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    Scifi Optimists versus Scifi Pessimists

    September 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments

    Scifi pessimists say – we’ll never be able to feed 8 billion people.
    Scifi optimists invent algae which can fix nitrogen from the air, generate fertilizer, and live in a symbiotic relationship with roots of food plants in airborne greenhouses.
    Scifi pessimists say – global warming will kill us all.
    Scifi optimists invent CO2 scavenging algae which generate [...]

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    Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

    June 11th, 2009 · No Comments

    Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
    I have never cared about the zombie theme, but I can’t wait to read this.

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    Joe Haldeman’s Accidental Time Machine

    May 28th, 2009 · No Comments

    Just finished listening to Joe Haldeman’s “The Accidental Time Machine” from Audible.

    As a time travel story it was excellent, there was a time machine, multiple uses of that machine, time travel was a key element of the story, and there was even a time loop. The overall story dragged at many points, especially when [...]

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    Six word Scifi stories

    May 13th, 2009 · No Comments

    Six word scifi stories are excellent !
    Mine says:
    Time machine broken, dinosaurs are drooling !

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    Great writing = Verbs

    April 19th, 2009 · No Comments

    Want to be a great writer?  Quit using adjectives and adverbs.   Use verbs.
    Here’s a list of verbs.  Right-click “Save As” to save these to a file.
    Study them and use them. Your writing will shift to a new level.
    If you like this list perhaps you might consider reading your next book on a Kindle !

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    Data Robotics

    April 16th, 2009 · No Comments

    The data robots have started to take over, see http://www.mydl.me/ for details.

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    Singularity, a free audiobook

    January 29th, 2009 · 3 Comments

    I have started listening to a free audiobook, Singularity by Bill DeSmedt. So far it’s great, it’s about the real cause of the Tunguska explosion.
    I’ll review the book when I’m done listening to it.
    I listen to it as a podcast feed.  I had some trouble setting up the feed in iTunes, the response of [...]

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    Your own personal stereotype

    January 18th, 2009 · No Comments

    This is slightly off topic for this blog, but I found this ZenHabits post to be deeply profound.  To sum it up, virtually everyone fits into a pidgeonhole:  the smart guy, the cold physician, the golf hack, the office gossip, the troubleshooter, the troublemaker.  It applies to scifi writers too.  How many pidgeonholed authors have [...]

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    Jesus in Science Fiction

    January 4th, 2009 · No Comments

    io9 asks “Can Jesus Become Your New SF Hero?”
    Readers of this blog already know the answer:   YES !
    If any of you are allowed to post comments on io9 I would appreciate a plug.  io9 will not even respond to my requests to be given permission to add comments.
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    io9 – What’s the deal?

    December 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

    io9 is a science fiction blog run by Gawker media.  They appear to want lots of input, but they also lock people out of adding comments.  Why don’t they want comments?  Perhaps it’s just me, has anybody been quickly given authority to comment?

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