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Novels of Science
Writing in Scientific American, Mark Alpert argues that we need more novels about science: A good work of fiction can convey the smells of a laboratory, the colors of a dissected heart, the anxieties of a chemist and the joys...Posted on May 7, 2008 10:46 AM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Iain M. Banks, Matter [Library of Babel]
The latest book by Iain M. Banks proudly proclaims itself to be a Culture novel-- part of a loosely connected series of novels and stories about humans living in a vast and utopian galactic civilization-- which makes its opening in...Posted on May 6, 2008 8:07 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Film Festival Query
If we did a grass-roots film festival funded by reader donations, would you contribute?Posted on May 1, 2008 10:41 AM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A Pro-Science Film Festival: Why Not?
There's absolutely no reason we couldn't launch the ScienceBlogs.com Online Film Festival right now.Posted on April 27, 2008 10:33 AM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Non-Dorky Poll: Political Documentaries
The release of Expelled has generated all sorts of chatter, almost certainly more than it deserves on its merits as a film. It's also produced repeated mentions of the fact that it's the eight highest-grossing political documentary of all time--...Posted on April 22, 2008 9:44 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Non-Dorky Poll: Drinking Songs
What's your favorite drinking song?Posted on April 10, 2008 10:44 AM • 25 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
John Scalzi Should Be Ashamed of Himself
I'm not sure whether he's making some kind of obscure point, or just trolling, but John Scalzi gave a recent installment of his "Big Idea" series over to the witterings of "Vox Day," talking about his book The Irrational Atheist....Posted on April 10, 2008 8:36 AM • 228 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Deep Questions from Pop Music: Commas
Who gives a f*ck about an Oxford comma, anyway? And why?Posted on March 28, 2008 7:27 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Hugo Nominees 2008
The Hugo Award nominees for this year have been released. The category I care most about is Best Novel, where we have: The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins, Fourth Estate) Brasyl by Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr) Rollback by...Posted on March 21, 2008 8:46 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Literary Divination
Using books to fortell the future.Posted on March 20, 2008 11:39 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Arthur C. Clarke, RIP
As approximately six billion other blogs have noted, Arthur C. Clarke is dead. His obit in the Times runs to three pages, which is a good indicator of just how long and distinguished his life was. My initial reaction is...Posted on March 19, 2008 7:53 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Plot Synopsis Project, and the Problem with LiveJournal
Joshua Palmatier, whose first two books I enjoyed, and probably ought to booklog, has organized the "Plot Synopsis Project," in which a bunch of published SF authors post copies of the plot synopses they sent with their successful novel pitches,...Posted on March 18, 2008 8:10 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow
Little Brother is Cory Doctorow's bid for a place on this year's list of banned books. It's a book that not only encourages kids to hack computers, commit vandalism, and thwart law enforcement, it gives them detailed instructions on the...Posted on March 2, 2008 9:11 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
"Story of Your Life" Guest Lecture
Notes from my appearance as a guest speaker in an English class.Posted on March 1, 2008 10:36 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Hypothetical Scenario: Love and Death
Say you were offered the chance to be introduced to the great love of your life, your absolute perfect soul mate. The two of you will be perfect together-- compatible personalities, the same taste in movies and books, sex so...Posted on February 27, 2008 3:50 PM • 97 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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