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Daily Archives: September 4, 2011
A Case Study of Science in Science Fiction, Part 2
Previously, I talked about how I created the aliens in my first novel, Caliban Landing. If you didn’t read that, look here. To summarize, the aliens of Caliban were blind to normal light but saw by the emitted radio waves … Continue reading
Court and Cooties: History, custom, and small-r romance
by Sherwood Smith Everyone seems to be aware that many customs of the ‘old days’ are no longer in use. But where our historical knowledge varies is not only being aware of what customs (and why they were employed) but … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Reading, historical novels, History, romance
Tagged reading, Sherwood Smith, Writers on Writing
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