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This Is the Kind of Thing that Keeps SF Writers Humble
Sea sponges that have evolved fiber optics. Who needs aliens? In other news, Barack Obama’s victory improves US chances to host the 2018 World Cup. Is there anything this guy can’t do?
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PW reviews the Vertigopedia
Peter Sanderson takes a look: Here I must engage in full disclosure: I have done freelance work on several of DK’s books about comics, as well as comics encyclopedias for other publishers. So I know how monumental a task researching such books can be, and salute The Vertigo Encyclopedia’s author Alex Irvine, who, oddly, is…
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But What If You’re a Novelist *and* an Academic?
It’s hard enough to offer a useful explanation of a book someone else wrote. Now, according to the Telegraph, I can’t even explain myself, since apparently academic research doesn’t measure up to fiction when it comes to addressing the intractable issues of the world. What am I to do? A provocative quote, from one Tom…
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Literary Map of Maine, Sort of: A Rant
The Portland Press Herald‘s Literary Map of Maine is a pretty cool place to spend a few minutes. Sure would be nice if it included some contemporary writers who don’t write autobiographical stuff about how hard it is to grow up in Maine. Also would be nice if it included writers who live in Maine…
Crooked House Fictions 