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Quote of the day: You cannot defeat Fate with scaffolding.
Ursula LeGuin is one of my heroes. I hate disagreeing with her. But I disagree with her here, even though I haven't seen the movie yet. Shakespeare's been dead for four centuries: I think it's okay to re-imagine his work now, especially since if you don't like Helen Mirren as Prospero, it's easy enough to pop a dvd in the player and watch a different production.
Strange Horizons now has a blog, which is where Niall Harrison will be posting.
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Photographs of the first aircraft carrier. Cool!
Several things noted for later reading:
By way of a comment on TNC's blog: Inconspicuous Consumption, about luxury and consumption and the demographic patterns of same.
WWII history: Giving Hitler Hell, in which a Jewish child flees Germany under the Nazis, and then returns at 21 as a US military intelligence officer. Already, sporadic attacks by a group of insurgents ominously known as the Werewolves had prompted standing orders for GIs to execute insurgents by firing squad. This wreaked havoc on the morale of U.S. servicemen, especially since many of the troublemakers were 16- and 17-year-old former Hitler Youth members.
Separating Terror from Terrorism.
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I printed out the Cult of Done Manifesto and hung it up in my office. Hopefully that will inspire some productivity in the new year.
Crossposted from DW, where there are
comments; comment here or there.
Ursula LeGuin is one of my heroes. I hate disagreeing with her. But I disagree with her here, even though I haven't seen the movie yet. Shakespeare's been dead for four centuries: I think it's okay to re-imagine his work now, especially since if you don't like Helen Mirren as Prospero, it's easy enough to pop a dvd in the player and watch a different production.
Strange Horizons now has a blog, which is where Niall Harrison will be posting.
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Photographs of the first aircraft carrier. Cool!
Several things noted for later reading:
By way of a comment on TNC's blog: Inconspicuous Consumption, about luxury and consumption and the demographic patterns of same.
WWII history: Giving Hitler Hell, in which a Jewish child flees Germany under the Nazis, and then returns at 21 as a US military intelligence officer. Already, sporadic attacks by a group of insurgents ominously known as the Werewolves had prompted standing orders for GIs to execute insurgents by firing squad. This wreaked havoc on the morale of U.S. servicemen, especially since many of the troublemakers were 16- and 17-year-old former Hitler Youth members.
Separating Terror from Terrorism.
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I printed out the Cult of Done Manifesto and hung it up in my office. Hopefully that will inspire some productivity in the new year.
Crossposted from DW, where there are
comments; comment here or there.