Daily Archives: June 3, 2012

Printing Presses and Dinosaurs

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I have a restless nature that enjoys change. That’s probably the reason we’ve lived in three cities and are planning another move. And even when we stay in one place for a while, we move from house to house. Like … Continue reading →


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Music, Altruism and Human Cognition

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My father was convinced that early exposure to music was important and from the time I was born (some time around the K-T boundary) he played classical music in the house. When I was very young– perhaps three– he bought … Continue reading →


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Authorized Cruelty

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  There are some writers who really like putting their characters through hell. I remember my first discovery back in the early seventies of the subset of fannish writing called “character torture” that spun off from the pon farr part … Continue reading →


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