Holy Moly, thanks Skot & Rufus! Sail on, Starchild and Sonship.
― dow, Thursday, 18 April 2013 14:27 (eleven years ago) link
Ready to waste some time in nostalgia? Seems that hundreds of issues of Starlog and Omni are now available for free at archive.org as epub or pdf downloads, or to read online...
http://archive.org/details/starlogmagazine
http://archive.org/details/omni-magazine
― brad palsy (Jon Lewis), Thursday, April 11, 2013 5:52 PM (1 week ago)
wow thx, had an omni sub in the early 80s, some great art + design in that mag
― unprepared guitar (Edward III), Friday, 19 April 2013 03:26 (eleven years ago) link
Some good science fact & fiction too; I've got a collection of the latter somewhere. But then they went all UFO anal probes (and maybe cattle mutilations, Meninblack etc) all the time.
― dow, Friday, 19 April 2013 16:41 (eleven years ago) link
Speaking of interstellar cowboys, here's the Horsehead Nebula (quite an array of sightings out there, but looking for one without too restrictive a copyright--source of this 'un is NOAO/Aura:http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/images/d4/horsehead.jpg
― dow, Sunday, 21 April 2013 01:11 (eleven years ago) link
sorryhttp://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/images/d4/horsehead.jpg
But the first link does open up huge
― dow, Sunday, 21 April 2013 01:12 (eleven years ago) link
dow re: copyright of nasa images, see http://blog.bookcoverarchive.com/2009/04/713/
― caek, Sunday, 21 April 2013 12:08 (eleven years ago) link
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls8no4cNgd1qdgcd4o1_500.jpg
― the bitcoin comic (thomp), Monday, 22 April 2013 00:33 (eleven years ago) link
Luna?
― What About The Half That's Never Been POLLed (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 22 April 2013 03:42 (eleven years ago) link
it's kelis
― the bitcoin comic (thomp), Monday, 22 April 2013 12:44 (eleven years ago) link
and a dog
Right-click detection links it to "Bloodchild", but not seeing how, although she's surely a Bloodchylde o' my-ee-eye-iinnne.
― dow, Monday, 22 April 2013 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
She's apparently reading some Octavia E.? Maybe with training for the doggie, although that's usually more vice versa, in my experience.
― dow, Monday, 22 April 2013 15:20 (eleven years ago) link
that is what that book is, i have read it, omg kelis and i have read the same book, i wonder if she likes me??!
― j., Monday, 22 April 2013 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
So logic would dictate.
― What About The Half That's Never Been POLLed (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 22 April 2013 23:10 (eleven years ago) link
i KNEW being logical would pay off!!
― j., Tuesday, 23 April 2013 02:06 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2013/04/201342371648245168.html
one way ticket to mars!
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 13:10 (eleven years ago) link
wasn't there already a 'reality' tv show that spoofed a mission to somewhere spacey?
― koogs, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 13:17 (eleven years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Cadets_%28TV_series%29
(oddly, that wasn't the one i was thinking of)
― koogs, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 13:18 (eleven years ago) link
I promised upthread to let y'all know when the subs calls came out for my new anthologies. Ready to rock with the first one, details here: http://wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/airship-shape-bristol-fashion/
It's Bristol-rooted steampunk, so it's a bit niche, but if anyone wants to contribute, you don't have to live locally. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
If you *are* near Bristol, we're kicking it off with a workshop run by a local historian, Eugene Byrne, on Wednesday.
The next one will be more open and pay better but I don't have an eta for it yet.
― you may not like it now but you will (Zora), Saturday, 27 April 2013 13:29 (eleven years ago) link
Came to tell everybody to check out David Crosby's intro to Baby is Three: Volume VI The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon
― The Cosimo Code of the Woosters (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 April 2013 13:45 (eleven years ago) link
that david crosby?
zora when is this workshop, i am going to be in bristol once or twice in the next month or so
― the bitcoin comic (thomp), Saturday, 27 April 2013 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
None other. Apparently CSNY hired Sturgeon to write a film for them, but they all went to him one by one and tried to get him to tailor it to what they wanted their character to be.
― The Cosimo Code of the Woosters (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 April 2013 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
Weds coming i.e. May 1st. It's at the Shakespeare Tavern on Prince St at 18:30.
― you may not like it now but you will (Zora), Saturday, 27 April 2013 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
ah, i'll be in oxford. have a good one tho
― the bitcoin comic (thomp), Saturday, 27 April 2013 23:51 (eleven years ago) link
my mind is refusing to process the idea of theodore sturgeon and the byrds being on the same page
You should read what Phil Lesh said
― The Cosimo Code of the Woosters (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 April 2013 00:17 (eleven years ago) link
'wooden ships' is, like, sci-fi
― mookieproof, Sunday, 28 April 2013 00:27 (eleven years ago) link
Bristol-rooted steampunk
I am not really into steampunk as a whole but I'd like it a lot more with more docks and railways and suspension bridges, so I am all for this
anyway best wishes for your new collection!
― susuwatari teenage riot (a passing spacecadet), Sunday, 28 April 2013 09:08 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks thomp, & spacecadet. I'm not big into steampunk either, but the publisher wanted it and there is a very active steampunk scene in Bristol. It should be fun. Eugene has given talks for us at BristolCon and they were A+.
― you may not like it now but you will (Zora), Sunday, 28 April 2013 10:09 (eleven years ago) link
halfway through babel-17 and it's brilliant
― cozen, Sunday, 5 May 2013 10:13 (eleven years ago) link
Cool! It's still my favorite Delaney book
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 6 May 2013 06:57 (ten years ago) link
lots of interesting ideas. love all the stuff with language (there's a great bit where rydra's explaining how the cibarians (?) were able to build a highly sophisticated power plant from a nine word sentence). the poetry's awful tho imo
has the feel of a young man's book but he's clearly a very smart young man
― cozen, Monday, 6 May 2013 08:30 (ten years ago) link
speaking of steampunk, dig sources too: H.G. Wells has lots of rude risky stoptime fun in "The Accelerator", which might be where Nicholson Baker got the idea for The Fermata, but that one goes on too long (brevity is the sole of stoptime wit)
― dow, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 01:10 (ten years ago) link
Babel-17 hits some kind of sweet spot where the ideas are really interesting and the ambition doesn't seem to overtake the writing chops.
― Retreat from the Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 01:13 (ten years ago) link
i read two books by bob shaw. i think i have now read five books by bob shaw. i can't decide if he's genuinely interesting or just mediocre in a quirky way.
― the bitcoin comic (thomp), Thursday, 16 May 2013 22:35 (ten years ago) link
I think he's genuinely interesting, though not always good enough a writer to fully carry out his ideas in a satisfying way. amd a bit unpleasantly misogynistic at times (I read his Two-Timers recently, which was pretty vile about women)
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Thursday, 16 May 2013 23:14 (ten years ago) link
Have been meaning to read wooden spaceships thingy.
― 2 huxtables and a sousaphone (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 16 May 2013 23:21 (ten years ago) link
maria read ready player one on the kindle and loved it and now she's reading ender's game! yay!! two sci-fi fans in the house are better than one! rufus is reading and loving ready player one now too. I might have to read it next since they like it so much. guess its a hot property. they are already making a movie out of it.
― scott seward, Friday, 17 May 2013 00:32 (ten years ago) link
two timers i think is 'sort of interesting' about women in a horrible way. 'orbitville' is just horrible.
― the bitcoin comic (thomp), Friday, 17 May 2013 00:57 (ten years ago) link
scott i'm sorry to break it to you but 'ready player one' is the worst thing ever written.
it's definitely up there
― Number None, Friday, 17 May 2013 00:58 (ten years ago) link
oops, I won't break it to those guys. i'd never heard of it. hey, its a start, right?
― scott seward, Friday, 17 May 2013 01:04 (ten years ago) link
Grinning, he produced an item from his inventory and held it up. It was an old Atari 2600 game, still in the box … “Know what this is, hotshot?” I-r0k said, challenging me. “I’ll even give you a clue … It’s an Atari game, released as part of a contest. It contained several puzzles, and if you solved them, you could win a prize. Sound familiar?”
(…)
“You’re joking, right?” I said. “You just now discovered the Swordquest series?”
I-r0k deflated.
“You’re holding Swordquest: Earthworld,” I continued. “The first game in the Swordquest series. Released in 1982.” I smiled wide. “Can you name the next three games in the series?”
(This continues for two pages.)
“Whatever,” (I-r0k) said over his shoulder. “If I didn’t spend so much time offline, getting laid, I’d probably know just as much worthless shit as you two do.”
― the bitcoin comic (thomp), Friday, 17 May 2013 01:31 (ten years ago) link
Wazabout NYRB new edition of Kingsley Amis's The Alteration?
― Beam Me Up (I Feel Like Being A) Doomsday Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 May 2013 01:39 (ten years ago) link
so much prettier than my version
http://www.nybooks.com/media/images/productimage-picture-the-alteration-289.pngvshttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41lEd7nGNML.jpg
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Friday, 17 May 2013 05:54 (ten years ago) link
my version = my COPY
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Friday, 17 May 2013 05:55 (ten years ago) link
Perhaps you can stock both in your tiny bookstore
― Beam Me Up (I Feel Like Being A) Doomsday Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 May 2013 14:30 (ten years ago) link
"Sell it to the world's tiniest bookstore!"
― Beam Me Up (I Feel Like Being A) Doomsday Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 May 2013 14:38 (ten years ago) link
i read this recently on a friend's strong recommendation (!), it's terrible and my eyes hurt from the constant rolling, but it does have a convincing near-future (energy crisis, everything is shitty, you have to live near a city but no one can afford to live in the city, but we have amazing technology to distract/isolate ourselves).
― precious bonsai children of new york (Jordan), Friday, 17 May 2013 15:15 (ten years ago) link