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• The 50 Laws of Science Fiction Physics

  
  kunochan.com — Authority: 112
  Inspired by such mainstays of geek humor as The Laws of Cartoon Physics and The Laws of Anime Physics , I have assembled the following 50 Laws of Science Fiction Physics. This list was in part inspired by my previous post, Tired Sci-Fi Tropes That Must Be Retired . Law of Selective Gravitation: All artificial ...
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• I’m Just a Fringe Trekkie

  
  A Feather Adrift — Authority: 125
  I adored and admired Carl Sagan and read all his books with great enjoyment. I learned a lot, but one thing that Carl and I did not have in common was his conclusion that there was no better time to be alive as an astronomer than this moment. I would say nay, nay to such a suggestion. This is precisely the wrong time ...
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• Doc “Skylark” Smith

  
  The Way the Future Blogs — Authority: 412
  When I first began obsessively reading science fiction, at about the age of ten, all sf writers were as gods to me. Some, however, were bigger gods than others, my holiest trinity being Edgar Rice Burroughs, H. G. Wells and Edward Elmer Smith, Ph. D. — with Doc Smith at the top of the [...]
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• Links, Pictures, and Videos to Brighten your Monday

  
  The Junkyard — Authority: 122
  Metropolis and Mental Life by Georg Simmel (1903) – An interesting essay on the effects a city has on a persons identity and individualism The Last Question – A Great and interesting short story by Isaac Asimov A Dangerous Dysfunction - Interesting op-ed by Krugman on lobbyists, health care, and our ...
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• What I’ve noticed

  
  Gravity's Rainbow — Authority: 125
  Testosterone doesn’t actually make people selfish; it promotes fair play. It’s not that feminists don’t have a sense of humor, you’re just not funny . China really isn’t getting better about human rights abuses . Fantastic essay by Asimov on “ The Relativity of Wrong .”  I feel like this would be ...
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• What Was the Hardest Book for Isaac Asimov to Write?

  
  Fanboy.com — Authority: 483
  Talking to my old friend Marc Thorner I got an interesting insight on legendary author Isaac Asimov: It seems that as a younger fanboy he was professing his admiration to Asimov for one of his lesser known treasures An Easy Introduction to the Slide Rule which was written in 1965. Asimov then confided to my friend ...
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• James Cameron Steering Fantastic Voyage Remake, Two Possible Avatar Sequels to Big Screen

  
  Inside Movies — Authority: 154
  In addition to two possible Avatar sequels, James Cameron also has his sights set on a remake of the 1966 sci-fi flick Fantastic Voyage, reports Variety. Shane Salerno -- the writer of the second best movie involving Aliens and Predators ... Read more Filed under: Movie News Permalink  |  Email this  |  ...
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• Fourth Law Of Robotics T-Shirt

  
  Botropolis — Authority: 511
  For robot loving geeks, this law trumps the rest of Asimov’s laws. [Thinkgeek]
  3 weeks ago

• Always Already Monday

  
  Gerry Canavan — Authority: 145
  * Isaac Asimov’s “The Relativity of Wrong” uses an “English Lit major” as its punching bag. Damn you Asimov! ( via ) * The Savage Critic explains misogyny in the Marvel Universe. The origin of our vagina monster? It’s a woman wanting sex. Sex makes women crazy and dangerous. The result of female ...
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• Book recommendation: Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov

  
  thinkMoult — Authority: 117
  Being of the current generation, I wasn’t around in the 1950s when Isaac Asimov created the Foundation Trilogy – namely three books: Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation . Isaac Asimov is one of those pioneers in the sci-fi genre and for good reason too as I learned later. Being a passive book ...
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• The 2009 Botropolis Robot Gift Guide

  
  Botropolis — Authority: 511
  It’s that time of year again. Let’s hope that this isn’t the year that robots decide to roast some human chestnuts on an open fire and use our intestines as yule logs to light a fire in their cold incinerator hearts. For the moment we seem to be safe, so let’s take a look at some cool robot gifts for Xmas. ...
  4 weeks ago

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