Tap.. tap… Is this thing on?
Many years ago, a friend declared “we won” after seeing a dragon featured in a Superbowl commercial. “The geeks won,” she elaborated, and explained what had made her say that. Yes, SF won the culture wars. No, organized fandom has not acted the part.
Polynesians made it to the Americas long before Europeans. How could they have covered that much ocean without also hitting the Americas? Unpossible!
Whedon made more from Dr. Horrible than from the first Avengers movie. Given Hollywood accounting, depending on his contract, you might be surprised how lowball the pay could be. Whereas the one he made himself, he owns.
Fascinating analysis of how the song was crafted and why, as a result, it is so enduring.
Scottish-Canadian scientist William Leitch was the first to describe rocket space flight, easily predating Goddard and Tsiolkovsky. We’re talking 1861! Then in book form a year later. As the article notes, this even predated the science fiction of Verne that inspired the later pioneers.
This is a cool piece on the making of fictional maps you see in books. I found myself repeatedly going back to the map in the latest book I read, and was pleased that it was properly designed to be zoomable on Kindle.
Or something like it, has been created by the State Science Institute Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea.
Books, Humor, Science, Technology, World
Dee Vivian is pharmacy tech of the year for helping a dad bring home monster spray for his daughter.
A Matter of Canon, be it Star Trek, Star Wars, Harry Potter, superheroes, or your own writing.
They are reuniting! I’m exactly the right age to have loved their music, even if you weren’t supposed to admit it, even then. It’s a shame they didn’t get properly paid. That’s way to common.