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Vertigopedia, Hanif Kureishi, and Flannery O’Connor
Bully was at BEA, and took this picture of a spread from the Vertigopedia. Newsarama‘s blog noted it, and also pointed to Brian Wood, of (among other things) DMZ and Northlanders fame, saying nice things about the book. And in another note: Hey, Hanif Kureishi, in this article you really come across like an asshole.…
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1997, 1998, 2002, 2008…
I nearly died in the final seconds. BoingBoing linked a little while ago to this page, which is chock-full of links to classic SF TV shows, and a few movies. Some awesome stuff, including Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot. And here is a little note from ICv2 about the Vertigopedia.
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Twilight of the Gods
The Film Music Society (since picked up everywhere else) notes the passing of Alexander Courage, who composed the Star Trek theme. This in addition to Harvey Korman and Sydney Pollack over the past few days. It’s time for a memorial viewing of Blazing Saddles.
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More Mars
io9 has images from the HiRISE camera, which followed the descent of the Phoenix lander and then snapped some pics of the lander on the surface. Here’s one (click on it for full-size image):
Crooked House Fictions 