Daily Archives: December 11, 2011

What might be over there

Posted on December 11, 2011 by

(Picture from here.) The news last week, among other things, is Kepler-22b, a planet about 2.4 times the radius of Earth orbiting a G-type star, Kepler-22. Kepler-22 is about 600 light years from her. Kepler-22b appears to be orbiting in … Continue reading →


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Men and Shipping

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by Sherwood Smith No, not tallship goodness. By shipping, I mean writing relationships as fan fiction. I also notice in exploring it that by far the greatest percentage of new terms has arisen out of the powerfully organized fanfiction network. … Continue reading →


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