Orson Scott Card
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m an Orson Scott Card junkie. I like the way he writes, and like the people he writes about. That said, I was not as impressed with his book “Empire“, when it came out a few years ago. I’m not sure why. Perhaps it was the fact that his [...]
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Today does not exist, at least not to the people of Samoa. When their clocks hit midnight on Thursday night the country skipped straight into Saturday. This is because the South Pacific nation has decided to skip to the western side of the International Date Line to coordinate more closely to nearby nations it deals [...]
A slow-mo analysis of a slinky as it falls seems to show that the bottom end floats in space. There’s a scientific explanation, but I just think the video is cool–not to mention anything to do with slinkies. Surely any confessions of geekdom on my part would come as no surprise by now? * * [...]
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I first became familiar with Orson Scott Card, as most people did, through “Ender’s Game” during the 1980′s. I was an instant–but not solid–fan. I found very quickly that my appreciation for Card was not unconditional. He is a very thoughtful, imaginative storyteller–the title he choses for himself–but I can’t say I like all of [...]
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