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S dniom razhdjenia!

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

No, that title’s not a mistake, it’s an homage.
Today is the birthday of novelist Vladimir Nabokov. Though he was born in St. Petersburg, Russia on this day in 1899 Nabokov and his family had to flee Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution. He sailed to America with his family in 1940, arriving in New York City [...]

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S dniom razhdjenia!

Monday, April 23, 2007

No, that title’s not a mistake, it’s an homage.
Today is the birthday of novelist Vladimir Nabokov. Though he was born in St. Petersburg, Russia on this day in 1899 Nabokov and his family had to flee Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution. He sailed to America with his family in 1940, arriving in New York City [...]

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Articles on Writing

Tuesday, August 1, 2006

So, not too long ago, I brought you a link to an on-line course in writing.
But, by now, I’m betting you’re ready for more stuff on writing science fiction and fantasy. Well, even if you’re not, I found a table of contents on the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America website that has all [...]

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Review: Industrial Magic

Saturday, September 10, 2005

I finished reading Industrial Magic this week.
It wasn’t my usual fare, but it wasn’t bad. Probably not good enough to hunt down more of the series, but not bad. Honestly, the title is what got me. If I’d actually read the back cover, I probably wouldn’t have bought the book at all. [...]

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Review: Code of Bushido

Thursday, November 11, 2004

The male version of the “bodice ripper”.
Let me preface this review with the simple statement that this is: a) Not the kind of book I usually read, b) There is almost nothing about real “bushido” in the book, and c) Was purchased at a used book store for less than a dollar. Okay, I [...]

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Space, the Moon, and Beyond!

Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Wow, there’s been a lot of space-travel news lately.
And, that’s a good thing, I think. It means people are talking about it and doing things about it. Yesterday, I posted a story about India’s moonshot and last week I mentioned a couple of things about the X-Prize and SpaceShip One. Well, now [...]

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Black-Magic Vision

Thursday, October 7, 2004

Three-dimensional books. Cool.
There’s a project afoot that makes 3-d books a reality. It’s called Black Magic. So far, they’re still in the experimental stage, but it looks good. They’ve done a story about America’s Cup in 3-d and have a “simulation” that can be downloaded to a PC. The viewer [...]

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The Ethics of Terraforming

Monday, January 26, 2004

Is there such a thing?
Well, David Grinspoon thinks there is. In this article on Slate, he questions whether or not we should be going to Mars with the nationalist attitude that is driving our country right now. I have to admit, he raises some interesting points. For one thing, the proponents of [...]

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