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Good for my worldbuilding, bad for my world
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. Continue reading
Posted in Cold, Long Dark, Polis
Tagged Anchorage Baptist Temple, Anchorage Daily News, C.J. Cherryh, Chris, Citizens United v. FEC, Cold notes, collective intelligence, consensus, Consensus (Cold), corporations, corporations as persons, Cyteen, Dave, democracy, good government bad government, J.R.R. Tolkien, Juneau Empire, Kim Stanley Robinson, Long Dark notes, Lord of the Rings, Mars, Middle Earth, political corruption, science fiction, sociocracy, terraforming, Tom Anderson, VECO, worldbuilding, writing
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The Daily Tweets, 2010-02-05: Caprica w/ sauerkraut
And of course “Caprica” is also scored by Bear McCreary, same guy who composed four seasons of great music for “Battlestar Galactica.” All the more reason for loving this new series. A much better way to end the day than … Continue reading
Posted in The Daily Tweets
Tagged Andrew Halcro, Battlestar Galactica (TV), Bear McCreary, Caprica (TV), Sarah Palin, sauerkraut
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The Daily Tweets, 2010-02-04: Fata morgana, & new pipes
I saw fata morgana today — a mirage extension of the Alaska range north of Denali as seen from the 15th floor of one of the Denali towers. Photo here! Plus, all about the new pipes in my living room ceiling. So cool. Heh.
Posted in The Daily Tweets
Tagged Denali, fata morgana, leaks, Lord of the Rings, my apartment
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The Daily Tweets, 2010-02-03: Technical writing makes Mel grumpy
Being forced to do technical writing (for example, writing a style guide for building tables in Excel) makes Mel into a grump. #fb #
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Tagged grumpy
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The Daily Tweets, 2010-02-01: Buzzcuttedness
Most beautiful photo of the Mat-Su Valley of AK I’ve ever seen, by my friend @jansonjones. http://bit.ly/c44h7a # RT: @LambiFund: A good quick history of #Haiti Starting w/ Columbus http://bit.ly/bLpivW # RT: @CapricaSeven: Interesting recap of Caprica’s first post-pilot ep … Continue reading
Posted in The Daily Tweets
Tagged Caprica (TV), gender expression, Lambi Fund of Haiti, Sarah Palin
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Crossed Genres anthology released — complete w/ my story "Cold"
My story “Cold,” from my novel-in-progress of the same title, is appearing again — this time in Crossed Genres‘ Year One anthology, which collects stories from each of the magazine’s first twelve issues.
Posted in Cold
Tagged Crossed Genres, lgbtq, Melz published work, science fiction, writing
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