Showing posts with label Star Trek. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Star Trek. Show all posts
Thursday, March 07, 2024

Misunderstood Archaisms

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Confronted with yet another stretch of several rainy days in a row, I'm reminded of the passage in the New Testament that illustrates di...
Thursday, December 21, 2023

Dangerous Gifts

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The solstice is upon us! There's hope that within a few weeks darkness will stop falling at 5 p.m. Happy winter holidays! It might see...
Thursday, October 19, 2023

Defining Death

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I've been reading a book called WHEN THE "DEAD" ROSE IN BRITAIN, by Nicole C. Salomone. After a forty-page overview of the his...
Thursday, September 07, 2023

SF Terminology Goofs

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I've started watching the second season of MY DAD THE BOUNTY HUNTER, a cartoon series on Netflix. Some dialogue passages reminded me of ...
Thursday, August 03, 2023

Retro Futures

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Watching the first few episodes of STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS, which takes place during Captain Christopher Pike's command of the Ent...
Thursday, September 15, 2022

The Meaning of Money

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What gives money (or any "moneylike" form of currency) its value? What makes us willing to accept it in exchange for concrete item...
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, June 09, 2022

Types of Telepathy

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In reading THE SCIENCE OF STAR TREK, by Mark Brake, I'm naturally reminded of Vulcan telepathy (not discussed much if at all in this boo...
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Thursday, April 07, 2022

Folklore 101

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At this year's ICFA, I heard a paper by folklore scholar Jeana Jorgensen and was so impressed that I immediately ordered her book FOLKLO...
Thursday, June 03, 2021

The Joys of Derivative Works

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I've just finished rereading THE HOLLOW PLACES, by T. Kingfisher, inspired by Algernon Blackwood's classic tale of cosmic horror, ...
Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Interview with Anthony Darnell on Star Trek Lives! 45th Anniversary

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Interview with  Anthony Darnell on  Star Trek Lives! 45th Anniversary Here are 3 versions of an interview Jean Lorrah and I did wit...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Interview with Larry Nemecek on STAR TREK LIVES!

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Interview with Larry Nemecek on  STAR TREK LIVES!  I was interviewed on this podcast episode by phone in June, 2020, and is about how...
Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Verisimilitude VS Reality - Part 4 - Story Arc and the Fiction Delivery System

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Verisimilitude VS Reality Part 4 Story Arc and the Fiction Delivery System  Previous parts in the Verisimilitude VS Reality series a...