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Revision
Read more: RevisionRevision. For a writer, what is it and what’s involved? If you’re a writer, like I’m (unsuccessfully so far) trying to be, revision, in most cases, will occupy the greatest segment […]
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Computers And Literature
Read more: Computers And LiteratureWhat do you think? Will a computer ever be able to write a novel? Or paint a masterpiece? Or compose a great symphony? Or any symphony? Limiting this discussion to […]
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All That Life Out There, Part 2
Read more: All That Life Out There, Part 2Several times I’ve written in this blog about the possibility of life on other planets in the Milky Way Galaxy. (Or other galaxies for that matter.) It’s almost certain that […]
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The Logical Structure Of Science Fiction
Read more: The Logical Structure Of Science FictionI write science fiction. I also read science fiction—the two go hand-in-hand. Most of the sci-fi I read has been published by well-known publishing houses, and is reasonably good, though […]
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H. G. Wells Got It Right
Read more: H. G. Wells Got It RightEarlier this year, I wrote a blog post about not contaminating other worlds with Earth-bound microbes. Let’s keep planets that might have microbial forms of life free of our own […]
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The One-Way Trip
Read more: The One-Way TripThere’s a Dutch nonprofit corporation called Mars One which has put forward a plan to send a team of humans to Mars in or around 2025. The trip is a […]
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Disparate Styles
Read more: Disparate StylesA few weeks ago I finished reading one science fiction book and started another. The one I finished was Old Man’s War, by John Scalzi, (Tor paperback, 2005), and the […]
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All That Life Out There
Read more: All That Life Out ThereA few weeks ago (October 12, 2014) I wrote a blog post about the immense distances between stars and their planetary systems. The distances are so large as to make […]
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A Few Thoughts On Ebola
Read more: A Few Thoughts On EbolaHere’s few ideas that popped into my head over the past few days about the presence of ebola disease in the United States. Keep in mind, a lot of the […]
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All Those Civilizations Out There
Read more: All Those Civilizations Out ThereI read an interesting article on Yahoo News a few days ago and I thought I’d comment on it. Entitled “Aliens May Be Out There, But Too Distant For Contact,” […]
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All Those Scientists Out There…
Read more: All Those Scientists Out There…As I mentioned in a previous post this past August, I attended Bubonicon 46 here in Albuquerque, and had a great time. One interesting topic that came up in one […]