Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Thursday, November 03, 2022

Living in Alternate Realities?

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In Philip Wylie's 1951 novel THE DISAPPEARANCE, an unexplained phenomenon divides Earth into two separate, parallel versions. In one rea...
Thursday, July 21, 2022

The Future of Elections

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Earlier this week, we voted in the primary election in this state. Thinking about voting reminded me of a story I read many years ago (and d...
Thursday, August 20, 2020

Surviving the Slow Apocalypse

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More about the "slow apocalypse" from Kameron Hurley this month: Of Men and Monsters Writing about police brutality, serial ha...
Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Worldbuilding from Reality Part 13 Making War Alien Style

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Worldbuilding from Reality Part 13 Making War Alien Style  Previous parts in Worldbuilding From Reality are indexed here: https://al...
Thursday, October 31, 2019

Storytelling Matters

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Happy Halloween! An economist explains why people need stories: Why We Still Need English Majors Nobel Prize winner Robert Shiller, au...
Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Soul Mates and the HEA Real or Fantasy Part 9 Mixing Soul, Science and Politics by Jacqueline Lichtenberg

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Soul Mates and the HEA Real or Fantasy Part 9 Mixing Soul, Science and Politics by Jacqueline Lichtenberg Previous parts of this s...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Worldbuilding From Reality Part 9 - Conquest In Romance

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Worldbuilding From Reality Part 9 Conquest In Romance by Jacqueline Lichtenberg   Previous parts in this series are indexed here...
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Thursday, August 08, 2019

An Ethical Duty of Civility?

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The National Conference of State Legislatures publishes a magazine called (appropriately) the STATE LEGISLATURE MAGAZINE. Their July/August ...
Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Theme-Plot Integration Part 18 Stating Your Theme

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Theme-Plot Integration Part 18 Stating Your Theme by Jacqueline Lichtenberg Previous entries in Theme-Plot Integration are indexe...
Thursday, July 18, 2019

Learning from Fake News

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Cory Doctorow's latest LOCUS column explores what "fake news," conspiracy theories, and hoaxes can reveal about our culture: ...
Thursday, July 04, 2019

Spontaneity Is Overrated

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Happy Independence Day to our American readers! I sometimes involuntarily overhear snippets of podcasts by Ben Shapiro, a lawyer, columnis...
Thursday, March 21, 2019

International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts

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Last Wednesday through Saturday, the 2019 ICFA met in Orlando. As usual, it was wonderful to spend four days in Florida in March. Days were ...
Thursday, November 15, 2018

Casting Our Vote(s)

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Let us give thanks that this election cycle has ended, and we'll have a short rest from the acrimonious politicking. (Maybe. It seems th...
Tuesday, June 05, 2018

Theme Element Giving And Receiving Part 2 Science of Science Fiction by Jacqueline Lichtenberg

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Theme Element Giving And Receiving Part 2 Science of Science Fiction by Jacqueline Lichtenberg Part 1 is here: http://aliendjinnr...
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