New evidence this week has suggested that Dark Matter is composed of a complex web of superstrings. Not ordinary superstrings – but super chunky, unwashed (hence the dark and dirty colour) double-ply strings. And that’s not all. The web is … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Ever since I saw the picture of the giant isopod brought up the the submarine crew last week, I was fascinated by this creature, which amounts to a deep water-dwelling pillbug. Some people think it looks like a giant, animated … Continue reading
Dreams can offer us a wealth of startling images, bizarre encounters, and fantastical situations. At their most memorable, they convey the emotional texture of our deepest longings, our most paralyzing fears, the memories we would as soon forget but must … Continue reading
The system ate a bunch of blog posts for lunch, including this one. Here it is, back again. Alack, comments have been lost. 🙁 A reader, herself a horse person with a young stallion to educate, asked me to post … Continue reading
(Picture from here.) I talk a lot about evolution. I think a lot about evolution. Other folks think about philosophy and art, engineering and science, love and marriage– I think about these, too. Sure. But I spend a lot of … Continue reading
by CL Anderson (no matter what is says up there) So, here’s the official version: It was announced on Friday, April 2, at Norwescon 33, in SeaTac, Washington, that the winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for … Continue reading
People ask writers this all the time. Sometimes it is asked in a tone of awe tinged with horror: What a sick sordid mind you must have — where do you get those gruesome ideas? I bet Stephen King gets … Continue reading
Scotland August 4, 2005 Everyone here sounds like Hamish McBeth. I find my mind falling into the West Highland cadence. My American accent sounds so flat after all that lushness. Bought a wheeled suitcase with detachable rucksack—much easier on my … Continue reading
Various bloggers are posting their lists of the ten books that have influenced them in their lives. I ran across this on Balkinization, where constitutional law professor Jack Balkin posted his list. Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy made his list, which … Continue reading
The Book View Cafe authors are delighted to welcome our newest author members…the Walking Dead! With proven staying power, back lists of books that have never gone away, and awards too numerous to mention, these authors will re-energize and re-shape … Continue reading