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04.28.08 by Widge @ 2:09 am  There's just something irresistible about old paperbacks. Especially the pulp kinds with titles like we've posted before. I love these things. I'll go ahead and tell you I've added Nine and Death Makes Ten to our list of band names. Brilliant. See the full gallery at I'm Learning to Share! Categorized as: Books
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04.07.08 by Widge @ 2:25 am Another quick note. I've got a new project live. It's called Emily & Oscar. I'd appreciate your thoughts on it. To answer the three most popularly asked questions thus far. 1. It's a children's book. 2. It's not for "normal" children, no. 3. There will be pictures, yes. I threw one together of our two heroes because people were asking. Categorized as: Books
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04.01.08 by Widge @ 5:08 am It's April. And you know what that means. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Thomas Stearns Eliot has the floor. Categorized as: Books
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03.30.08 by Cosette @ 10:59 pm   Published by: Thomas Dunne With all of the concern these days about Destroying the Planet, whether through our "carbon footprint" or not recycling, as well as "green" living being the new catchphrase, I was relieved when I read this book. Rather than dwell on how we humans can "kill" our planet, author Alan Weisman sets out to hypothesize what would happen to the Earth if all of us pesky humans just up and disappeared. This is hardly idle speculation, either. About what happens afterwards, I mean. Weisman has consulted with experts in everything from forestry to mortuary science. He asks not only what would happen ten or one thousand years from now if there were no one to man the cooling vats at a nuclear plant, but also what will happen to all of those big heavy boxes in which we've been interring our dead over the last century. He also examines what we can learn from past extinctions and huge climate changes regarding how our planet heals itself over time after catastrophe. Categorized as: Books and Reviews
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03.19.08 by Doc @ 10:11 am  Another titan has departed the science fiction world. Arthur C. Clarke, author of more than 30 novels and inventor of the geostationary communications satellite, passed away earlier today at his home in Sri Lanka. As hard science fiction goes, there were none greater than Clarke, and his vision and tireless advocacy for human exploration and utilization of space may well be as important as any of his contributions to fiction. Among his many awards and recognitions, he was one of only two dozen SFWA Grand Masters, a Knight Bachelor, and a Commander of the British Empire. He also had an asteroid and a dinosaur named after him, and an Apollo command module named after one of his fictional spacecraft (Odyssey). Categorized as: Books
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