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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...
- Tags: SECURITY, David Brin, Palmetto, Heinlein, Clarke, Asimov
- 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...
- Tags: Hyperion Solutions Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, Scalzi, Games, C/C++, Personal Technology, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-07-26
- 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...
- Tags: Blogging, Corporate Communications, Network Technology, Internet, Marketing, Networking, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- 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,...
- Tags: Isaac Asimov, Games, Jay Garmon, Game players, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein, science fiction, Geek Trivia Newsletter, Clarke, Corporate Communications, Wiki, Professional Development, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Online Communications, Career
- Technical articles 2006-10-31
- 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
- Tags: Isaac Asimov, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-02-07
- 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...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, BFilmFan, NASA, Wired Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-22
- 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...
- Tags: Star Wars, Science Fiction, Geekend, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-09-18
- 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...
- Tags: Science Fiction, Scalzi, Quality, Business Operations, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-11-14
- 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...
- Tags: Asimov, Robots, Emerging Technologies
- Software downloads 2007-01-24
- Geek Trivia: Science-fiction double feature
- No!! There HAS to be a mistake!!In looking over the list I was dismayed at the absence of one name... Robert A Heinlein! This man was the Jolly Green Giant of SF in the 60s. I feasted on works by Isamov, Clarke, and Heinlein using a...
- Tags: career, Clarke, Dune, Heinlein, Hugo, movie, Nebula Awards, quibble, Retro Hugos, semantics, TomMerritt
- Discussion threads 2006-10-04
- Everyone's favorite spaceflight in-jokes
- In our June 21, 2006 edition of Geek Trivia, "Space ship, too," I challenged my readership to select four spaceship namesakes for four future Virgin Galactic passenger spacecraft, preferably inspired by science and/or science fiction. Over 100 entries later, seven spacecraft (and/or auteurs of same) rose above...
- Tags: Spacecraft, Constellation, Science Fiction, Quality, Strategy, Business Operations, Management, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-06-26
- Why Isaac Asimov wasn't
- ACADEMIA NUTSYou've got to use your whole brain to catch one of those.
- Tags: BALTHOR, off-topic, Isaac Asimov
- Discussion threads 2007-02-07
- Why are there always more books than time?
- A few weeks ago, SFSignal asked all sci-fi bibliophiles to show their stacks of unread books, knowing that most speculative fiction fans have a chronic habit of buying books at a much faster rate than they can read them. I'm certainly of that ilk, even if I read and buy...
- Tags: Stack, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-05-30
- I am an Oracle ACE!
- Hi. My name is LewisC and I'm an Oracle ACE. How cool is that! I like the sound of it.Andrew Clarke recently posted On Becoming an Oracle ACE.The way I ended up an ACE was a little bit different than his. I did alittle bit of all...
- Tags: Ace, Oracle ACE, Oracle Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-07-12
- Dave? What are you doing, Dave? The legacy of Arthur C. Clarke
- If you are like me, you have been doing IT since "forever." And like me, you recall the things that drew you in. For me, it was seeing the expanse that was at that time what the human mind could encompass. It was beautiful to...
- Tags: Satellite, Computer, Arthur C. Clarke, Productivity, Network Technology, Networking, Tricia Liebert
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- Photos: Remembering Arthur C. Clarke
- A look back at the science-fiction impresario's life, his influences, and the things and people he influenced. by CNET News.com
- Tags: news, arthur c clarke
- Image galleries 2008-03-24
- 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...
- Tags: John D., off-topic, fantasy, Asimov
- 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...
- Tags: Author, Fantasy, Books-A-Million, Asimov, Dozois, Ender, Blogging, Games, Storage, Internet, Personal Technology, Hardware, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-02-16
- Install XP Pro Over XP Home... "Essence of the PC"???
- Actually, I haven't done this yet... I bought a Win XP Pro SP2 package from a suggested vendor, waited a week for overnight shipping UPS sent it the wrong way over the weekend, then had internal receiver deliver to wrong office, where they said "Huh..." and set it aside. Once...
- Tags: PC, longtex, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Robert Heinlein, United Parcel Service of America Inc., TANSTAAFL, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2007-10-18
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