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- Sat Nov 03, 2007 3:32 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: The Two Cultures of Science Fiction
- Replies: 1
- Views: 35220
Thanks for the pointer, Calvin! I agree that the essay is rather vague, whereas the Analog thread throws out several interesting tidbits. I cannot judge the negative review of the Analog issue without having read the stories themselves. However, it is generally true that Golden Age writers gave char...
- Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:39 pm
- Forum: The Art of Science, Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Topic: Because sometimes an otherworldly trip...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 39596
- Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:38 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: The science and the fiction in science fiction
- Replies: 12
- Views: 95178
- Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:14 pm
- Forum: Literature and Cinema
- Topic: Happy 41st Anniversary Star Trek
- Replies: 5
- Views: 56228
I had to read up on the ST episodes when I wrote my book, I don't think I ever saw any of the series in their entirety. Still, to think of the original McCoy being a Southerner and the present incarnation being a Kiwi... not that Urban is not easy on the eyes, mind, just a sea change! Odd how these ...
- Mon Oct 29, 2007 5:10 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: The science and the fiction in science fiction
- Replies: 12
- Views: 95178
I recently read an SF novel that attempts to seriously address the physiological/behavioral consequences of living on another planet, which is earth-like enough to allow unassisted breathing, etc. It's Hurricane Moon by Alexis Glynn Latner. Thrown in for good measure are politics, genetic engineerin...
- Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:34 pm
- Forum: Musings and Chats
- Topic: Happy Birthday Athena!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 92331
- Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:26 pm
- Forum: Literature and Cinema
- Topic: Doris Lessing wins the Nobel Prize for Literature!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 38886
- Thu Oct 11, 2007 12:33 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: Icarus Beach: a teaser
- Replies: 16
- Views: 137059
Re: It's here!
Not bad at all! Though it's so small on the web page that I cannot distinguish the features of the people. But they did capture the concept.caliban wrote:Plus the cover!!
- Sat Oct 06, 2007 2:16 pm
- Forum: Musings and Chats
- Topic: Happy Birthday Athena!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 92331
- Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:49 am
- Forum: Musings and Chats
- Topic: Happy Birthday Athena!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 92331
- Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:53 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: Icarus Beach: a teaser
- Replies: 16
- Views: 137059
- Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:02 am
- Forum: The Art of Science, Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Topic: New Addition to the Galleries
- Replies: 4
- Views: 51283
Dear Heather, this is indeed stunning -- the body and face expressions (of both the principals and the equally important pair on the wings), the atmosphere, the accoutrements, your usual meticulous attention to each detail. She looks like one of the sacred Hindu dancers done in stone in the temples,...
- Sun Sep 09, 2007 2:27 pm
- Forum: Literature and Cinema
- Topic: Rendezvous with Rama
- Replies: 3
- Views: 41616
Clarke chose Europa for the subsequent 2001 novels after the Voyagers revealed its true nature in 1979. I didn't read any of the 200X novels, I only saw the two films ---2001 and 2010 (I preferred the latter, despite the classic status of the former). That's why I thought he had singled out Europa ...
- Sun Sep 09, 2007 1:32 pm
- Forum: Literature and Cinema
- Topic: Rendezvous with Rama
- Replies: 3
- Views: 41616
Re: Rendezvous with Rama
Since at least 2000, a film version of Arthur C. Clarke's SF classic Rendezvous with Rama has been promised by Morgan Freeman. // I did not care for the second novel in this series (it was so not Clarke) and didn't bother with the rest. Why can't some people leave the classics well enough alone? I ...
- Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:14 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: Light Pollution
- Replies: 7
- Views: 70719
An absolutely wonderful and thought-provoking essay! The New Yorker is (hurray!) slowly reverting to its pre-Tina Brown days. Lighting that allows us to see the stars; helps retain circadian rhythms, prevent cancer and keep enriching our myths; decreases vandalism and animal deaths; and is cheaper t...