Library

The Year Science Changed Everything: 1957's International Geophysical Year and the Future of Our Planet — O'Connell, Mark — <p>In <em>The Year Science Changed Everything</em>, author Mark O'Connell ch...

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

1/ A few years ago I started a podcast called Far-Fetched. It was about my unsold Star Trek story pitches from back when I was writing for them, but it morphed into a long narrative about my writing career. I cancelled F-F when my cancer treatments steamrolled me, but...

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Far-Fetched | Mark O’Connell

My career as a writer, from Star Trek: The Next Generation & Star Trek: Deep Space Nine to UFOs, crop circles, Bigfoot and beyond. With celebrity appearances from Mark Hamill, Bill Paxton, Tony Randal...

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I hung out on the porch for two evenings with this beautiful Luna moth. It's supposed to signal a spiritual rebirth or awakening, and you know what? I'm up for it.

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

1/ Big thanks to my friend Richard Hatem for having me on the new episode of his very entertaining show, "Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf" where we talked about my new book "The Year Science Changed Everything."

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

After three days the reviews for my book "The Year Science Changed Everything" are starting to come in. My favorite critique so far is "I ought to hate it, but I do not."

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Donating a copy of "The Year Science Changed Everything" to my local library. My mom was a librarian and often took me along during her shift. I always made a bee line for the science, space, sci-fi and paranormal books, & look at me now! markoconnell.info

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

After all this waiting, my book "The Year Science Changed Everything" finally arrives in bookstores tomorrow 5/6/25! I couldn't have guessed that by the time the book arrived in bookstores science itself might be close to being outlawed.

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Ayesha Khan - Every Single Sci-Fi Film Ever* @everyscififilm.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

"Have you ever wondered if there was more to life, other than being really, really, ridiculously good looking?" Image from apocalyptic sci-fi On the Beach (1959). People honestly have no business walking around looking like this.

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

You've heard of continental drift, right? Ever wonder how fast the continents are actually drifting? The same speed that your fingernails are growing. Learn more in my new book "The Year Science Changed Everything," available at bookstores May 6th. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-year-s...

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

We went to our fave indie bookstore today -- acappellabooks.com -- to celebrate the day and were blocked by a huge street festival. Seriously no parking within a mile. Came home with 0 new books.

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A Cappella Books

Welcome to the website of A Cappella Books

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I remain proud AF to have voted for both of these brilliant supremely qualified women, I’ll never regret it.

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

What's New, Pussycat? The other night for my birthday we went to see The Burt Bacharach Songbook performed by Todd Rundgren, two of my favorite musicians in one fantastic concert!

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

1/ I signed a contract to write "The Year Science Changed Everything: 1957's International Geophysical Year and the Future of Our Planet" way back in August 2023 and now I'm down to two weeks to publication!

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 18/04/2025

Yes!

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

@everyscififilm.bsky.social Do you think you'll ever open up a request line?

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Ayesha Khan - Every Single Sci-Fi Film Ever* @everyscififilm.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I will not be checking the news this morning because I checked my email first and look! 😱 I shall be refusing any negative information till at least noon. I shall be smoking a cigar in the library, ol’ chap. 🧐 I need to track down Chloe Walker and thank her in a non threatening manner. 💃🏻

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

So I got copies of my new book and got thru the painful first reading where every little thing seems to be wrong. Now I'm on to the second, pleasurable read, where everything seems just right. Next time I write a book I should just skip the first reading.

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Mark In Space @markoc60.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Look what just got delivered!

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