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- Who are today's Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein?
- Brin similar to Clarke.David Brin's works have a Clarkian feel. Check out "Sundiver" or "Startide Rising", the first two loosely connected books in the first Uplift trilogy. Clarke himself has co-authored at least two books this century, so if you like him you can still find new works.If...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-26
- Who are today's Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein?
- TechRepublic member lcallander asked me for some suggested reading material, with a rather intriguing sci-fi stipulation: "I was rereading an old post, where guys were reminiscing about reading 'Heinlein, Asimov, and Clark,' my personal favorites. I got out of reading SF in the '80s and am bewildered by the...
- Blog posts 2007-07-26
- The ultimate science fiction book meme
- Great answersGreat answers. I love seeing the various points of view people bring to this meme. Just the "Top X" questions alone are helpful in that point me to stuff I might not have heard of before - in this case Mad Scientists Club . Thanks for...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-16
- The ultimate science fiction book meme
- Once again, SFSignal has content so good I simply must steal it: A comprehensive SF book meme. Below are my answers. Feel free to copy and paste your own responses in the comments thread, or in your own blog space just be sure to give SFSignal attribution.Science Fiction, Fantasy or...
- Blog posts 2007-02-16
- Mr. Robot (exe)
- Asimov is a lowly service mechanoid aboard the interstellar colony ship Eidolon. Carrying hundreds of frozen human colonists to a new world. When the Eidolon's computer brain malfunctions, it falls to Asimov to undertake a perilous journey through the bowels of the massive ship to save his robot friends and...
- Software downloads 2007-01-24
- Asimov's has unofficially rejected me
- Well, as predicted, today is precisely three months after I last submitted a story to Asimov's magazine. This time around, I didn't even rate a rejection letter. To quote the magazine's Web site: "If you have not heard from us within three months from the day you mailed your ms.,...
- Blog posts 2006-09-19
- Apparently I've offended Asimov's Magazine
- Back in July, I made what I thought was a sarcastic remark about the relative politeness of rejection letters from Asimov's Science Fiction magazine and Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine. Mostly, I was just giddy to get a quick rejection with a hand-signed letter or so it appeared. Now, I...
- Blog posts 2006-09-12
- Writing career changeup ends in another strike
- Well, I'll say this for Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine: They respond much more promptly than Asimov's mag, and they are far more polite. Compared to an Asimov's rejection letter, this is practically a love note:Dear J. M. Garmon:Thank you for submitting "Victory or Death," but I'm going...
- Blog posts 2006-07-22
- Tonight is the (vampire) night
- Barring disaster, I'm going to put the final touches on the space vampire story tonight (I'm really beginning to hate that shorthand title), and drop it in the mail tomorrow. It's extremely important to me that I meet this semi-arbitrary deadline. Why? The Asimov's response to...
- Blog posts 2005-07-12
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- Why Isaac Asimov wasn't all that 'smart'
- Found via reddit: Isaac Asimov's Essay "What is Intelligence, Anyway?" The absolute money quote comes from Asimov recounting the words of his auto mechanic:"Because you're so goddamned educated, doc, I knew you couldn't be very smart." Asimov's response? "I have an uneasy feeling he had something there." by Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-02-07
- Why Isaac Asimov wasn't
- ACADEMIA NUTSYou've got to use your whole brain to catch one of those.
- Discussion threads 2007-02-07
- Geek Trivia: Action-pact science fiction
- Earlier AcknowledgementIn my copy of Arthur Clarke's 1966 anthology "Time Probe" (hardcover, published by Delacorte) Clarke begins his introduction to Heinlein's "Not Final!" thus: "In accordance with my half of the Clarke-Asimov Treaty, conclud
- Discussion threads 2006-11-01
- Wired: What's wrong with NASA
- Heinlein, Asimov and ClarkI believe all of theose gentleman knew and stated that government will never do space exploration right.It will take commercial business efforts for humans to occupy, use and achieve our destiny of at least inhabiting our solar system.Waiting for government to solve an issue is often a...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-22
- Watch Isaac Asimov's TV show
- Found via SFSignal: "You know you can watch the 2-hour premiere episode of Probe on YouTube? (We love you YouTube!) It has been uploaded in 5-minute pieces. Start with part 1 and follow the 'related' links for the other parts. "What is Probe, you say?...
- Blog posts 2006-10-12
- Geek Trivia: Action-pact science fiction
- What did the Clarke-Asimov Treaty stipulate between the two iconic sci-fi writers? Ask someone what the Big Three refers to, and you'll get an interesting variety of answers. In 20th-century history, you're likely referring to the three heads of the World War II Allies: Joseph Stalin,...
- Technical articles 2006-10-31
- The mad scientist's chemical desk reference
- The Indopedia has this handy list of famous fictional chemical substances, broken down by entirely fictional elements, fictional isotopes of real elements, fictional properties of real elements, fictional compounds and alloys, and fictional medicines or drugs. Required reading for any supervillain in training. Besides classics like Adamantium,...
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- Rejection, my old friend, we meet again at last...
- Submitted a story to Strange Horizons on Oct. 2. Got a rejection which strangely was flagged as spam by Gmail on Nov. 12, to my discovery today. For those who wonder how SH rejections stack up against similar brush-offs from Asimov's and Fantasy & Science Fiction, here you go:Thank you...
- Blog posts 2006-11-14
- R.I.P. - Arthur C. Clarke, sci-fi icon
- The last of Science Fiction's Big Three has finally left us, as Sir Arthur C. Clarke has passed away. The man gave us geostationary satellites, HAL 9000, and a place called Rama. And now he's gone. The above is a video interview he gave just three months...
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- Is there any all-ages "gateway" science-fiction out there?
- Member JoetheJet asked this question in the discussion thread of one of my Geek Trivia columns: "I think my 14 year old son would like these science fiction types of books, but I don't think he's ever read one. Do you have a recommendation of the 'best' one to start...
- Blog posts 2006-11-14
- Geekend's Top 10 Most Comment-Worthy Posts
- As of today, these are the ten Geekend blog posts that have generated the most comments from readers. Apparently, you folks are passionate about Science, Star Wars, Star Trek, Books, Video Games, Movies, and Science Fiction. Now that I know where your buttons are located, expect me to push them...
- Blog posts 2007-09-18
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