What would be your five science fiction novels to recommend to friend who doesn’t read SF? Here are five choices of mine. Continue reading
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Dear white male science fiction author who shall remain nameless.
I don’t know if your now-deleted “Call for Civility” on your blog actually was expressing a desire for things to be just like they were in the 1950s when women and minorities knew their place, or whether that was just how it seemed.
But did it not occur to you that phrases like “Rabid jungle cats” used to describe some of your fellow writers who were neither white nor male might seem a teensy bit racist?
Featured Posts
Iain Jennings – My Dark Surprise
The new solo album from Mostly Autumn’s keyboard player is a very strong release, containing all the strengths of his earlier work without repeating his past. Continue reading
Chantel McGregor – Grenade
While Chantel McGregor has made a name for herself playing guitar-shredding electric blues-rock, there’s also an acoustic side to her music. Here’s her cover of Bruno Mars’ “Grenade”. Continue reading
Graham Farish Mk2a Coaches
Graham Farish’s new Mk2a coaches are possibly the best British-outline N-gauge passenger stock released to date, and I think they are on a par with state-of-the-art continental models. Continue reading
RIP Iain (M) Banks
Within a few days of losing Jack Vance, another of my all-time favourite authors, Iain Banks, has passed. While he had made it public that he was terminally ill back in March, his death still comes as a shock. He … Continue reading
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Music
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Panic Room SKIN Tour
Panic Room hit the road again with six live appearances, beginning at The Flowerpot in Derby on 28th June, and ending at Sound Control in Manchester on 13th July. Special guests on all dates will be the excellent Morpheus Rising, and the London show at The Garage on 6th July will be a three-band bill with Touchstone. Continue reading
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Maschine announce debut album “Rubidium”
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Mertesacker – Junge Blau
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Shineback – Rise Up Forgotten, Return Destroyed
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CRF 2013 – Really not for me this year
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Esoteric Showcase 2013
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Will the digital economy force everyone to work for free?
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Has the music died, or was it never True Love in the first place?
Computing
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Is friendship ruining your testing career?
Good blog post from Joel Montvelisky: “Is friendship ruining your testing career”. As a software tester my day and music critic by night, this counts double for me. Continue reading
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Why I Like Twitter
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The Colonel
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The Facebook experiment has failed?
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Assigning Priority to Bugs
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Comment spam getting smarter?
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The perils of relying too much on Facebook
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The Return of the Facebook Privacy Monster
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Bug Fixed
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Should Social Networking Work Like Email?
Railways
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Restormel Castle on the blocks
First Great Western’s class 57 No 57602 on the blocks at London Paddington having bought in the empty stock for the “Night Riviera” to Penzance. Continue reading
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National Railway Museum under threat?
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South Wales Electrification and Economic Reality
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Greg Spawton on East Coast Racer
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Nodding Donkeys – The End Is Nigh
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This Train Is Your Life
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BLS in the 1990s
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Reading Station Rebuild
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3D Printing for N Gauge
SF and Gaming
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RIP Jack Vance
It would be fair to say that Jack Vance, who passed away at the age of 96, was one of my all-time favourite authors. My first introduction his writing was The Anome many years ago, and it took me a while to get used to his style of prose and storytelling. Then I read The The Demon Princes saga, and was hooked. Continue reading
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Skills for Organisations
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Nightfall
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Star Wars and Doctor Who fans clash at convention
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Fate Core Psionics – Take Two
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Psionics for Fate Core
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6 Board Games That Ruined It for Everyone
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Races and Fantasy RPGs
Religion & Politics
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If you’ve done nothing wrong, you still have something to fear
The argument made by William Hague that “If you’ve done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear” is typical of those who see George Orwell’s 1984 not as prophecy or warning, but as an instruction manual. Continue reading
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Google, Ayn Rand, and The Singularity
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Where are the defenders of western liberal values?
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UKIP plays Whack-a-Mole with Uncle Jimmys
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Goodbye to The Iron Lady
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Kim Jong Un and the Mellotron of Doom
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The Sound of Pure Evil
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Politics by AD&D Alignment
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Job Vacancy – Must Speak Fluent Bollocks