Who Killed Science Fiction?
John W. Campbell, Jr.: "It isn’t science fiction that’s in trouble—it’s fantasy fiction!" L. Sprague DeCamp: "the audience has dwindled, mainly, I think, not because of anything wrong with the stories, but as a natural result of
Review of King of infinite space: Donald Coxeter, the man who
From the other blog:. I'm reading a lot of science auto/biography these days, and generally enjoying it a lot. While generally not much of a fan of the "great man" theory of science history, I also tend to like a really good story
Carroll correction coming
Reporter John Carroll quoted MyDD founder Jerome Armstrong as writing that he was actually the I will say that I'm the only John Amato who created C&L and blogs here, but there is another John Amato on the internet that is not me.
Military Christianists: America #3 on their Loyalty list
pentagon1.jpg This is not a joke. The Pentagon has been infiltrated by the Roy Moore wing of the Republican party—or the Christianists. How many of you have ever heard of the Christian Embassy? I've talked about the Evangelical Right
iPhone rumours get out of hand
If it is launched, Apple’s “iPhone” should be the perfect union between a media player and a cell phone. After all, Apple has demonstrated time after time that it knows how to make cool, beautiful things that work. The only problem is,
Book Search Don't Work
Early in my ponderings around Google Book Search and the library program, I wondered: First, who is making the money? Second, who owns the rights to leverage this new innovation - the public, the publisher, or Google?
KIMATHI STATUE UNVEILEDFor some of us a chance to
KIMATHI STATUE UNVEILED. For some of us a chance to see the Independent Kenya government honour the Mau mau freedom fighters is a dream come true. We have lobbied for this day to come and i9t is here now. It is a simple recognition but
Subtle, Pigeon John
Jan 20: Subtle, Pigeon John at Bottom of the Hill
Has Charles Rangel Unwittingly Solved America's Illegal Alien Crisis?
John W. Lillpop is a recovering liberal, "clean and sober" since 1992 when last he voted for a Democrat. Pray for John: He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where people like Nancy Pelosi are actually considered normal
Google’s Top Secret Advertising Network
Almost everyone knows Google owns the AdSense network. Google AdSense has been credited with bringing the Internet back to life after the dot com burst of 2001. Some people may even know about AdSense for domain.
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