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 FARMER IN THE SKY still timely enough, June 29, 2009
This was written in 1949, and it shows … but the sharpness of Heinlein’s observation of character is sufficient to overcome the time lapse. The relationship between father and son in the first few chapters is keenly observed and still rings true.
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 Dharma Tee, June 29, 2009
I wish they had Tall sizes. I would also like to see a customizable logo (DHARMA Ann Arbor, etc.(
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 Old school SF from the era of Analog, June 28, 2009
Baen Books has earned the eternal gratitude of science fiction fans by keeping the great SF of the 1950s, 60s, and 1970s alive in complete reissuess of the work of masters like Keith Laumer and James Schmitz. Unfortunately, this collection of the works of Howard Myers probably shouldn’t have made the cut. The best stuff in this volume are the three very droll stories about Olivine, Renegade of the Space Patrol. Those are well worth reading for any fan of the 60s-era Analog.
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100 stars: the Geek Atlas, June 17, 2009
Received a review copy of this fascinating book from O’Reilly. Top notch stuff.
One might argue for the inclusion or exclusion of certain sites: for example, is it really fair to leave out the Lego Museum in Copenhagen?
I also wish the title had included a nod to binary … why not 100000 Places instead of 128?
Well worth a place on the shelf for anyone interested in science, mathematics, history, or travel.
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 Rethinking Poul Anderson: better than Heinlein?, June 17, 2009
I have been re-reading the three volumes (so far) in Baen’s reissue of the Van Rijn, Falkayn, and Flandry stories, and the headline has been rediscovering just how good a science fiction writer Poul Anderson was. One of the back cover blurbs says something to the effect that “Poul Anderson … probably does more different things well than anyone else in the field”, and I think that is a very fair assessment. The science is great, the politics is very good, the characterization is very good, and the maturity level of the author is far higher than, say, Heinlein. Anderson’s very best is not as good as Heinlein’s very best, but almost everything of Anderson’s is far better than Heinlein’s weak stuff–and none of it is marred by the self-indulgence and wish fulfillment that marked later Heinlein.
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Great hard-bitten thriller fiction with one of the best final lines I have ever read.
Amazon.com: Such Men Are Dangerous: Lawrence Block: Books.
My super-literate author J P Cross (THE CALL OF NEPAL) dropped “shramming” into his manuscript — which was a new word to me!
Oxford English Dictionary shram, v..
To benumb or paralyse with cold. Chiefly pass.
In Dante: http://books.google.com/books?id=JvarpYw_jWwC&pg=PA87&dq=shramming+dante&ei=0XwpSrerGpO-M6m-vI4H
Just saw this at the rec center on Turner Classic Movies while exercising. Terrific! Can’t wait to see it on the HDTV. Maybe check out the Irving Stone novel.
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965).
A must for Saberhagen completists. I had never read the Swords story (which provides the reasons why the Swords all went missing) or the second Berserker story, which is Saberhagen’s answer to Asimov’s Foundation Series.
Of Berserkers, Swords and Vampires by Fred Saberhagen – Baen Books.
Who has exorbitant prices, other than scientific, academic, and professional publishers?
Mr. Turvey said that Google would probably allow publishers to charge consumers the same price for digital editions as they do for new hardcover versions. He said Google would reserve the right to adjust prices that it deemed “exorbitant.”
via Poised to Sell E-Books, Google Takes On Amazon – NYTimes.com.
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