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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
- 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
- Geek Trivia: Strange (water)bedfellows
- Finally!One I knew before clicking the link. :) Well, I've gotten a couple of them, but never been as sure as I was this time. Even not knowing about the patent issue, I knew it had to be Heinlein. The man, like most scifi authors of his...
- Tags: fabric, Heinlein
- Discussion threads 2006-08-02
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- Why are there always more books than time?
- Gosh...My list doesn't have titles right now. Michel Foucault is on the list, as is Kant and Kierkegaard. I'm working on Schaeffer right now. I want to get to the Heinlein I haven't yet read, as well as some more Andre Norton (one I had forgotten about...
- Tags: boxfiddler
- Discussion threads 2007-05-30
- 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
- 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
- The Harry Potter withdrawal recovery program
- Dark Materials trilogyBrilliant reading for young adultsDiskworld PratchettSomewhat accessible for kids but, like Swift, biting sarcasm and satire for adults.Fantasy - Young AdultTerry Pratchett's "Tiffany Aching" series for early teens is a great follow-up to HP. It's the story of an apprentice witch.Wee Free MenHat Full of SkyWintersmithSF -...
- Tags: AndyB-UK, Mote, fantasy, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-18
- 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
- Heinlein Quote, relevant to DMCA and copy protection
- There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or a corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of protecting such profit in...
- Tags: Digital media, mdhealy@..., DMCA, copy protection
- Discussion threads 2007-05-11
- 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
- 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
- *BEST OF THE BEST BOOKS*
- What are the best FictionScience Fiction books Related to Technology and Computers!!!!Let's do a top 25Well...I started a couple of threads requesting good sci-fi and fantasy a year or two ago and the results ran to a few hundred good posts. while mostly fantasy came my way I did get...
- Tags: Endymion, computers, technology, hackers, reading, science fiction, Earlier Heinlein, Neal Stephenson, geeksquad, off-topic, Snow Crash
- Discussion threads 2006-08-16
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- aaaakkkk!!!!
- danged HSBC "Celebration of Light" event starts wednesday.250,000 people packing onto the beach to watch fireworks display.. wednesday, saturday, wednesday, saturday.drunken fools by the time they leave.hmmm, anyone got a few tonnes of tnt sitting around?mining the beaches could be fun. ]:)edited for typo and to add:not a stutter, it's...
- Tags: fireworks, Google Inc., Jaqui, Karma, mandatory tagging sucks, off-topic, Robert Heinlein
- Discussion threads 2006-07-25
- Geek Trivia: Strange (water)bedfellows
- What science-fiction icon's writings prevented the patenting of the modern waterbed? Let's take a moment, boys and girls, to remark on the accomplishments of one Charles Hall, without whom recent American culture might have taken some very different turns. No, we're not talking about explorer Charles...
- Tags: Jay Garmon, Martin Hall, waterbed, Charles, Geek Trivia Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Patent, Hospital Bed
- Technical articles 2006-08-01
- Finished 'Mote in God's Eye' last night
- Well, I polished off the first item in my aforementioned used book store haul--Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's The Mote in God's Eye--last night. I enjoyed the book, though I wasn't blown away by it. Considering that the pull quotes on the back cover had no less of...
- Tags: Science Fiction, PDAs, Handhelds, Hardware, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-02-28
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