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To the Stars!
A fascinating bit in Wired about what’s either a massive boondoggle and con-job or (much less probably) a tremendous technological leap forward. Mars in 41 days? Can tourist jaunts to Olympus Mons be far behind? (Also recently in Wired, this terrific piece about one of my favorite 80’s artifacts, Weird Al Yankovic.)
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Uh Oh
One more SFnal apocalypse scenario takes a step toward reality, as researchers in eastern Siberia discover a whole lot of methane escaping from the seabed. An isolated incident? Maybe. Let’s hope so, anyway.
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On the Radio
Just finished taping this week’s “Back to Business,” with Deb Neuman on WVOM 103.9, the Voice of Maine. The topic: the business of writing, about which I’m not sure how much I know, but that didn’t seem to deter Deb. Also participating in the discussion were Hank Garfield and Janet Chapman, as well as a…
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Comes news that Universal has hired the director of Wanted and the screenwriters who gave us the Olsen twin masterpiece New York Minute—to write and direct Moby-Dick. At first this didn’t seem too apocalyptic for people who might care about the book, but then the Variety article cheerfully imparts the following information. The writers revere…
Crooked House Fictions 