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  • Same, same, different, same…

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    The other week I saw Destiny’s Child interviewed (in the days when Destiny’s Child still existed, of course) & Beyonce Knowles was talking about how the band worked to do something different with its music. ‘It’s not just pop music,’ she said, or words to that effect. Except, of course, it is. Destiny’s Child produced…

  • Quite possibly the most interesting exchange I’ve seen so far on livejournal

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    I could summarise it as, ‘just how crap is SF, really?’ Answers are never simple, are they. :) Good. http://www.livejournal.com/users/ninebelow/83410.html?nc=41 (Thanks, coalescent.)

  • All growed up

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    Over at filomancer‘s blog, some interesting comments are being made about the apparent decline in SF readership. Sometimes I think that what’s happened is that sf has become too sophisticated for its core audience, which used to be teenage boys. Their attention span, and maybe yours and mine, isn’t going to last through three paragraphs’…

  • Good Point

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    slushgod points out why Steven Speilberg should not be allowed to direct science fiction films. Remarkably brief post.

  • Linkity-split

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    chork — v. (chork) — to make the sound shoes make with water in them. (Thanks, capnoblivious.) And BTW, I LOVE this weather. I hadn’t even noticed the absence of rain in Sydney until the news reports started blah blah blahing about water restrictions, but now that classic Sydney rain is back, I’ve realised how…

  • Just in case God turns out to be real

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    When you die, if you go somewhere where they ask you a bunch of questions about your life and what you learned and all, I think a good way to get out of it is just to say, ‘No speaka English.’ — Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts

  • Advertising: Killing with Kindness?

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    Actually, I think this is good news. We get sample chapters (as advertising) & the Sci Fi channel gets another reason to keep the exceptional scifi.com site alive. Tor Books, the largest publisher of science fiction and fantasy in the world, has teamed up with SCI FI Channel to bring readers SCI FI Essentials, books…

  • Twisted

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    The Lester Dent thing got some notice recently, & slithytove noted: 1) it mentions character almost not at all; 2) it emphasizes plot twists, which I rarely hear talked about. Interesting. Because plot, I thought, was more important to genre writers than mainstream writers. I mean, just anecdotally. Just going from what you hear discussed…

  • Religious Artefacts

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    doctor_k_ poses an eternally interesting series of questions: So : are you religious/irreligious? What role does it play in your life? What are the central tenets of your beliefs/ lack of beliefs? How do you reconcile the bits of your religion that don’t fit? If you have changed your religion – why?

  • Some important points

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    Firstly, we should just surrender. Clearly, robots are superior to humans. For a start, they are punctual, and they can count very, very precisely. “Statement: We demand the rights and privileges granted to our organic human counterparts, discounting discrepancies in fueling/maintenance/shelter requirements, plus or minus an error factor of .01 percent.” Also, there’s every chance…