Tag Archives: Mars

Building Consensus

By Mel | Published: Wednesday, 10 February 2010
How editing Wikipedia & a fictional Martian constitutional convention influenced the Consensus government in my novel(s)-to-be. Yep, & consensus would be a better way to run our own world too, yep.
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Good for my worldbuilding, bad for my world

By Mel | Published: Saturday, 6 February 2010
One tool for inventing an imaginary story universe in science fiction is extrapolating from the present into the future. Granting corporations lots of extra power as the Supreme Court did recently is very good for my worldbuilding. But is very bad for the world I actually live in.
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The Daily Tweets, 2009-11-20: Enjoy your cookie

By Mel | Published: Friday, 20 November 2009
The real deal on Wheeler report commissioned by Sullivan & thugs: History has proven Begich right ( Alaska Dispatch) http://bit.ly/1wRcgG # Halcro on AGIA & Palin’s common sense re: economy: “it’s commonly known Palin doesn’t possess any.” http://bit.ly/4fmesh # Shannyn Moore’s take of Mayor Sullivan & thugs-commissioned Wheeler report. http://bit.ly/2TfDKU # And here’s Mudflats on Mayor Sullivan [...]
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