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You might think that modern sculpture is a complete waste of time, but what does that make avant-garde haute couture?
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Posted on May 14, 2008 9:51 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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...
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Posted on May 7, 2008 10:46 AM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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...
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Posted on May 6, 2008 8:07 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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
There's absolutely no reason we couldn't launch the ScienceBlogs.com Online Film Festival right now.
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Posted on April 27, 2008 10:33 AM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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
What's your favorite drinking song?
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Posted on April 10, 2008 10:44 AM • 25 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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....
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Posted on April 10, 2008 8:36 AM • 228 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Who gives a f*ck about an Oxford comma, anyway? And why?
Posted on March 28, 2008 7:27 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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...
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Posted on March 21, 2008 8:46 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Using books to fortell the future.
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Posted on March 20, 2008 11:39 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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
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,...
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Posted on March 18, 2008 8:10 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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...
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Posted on March 2, 2008 9:11 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Notes from my appearance as a guest speaker in an English class.
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Posted on March 1, 2008 10:36 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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...
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Posted on February 27, 2008 3:50 PM • 97 Comments • 0 TrackBacks