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Discussion of written science fiction and fantasy.
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Question about the title of a story involving an elf
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A long time ago I read a short story, where in some fairyland - amongst the various fairy races, only elves can work with iron and steel (specifically the women). The protagonist of the short story is an Elf girl who finally reaches an age where she is able to work the metal objects that drift in from our world to theirs.... more »
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William Gibson introductions
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Has Gibson written the introduction to any books since Art of the X- Files? I would appreciate anyone directing me to a current list of such. Gracias! -buzz
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Propaganda in Science Fiction as lesson?
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The thread mentioning Heinlein's Future History has reminded me to post something I've been thinking of for some time. A small part of Methuselah's Children has always stuck with me: ************ "Ensenada, Baja California, Jeffers and Lucy Weatheral today asked for special proctor protection, alleging that a group of citizens had... more »
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YASID: Alien invader seduced by humanity
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There was a book I saw as a paperback (I think) in the early 90s. I don't think I ever got to reading it, but if I understood correctly, it was about an alien invasion recon team who worked by possession. IIRC the main character had lost contact wtih the rest of the aliens and was starting to have severe identity issues: He started to like being a... more »
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Girl Genius - 8/27/2008
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Actually, I can understand where the kessle is coming from. Vassals in a monarchy are always somewhat nervous until the succession is secured. Matchkessle, Matchkessle, make me a match.
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Whatever became of the USSR? (Heinlein future history)
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Greetings and salutations. I was rereading "The Past Through Tomorrow", the Heinlein collection, which proclaims in the back blurb "For the First Time, all 21 stories, novellas and novels forming Heinlein's monumental Future History are collected together in paperback." I noticed that in "The Man That Sold... more »
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Neil Neal Stephenson event 9-9-08
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New York Times best-selling fiction author Neal Stephenson's new book Anathem is being released at a singular event in San Francisco on Tuesday September 9, 02008. Presented by The Long Now Foundation, whose 10,000 Year Clock project inspired Stephenson's new work, this evening with the author will include live performances of music... more »
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Astounding Stories
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In case anyone is interested, the first year of Astounding Stories is up at the internet Archive. [link] It's going through Distributed Proofing to go into Project Gutenberg. The first year and eight months were published in the US without a... more »
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Novel-aware characters?
 
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In some comic books, there are characters that are called 'Comic-aware' because they know that they are living in a comic book. Sometimes they joke about the situation, or talk to the readers directly, or do other things that break the fourth wall of the story. Examples of comic-aware characters include Ambush Bug, Deadpool, and for a while She-Hulk.... more »
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