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Monthly Archives: August 2014
The Fascination
“[T]he fascination of the heavens is as old as man’s ability to think; as ancient as his capacity to wonder and to dream.” — Robert Burnham, Jr., Burnham’s Celestial Handbook
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Tagged Astronomy, Burnham's Celestial Handbook, Robert Burnham Jr.
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Slick Fiction
“[S]lick fiction — whether of the ‘romantic’ sort or the ‘hard-boiled’ sort — always partakes of the daydream, while quality fiction — as Jung said of Art — always partakes of the night dream.” — Rust Hills, Writing in General … Continue reading
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Tagged Dreams, Rust Hills, Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular
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The Trouble with Mystery
“The trouble with mystery as a structure is that the writer enters into competition with the reader instead of partnership.” — Rust Hills, Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular
Because I Love You
Audiobook coming. Very, very soon.
Logo
Spent last night at a rehearsal, for Space Balrogs Present: BRAIIIINS, a Zombie Interactive Rock Opera, featuring Paul Genesse and Carter Reid. I don’t have enough thumbs to put up. But go over to the site and sign up … Continue reading
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Tagged Carter Reid, Craig Nybo, James Wymore, Paul Genesse, Rock Opera, Space Balrogs, Zombies
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Bookshelf: Chain of Evil
I sat down with a .pdf copy of this book, annotation functions turned on, intending to highlight the tidbits I imagined I’d glean from Dr. Collings. Collings is, after all, a master of the horror genre as novelist, as commentator, as poet, … Continue reading
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Tagged Apocalypses, Chain of Evil, Horror, Michael R. Collings, Vampires, Werewolves
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Few Words
“Words not only have lexical (that is dictionary-based) meanings, but they also have a sphere of emotional suggestions attached to them. Few words outside the mostly functional terms in English—is, are, was, were, to, from, and, but, and others—mean only … Continue reading
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Tagged [words], Chain of Evil, Dictionaries, Michael R. Collings
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Salt City Steamfest
Spent two days this weekend at Salt City Steamfest. I’ll post a write-up elsewhere on the three Space Balrogs events we ran. Otherwise, I’ll just say I saw a lot of old friends and met a few new ones; sold … Continue reading
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Tagged Carter Reid, David J. West, James Wymore, Julie Frost, S.A. Butler, Salt City Steamfest, Sarah E. Seeley, Scott Taylor, Steampunk
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The Same Size as Ours
“It is almost a cliche for archaeologists to remind their readers that people of the Stone Age had skulls and brains the same size as ours; but, symptomatic of the progressive age, many persist in believing our ancient ancestors were … Continue reading
Cosmic Cities
“The cosmos itself is what mattered to our ancestors. Their lives, their beliefs, their destinies–all were part of this bigger pageant. Just as the environment of their temples was made sacred by the metaphors of cosmic order, entire cities and … Continue reading
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Tagged Archaeoastronomy, Astronomy, Cosmos, E.C. Krupp, Echoes of the Ancient Skies
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