Monthly Archives: July 2011

ConFabulation

Posted on 8 July 2011 by Henry Gee

Fables from the Fountain is an anthology of science-fiction and fantasy stories done as an hommage to Arthur C. Clarke’s Tales from the White Hart and also to raise money for the Clarke Award, which encourages new British SF writing. … Continue reading →

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Resonant Penguin

Posted on 7 July 2011 by Henry Gee

Yesterday Crox Minor came home with this picture (pastels on paper, not finished yet) of a penguin serving in World War I. She was tickled to learn of rpg’s similar explorations – of which she had hitherto been completely unaware … Continue reading →

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Middle-earth News Just In

Posted on 6 July 2011 by Henry Gee

I’ve literally just heard from my agent to learn that we have regained the rights to my book The Science of Middle-earth. This means that I am free to publish a comprehensively revised and updated edition in time for the … Continue reading →

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In which I surface briefly

Posted on 6 July 2011 by Jennifer Rohn

Greetings, Earthlings: just emerging from my self-imposed laboratory exile for a quick update. I do still exist, and my radio silence can be explained by the fact that I’m in the home stretch of my resubmission. For those of you … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Pet Peeve: shoulder check

Posted on 5 July 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’m a reasonably competent computer user. I can’t do anything fancy, but I’ve got the basics down pat. And I’ve built up my folder (and sub-folder and sub-sub-folder and sub-sub-sub-folder) structure in a very logical manner that allows me to … Continue reading →

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On the Journal with No Name

Posted on 5 July 2011 by rpg

There was a little bit of kerfuffle a week or two ago. Apparently some rather well-respected institutions (and the Max Planck Institute) decided to announce they were thinking of launching a journal. Maybe. In a year’s time. With no editor-in-chief … Continue reading →

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Printers

Posted on 5 July 2011 by Henry Gee

I’ve never had much luck with printers. No – not those fine people who print things, but those devices we attach to computers that facilitate that tricky phase transition from ones and zeroes to ground-up beetles on parchment. Recently, though, … Continue reading →

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Bigfoot

Posted on 4 July 2011 by Henry Gee

The day Kennedy was shot. Or Princess Diana died. Or when you first consciously heard Silence is Golden by the Tremeloes. These are the occasions where you remember very clearly where you were and what you were doing. One such … Continue reading →

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The horrible F-word

Posted on 4 July 2011 by Steve Caplan

A week ago I returned from Washington DC from an NIH grant review session. At NIH, the forbidden F–word, is of course “funded.” However, as bad as the funding is right now, sometimes we scientists need to put things in … Continue reading →

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