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• Kowtow-er of Power: the New Jack Bower

  
  Cold Fury — Authority: 489
  AMERICA ON ITS KNEES, DAY 295“Of more worth is one honest man to society and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.”–Tom Paine, “Common Sense”, evidently becoming more uncommon all the time“You tell meMistakesAre part of being a young country,But that don’t right the wrong ...
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• People’s Republic of Dehiwala

  
  Cerno — Authority: 417
  Following is a draft for the entry on the People’s Republic of Dehiwala. It is currently open for content and structural edits/additions.Overview:People’s Republic of Dehiwala is a microstate located in western and southern Sri Lanka. The country is divided into eleven districts. Two are located in Dehiwala south: ...
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• First World: New Designs on the Future

  
  Undead Backbrain — Authority: 495
  First World (US-2007; dir. Adam Starr) is a both a short scifi film and an on-going project that aims to result in a full-length feature. I first interviewed writer and producer Mark Lund back in 2007, when I was programming the short version into the film festival stream of Conflux 2007. He explained then: The ...
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• Soviet UFO Killer, the Detroit Frontier and Happy Birthday Marines!

  
  Dad2059's Webzine of Science Fiction, Science Fact and Esoterica — Authority: 124
  Aviation history is one of my hobbies and this particular item turned up in my daily search; The Soviet Fighting Nazi UFO Flying Fortress: During an early voyage of the experimental Kalinin K-7, the aircraft crashed, killing fourteen passengers and forcing Stalin to scrap the project. But an artist has reimagined an ...
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• Alternate-Universe Sci-Fi Channel Show Asks What Would Happen If Germany Lost War

  
  Disinformation — Authority: 584
  Via The Onion : NEW MUNICH—The new Sci-Fi Channel series Fallen Axis , which eerily depicts a world in which Germany actually lost the Second World War, premiered Tuesday evening to high ratings in an alternate universe to our own. The much-anticipated television event is said to be the most ambitious ever ...
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• Upside-Downsides: Standing America on its Head

  
  Cold Fury — Authority: 489
  SUICIDE OR TAKE A SIDE“If buttercups buzz’d after the beeIf boats were on land, churches on seaIf ponies rode men and if grass ate the cowsAnd cats should be chased into holes by the mouseIf the mamas sold their babiesTo the Gypsies for half a crownIf summer were springAnd the other way ’roundThen all the [...]
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• korrektive fantasie

  
  Anarchoblogs — Authority: 155
  ich stößte zufällig auf ein Interview über den film „Inglorious Basterds“, wo es um der „korrektiver Fantasie“ und dem „latenten Wunsch nach einer alternativen Geschichte“ geht. Yoav Sapir schreibt: …a bissl Fantasie gehört zu einem guten Film, und zwar nicht nur im Sinne des fiktiven ...
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• Being Called “Stalinists” by the NY Times is Like Being Called, Well, Stalinists by the NY Times

  
  Cold Fury — Authority: 489
  “You have done a good job in your reporting the U.S.S.R.”–Josef Stalin, to New York Times reporter Walter Duranty, Christmas Day 1933“Thus far no famine has been found…” just “milk from contented collectivized cows and honey fresh from the hives of Bolshevik bees.”–New York Times reporter Harold ...
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• It’s All Been Done, pt. infinity

  
  Cold Fury — Authority: 489
  “The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance. It is humbling to discover how many of our glib assumptions, which seem to us novel and plausible, have been tested before, not once but many times and in innumerable guises; and discovered to be, at great human cost, wholly false.”–Paul ...
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• Review: The Naming (Pellinor #1) by Alison Croggon

  
  Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog — Authority: 130
  The Naming (UK title: The Gift) by Alison Croggon Publication: Candlewick (May 10, 2005), Hardback, 466pp / ISBN 0763626392 Genre: Fantasy, YA/Teen Rating: Find @ Amazon or IndieBound Read: October 2009 Source: Library I found this mis-shelved at the library when I was looking for more Kevin ...
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• Transition

  
  Bride of the Book God — Authority: 114
  Or the non-science-fiction-science fiction one. So this is the latest from the great Iain Banks, one of my favourite authors. In the US (and possibly elsewhere, I’m not absolutely sure) this is being marketed as a science fiction novel, but not here in the UK where it’s being positioned as a mainstream novel ...
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• Boneshaker

  
  Forging an Art — Authority: 106
  I heard vague inklings about the coming release of this steampunk novel by Cherie Priest many months ago, then definite excitement from Tor editors along with Tiffany Trent ( Hallowmere ) during a panel on Victorian lit and steampunk at DragonCon.  And steampunk itself?  Does Alice in Wonderland qualify, and how ...
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• History in the Faking

  
  Cold Fury — Authority: 489
  MISS MANNERS MISSES MANNERS…but Jonah Goldberg politely asks When was this Golden Age of civility?Was this glorious era of politeness during George W. Bush’s presidency? Funny, that’s not how I remember it.Goldberg goes on to list the Clarence Thomas hearings and Clinton Bimbo Impeachment of the ’90’s, the ...
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• Review: Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

  
  Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog — Authority: 130
  Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld Publication: Simon Pulse (October 6, 2009), Hardcover, 448pp / ISBN 1416971734 Genre: Sci-Fi, Steampunk, YA Rating: Find @ Amazon or IndieBound Challenges: Countdown 2010 (2009 #4) Read: October 2009 Source: Library I’ve been excited for Leviathan since about…July? I ...
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• What Might Have Been: Imaginary History from Twelve Leading Historians (Phoenix Paperback Series) (Paperback) newly tagged “science fiction”

  
  MySpace Comments — Authority: 162
  What Might Have Been: Imaginary History from Twelve Leading Historians (Phoenix Paperback Series) ( Paperback ) By Andrew Roberts Buy new : $12.21 36 used and new from $2.55 Customer Rating: First tagged “science fiction” by Rburwood Building Services “Dive 31″ ...
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• Dalrymple’s new book tops bestseller chart

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) William Dalrymple’s new book “Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India” topped the bestseller chart here in the non-fiction section this week, while Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol” bounced back to the No.1 position in the fiction.The top 10 in each section are as ...
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• Remember the New Alamo

  
  Cold Fury — Authority: 489
  “An age that does not exalt courage will be confounded by the Alamo, and baffled by the men who stayed in it. Any age that fears war more than servitude, or death more than honor, must denigrate the Alamo. Ages that do not honor the concept of “Liberty or Death” will fight no Alamos. Ages [...]
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• The Importance of Medicinal Plants and A Brief History of Pharmaceutical Medicine

  
  HealthMad — Authority: 443
  If there’s anything of this world that leads me to believe there’s an intelligent, organised creator/source, it’s the fact that we can treat virtually every condition known to man with a natural, or naturally-based, product. I’m fascinated by the idea that every plant has it’s medicinal use (as suggested by ...
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• Wendy Doniger, Hilary Mantel week’s top authors

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) Wendy Doniger’s “The Hindus: An Alternative History” topped the non-fiction section of the bestseller list this week while “Wolf Hall” by Hilary Mantel topped the fiction group.The top 10 in each section are as follows:Non-fiction1. “The Hindus: An Alternative History”Author: ...
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• Review: Boneshaker by Cherie Priest

  
  Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog — Authority: 130
  Boneshaker by Cherie Priest Publication: Tor Books (September 29, 2009), Paperback, 416 pages / ISBN 0765318415 Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror, Steampunk Rating: Find @ Amazon or IndieBound Challenges: It’s the End of the World II (#4) Read: October 2009 Source: Bought It’s a slightly involved story ...
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