Category Archives: science fiction

Digital scrapbook

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Calming manatee: http://calmingmanatee.com/ Want kids to learn science? http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2125 Calvin and Hobbes much later: http://www.pantsareoverrated.com/archive/2011/05/10/hobbes-and-bacon/ http://www.pantsareoverrated.com/archive/2011/05/12/hobbes-and-bacon-002/ http://www.pantsareoverrated.com/archive/2011/10/11/hobbes-and-bacon-03-2/ http://www.pantsareoverrated.com/archive/2011/10/13/hobbes-and-bacon-04-2/ Pocket Princess: http://amymebberson.tumblr.com/tagged/Pocket+Princesses Methodist humor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsuSRinUnIg Galaxy of Passion, a Telenovela. Be honest: instead of going 3D, George Lucas should have tried Continue reading Digital scrapbook→

Road to nowhere

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6793 Erewhon, an 1872 novel by Samuel Butler, is a satire of Victorian English society. The title is an anagram of the word “nowhere,” written backwards with two transposed letters. Which may not seem to have anything to do with Continue reading Road to nowhere→

Do androids dream of electric sheep?

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7825 Philip K. Dick’s novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, was the inspiration of one of the best science fiction movies of all time, the 1982 feature film Blade Runner. And that was the only reason to take this Continue reading Do androids dream of electric sheep?→

Flash Forward

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2754 There is a new ABC TV series called “Flash Forward.” It is an exercise in non-sequiturs, or possibly pre-sequiturs. Each episode consists of short vignettes, from the past, present or future, in which the characters try to figure out Continue reading Flash Forward→

Alien abduction and conspiracy

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The top photo was taken in New Mexico at the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, part of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Socorro. The middle photo is clearly an Unidentified Flying Object. The bottom photo was taken at a Continue reading Alien abduction and conspiracy→