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In Memory
Robert McCall, 1919 — 2010
(Photo: University of Arizona Museum of Art)
(See Scott Edelman’s tribute here)
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You Suck, Pluto
I really wanted to keep my mouth shut on this blog. I didn’t want to get into any flame wars or controversies. I didn’t want to be mean or nasty. But I just can’t hold back any longer.
You suck, Pluto.
I recently got caught up on the debate centering on the demotion of Pluto from a [...]
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Why I Want an iSlab
Back in the early 1980s — or maybe it was even the late 1970s — there was a short, speculative piece in Omni magazine on a future computer, just a few paragraphs long, or even one. The computer would be a portable, small device that you could carry around with you. The picture that accompanied [...]
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Science-Fictional Quote of the Week
I posted this quote on another blog several months ago, but want to post it here so that … it can be here.
“The delight which SF writers show when encountering one another personally, at conventions or on panels or during lectures, indicates some common element shared by them, novices and old pros alike. There always [...]
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Strange Visits to the Future via Small Orange Devices
Olivetti Divisumma 18 calculator
Designed by Mario Bellini, 1973
307 mm x 120 mm x 52 mm; 1,330 grams
Used as a prop in the television series “Space: 1999″
iPod Nano
Designed by Apple, 2009
90.7 mm x 38.7 mm x 6.2 mm; 36.4 grams
Bought by my ownself last week when my old one expired.
When the software asked me to give [...]
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Frission Defined
Noun. 1. A word inadvertently used by the attendant to this tower, probably as a misinterpretation of frisson. 2. A frisson engendered by fiction, usually speculative fiction, with an infusion of truth. 3. An excitement from feeling in accord with an idea: The concept contained a certain frission for him. 4. A fusion of [...]
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A Monumental City: The Shared Worlds Question
Shared Worlds, a creative writing experience for students in grades 8 to 12 to be held from July 19 to Aug. 1 at Wofford College, asked prominent science fiction and fantasy writers the question “What’s your pick for the top real-life fantasy or science fiction city?” Writer Jeff Vandermeer, Shared Worlds assistant director and instructor, [...]
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Science-Fictional Quote of the Week