The underworld is fruitful because of, literally, its occult geometry. By geometry, I mean that for surface creatures, the world expands as the square of distance: the surface world is measured by area. However, the underworld's contents are encompassed by the cube of distance: it contains volume(s), and the human mind has difficulty coming to ( Read more... )

st_rev: I would pay to see two hours of Genki Sudo and his crew silly-walking around Mars.

richardthinks: Genki Sudo of Mars FTW. Oh, in so many ways. Now I'm imagining him throttling Tars Tarkas with his thighs, sparing his life and gaining him as an inseparable ally in a moment of brotherly feeling, and whipping out a banner that says "we are all one ( Read more... )

More Genki Sudo madness. Can you spot the Leon Trotsky cameo?

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nihilistic_kid has been nominated for a Hugo award.

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Giant zeppelin-borne megacomputer phasing into existence in Afghanistan sky. I'm calling it now: supervillain causing itself to be created by sending probability waves backwards in time. See also: Hite's Law.

Spencer Ackerman notes that the new flying boats are armed with a "machine gun", a mechanical rifle capable of firing continuously without reloading by human hands.

Some interesting snark in The Economist. The comments are good too.

They're Sisters of Mercy fans. Clearly this was just an attempt to get Andrew back in the studio by any means necessary.

Cass Sunstein, a Harvard law professor, co-wrote an academic article entitled "Conspiracy Theories: Causes and Cures," in which he argued that the government should stealthily infiltrate groups that pose alternative theories on historical events via "chat rooms, online social networks, or even real-space groups and attempt to undermine" those ( Read more... )