| For No Particular Reason |
[Jul. 31st, 2008|12:07 pm] |
Poll #1232691 Fired out of a cannon
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllPick one: Neal Stephenson: Pick one: Bruce Sterling: Pick one: Pick one: Pick one: And finally: |
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[Jun. 2nd, 2008|03:51 pm] |
Inspired by this article:
Poll #1198004
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllShould publishers put age ranges on children's books? |
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| SatC |
[May. 30th, 2008|11:00 am] |
Poll #1196187
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllSex And The City Pick one: |
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[May. 26th, 2008|08:55 pm] |
Poll #1194133 Legacies
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllDamon Knight is best remembered for: (Optional) Because I am slightly curious if there will be any correlation between age and answer, you are: |
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| Angels And Aliens |
[May. 24th, 2008|11:40 am] |
An interesting article about public art and the Fourth Plinth by Michaela Crimmin in today's paper. I thought I'd quote this bit though:The Angel of the North is a good example of the tensions surrounding public art. For the inhabitants of Gateshead, it has become a symbol: of obduracy or defiance, perhaps, or maybe even of something darker. It certainly has a tragic air. The question is: does the work's adoption by the community make complaints about its artistic merit irrelevant?
To my mind, the Angel has always had the look of a Dr Who villain. I mean that as a compliment. The new Dr Who - at times stunningly bold, at times mawkishly sentimental, at times, still, made from cardboard - seems to sum up the national mood as well as anything. It is not high drama. But it is not half bad. |
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| Anyone But Rushdie |
[May. 12th, 2008|02:39 pm] |
The Booker of Bookers. Has time become a loop? Didn't they already do this once?
Poll #1186519
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllBest book on the shortlist?
You can actually vote for real. |
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| Glossaries |
[May. 6th, 2008|04:00 pm] |
Inspired by David Louis Edelman:
Poll #1183478
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllWhy would an intelligent and engaged reader object to seeing lengthy glossaries and appendices in the back of a novel? |
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| YA |
[May. 6th, 2008|03:19 pm] |
Inspired by John Scalzi:
Poll #1183453
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllDo you know who Scott Westerfeld is? Have you read any of his books? Is he the most significant SF writer right now?
I will also link to Gwenda Bond's introduction to young adult fiction. |
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[Apr. 30th, 2008|08:27 pm] |
And it looks like the winner of the Arthur C Clarke Award is...
Black Man by Richard Morgan
(Published as Thirteen in America) |
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| ITV Skip Ep.2 of Pushing Daisies |
[Apr. 15th, 2008|06:57 pm] |
Viewers are up in arms after news that ITV has decided to skip straight to episode three of Pushing Daisies so that the end of the series doesn't clash with Euro 2008.
(entire article c&p'd below)
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Viewers are up in arms after news that ITV has decided to skip straight to episode three of Pushing Daisies so that the end of the series doesn't clash with Euro 2008.
The first episode of the US drama, which stars British actress Anna Friel, debuted last weekend with 5.7 million viewers.
Now angry fans of the show are bombarding online forums with complaints after it was revealed that ITV are not showing the second episode.
There are nine episodes in the first series of the fantasy drama and ITV have only eight weeks in the schedule before the start of the football tournament.
An ITV spokesperson said: "Episode two was the only show we could drop without spoiling the storyline."
We think this decision shows a total disregard for viewers. Couldn't they have scheduled a double-bill one week or screened the final episode earlier or later in the evening to avoid a clash with the football? Why promote a series so heavily and then treat it like this?
What do you think of the decision? Did you watch the first episode and will this make you less likely to continue watching the series? Let us know what you think... |
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| "Science Fiction in the National Interest" |
[Mar. 20th, 2008|03:39 pm] |
A random discovery possibly worth posting with one comment:
Remember SIGMA? You know, that national defence-minded lot including: Jerry Pournelle, Arlan Andrews, Greg Bear, Larry Niven and Sage Walker?
Well, they apparently made a kind of impression at a Homeland Security conference, which reads very much like a Convention panel discussion without an effective moderator.
( Read more... ) |
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| Shelves |
[Mar. 6th, 2008|11:21 am] |
A follow up poll to this post on my journal:
Poll #1149774
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllWhat criteria are your shelves ordered by?
Tick all that apply. |
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| Aggressive Hegenomising Swarm |
[Mar. 2nd, 2008|09:04 am] |
To follow up the previous post:
Poll #1147483 GDoD
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllTick all you agree with: |
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| Genretards |
[Mar. 1st, 2008|11:32 am] |
Given that fantasy is a sub-set of SF:
Poll #1147021
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllIs an alt history that contains paranormal elements a work of SF?
Context. |
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[Feb. 6th, 2008|03:52 pm] |
Poll #1134082
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllWhich Doctor do you fancy most?
What's that? You want to know what John Barrowman's position on this issue is? Glad you asked:There are fanciable things about both. David is funnier, lighter, more energetic, and I think I find that aspect of him sexy; but Chris is a little darker and there's part of me that finds that sexy. Put it this way, if it was me as a person going to have a relationship with with the two Doctors, I would shag Christopher, get that over and done with, and then I'd have a relationship with David. |
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| Almost the book group |
[Feb. 5th, 2008|05:50 pm] |
At ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) rozk's book-launch last night, I got talking to tamaranth about Sarah Canary, Karen Joy Fowler's sf (?) feminist (?) classic (no ?). My ability to discuss was a bit hampered by the fact I'd not read it in ten years. So, I said to Tanya, I'll read it over the course of the next few weeks, and we can then discuss it around, say, the start of March, by the miracle of LJ and the interwebs. Good idea, she said. And (I said, in a possible excess of enthusiasm) I can post on my LJ and i_f about it, so that anyone who wants to can join in. Any of you lot interested? |
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