February 2012
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Feb 29th
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In the Future Everything Will Be A Coffee Shop →
newsyc: In the Future Everything Will Be A Coffee Shop (blog.speculist.com) In the late 80’s they said the world would become a mall. So is the coffeeshop it’s replacement?
Feb 29th
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Feb 29th
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Feb 29th
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Feb 29th
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“So I ask, in my writing, What is real? Because unceasingly we are bombarded with...”
– Philip K. Dick (via astronautssleepinspace)
Feb 27th
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If you liked Asimov's fake science paper →
Check out the fake press story for “Edan”
Feb 25th
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Feb 24th
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“close to finishing a children’s book (aka an all ages book) with drawings… it’s called, “Forgive Me”. excited for closure on this project” charlyneyi GO!
Feb 24th
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The fake chemical compound Isaac Asimov invented... →
(via newsyc) The fake chemical compound Isaac Asimov invented to punk science writers (io9.com)
Feb 24th
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“Had my credentials been in order I would never have become a writer. Had I been...”
– Joan Didion, in her 1976 New York Times article, “Why I Write,” (full PDF), which begins: “Of course I stole the title from this talk, from George Orwell. One reason I stole it was that I like the sound of the words: Why I Write… I stole the title not only because the words sounded right but because...
Feb 23rd
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 22nd
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BREAKING NEWS: R.L. Stine publishes a horror story... →
wired: [via imremembering]: [AV Club] Greatest use of Twitter since… ever.
Feb 22nd
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2011 Nebula Award Nominees
scifitoday: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America has announced the nominees for the 2011 Nebula Awards: Novel God’s War, Kameron Hurley (Night Shade) The Kingdom of Gods, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK) Firebird, Jack McDevitt (Ace) Embassytown, China Miéville (Del Rey) Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti, Genevieve Valentine (Prime) Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor) ...
Feb 21st
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Book Publishers ‘Shut Down’ Library.nu and... →
infoneer-pulse: The book download portal Library.nu and cyberlocker ifile.it appear to have ‘shut down’ voluntarily after a coalition of book publishers managed to get an injunction against the two sites. According to the complaint, the sites offered users access to 400,000 e-books and made more than $11 million in revenue in the process. » via TorrentFreak
Feb 17th
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Feb 17th
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“Every book better be fully intimate, it better be all you have. I’m obviously...”
– Nathan Englander on writing fiction. (via nprfreshair)
Feb 17th
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“When I was writing Dune there was no room in my mind for concerns about the...”
– Frank Herbert (via midnightcrammer)
Feb 16th
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Feb 15th
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Feb 10th
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Feb 10th
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Feb 10th
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Morgan Freeman joining Tom Cruise in sci-fi... →
Feb 10th
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Feb 9th
“I can hope, I can daydream, but certainly think that the chances of me being...”
– writer Donald Hall on NPR’s Fresh Air (via forwhenifeellikesharing)
Feb 9th
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Feb 7th
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“Every reader, as he reads, is actually the reader of himself. The writer’s work...”
– Marcel Proust (via ephemeralbones)
Feb 7th
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“All of Barthes’ work is an exploration of the histrionic or ludic; in many...”
– Susan Sontag, on Barthes’ volition to live differently by writing differently (via lazz)
Feb 7th
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“In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a...”
– Alfred Hitchcock (via hainesville)
Feb 3rd
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Feb 3rd
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