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POPSDNA "Self Organization" the Future for Computer Technology I remember years ago reading that sci-fi book by Orson Scott Card called Xenocide. He put forth the concept that the communication between computers was "life". Well, reading this article kind of brings that concept kind of closer to becoming reality. Maybe it is just my far-fetched imagination??? More info at source.
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POPSWould the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights? http://www.ldsmag.com/ideas/081017light.html I don't get the paper anymore here because of their left leaning bias and I've told them why. The only way we can make the msm behave in a responsible way is to hit them in the pocketbook. They have a DUTY to be unbiased and they are shirking that duty to be purveyors of lies. Did anyone see the Sara Palin interview on CNN? Disgraceful!!! Just the latest from these people.
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POPSOrson Card Eviscerates Democrat Hacks Who Call Themselves JOURNALISTS!!! . . . . .McCain who had voted against tightening its lending practices. Then you will print them, even though every one of those true stories will point the finger of blame at the reckless Democratic Party, which put our nation's prosperity at risk so they could feel good about helping the poor, and lay a fair share of the blame at Obama's door. You will also tell the truth about John McCain: that he tried, as a Senator, to do what it took to prevent this crisis. You will tell the truth about President Bush: that his administration tried more than once to get Congress to regulate lending in a responsible way. This was a Congress-caused crisis, beginning during the Clinton administration, with Democrats leading the way into the crisis and blocking every effort to get out of it in a timely fashion. There's much more at the link. http://www.ldsmag.com/ideas/081017light.html Orson Scott Card, by the way, is a Democrat.
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POPSTop 100 Sci-Fi Short Stories. When I see a list. I know what is on the list is going to depend on who is making the list. There are some predictable ratings, but there are generally surprises. When looking at Sci-Fi fiction lists, it continues to be amazing that there are so many authors writing who were hardly recognized, but produced high quality work. Short stories are great because they can be read without like seeming like a project. They are also good for training our minds to read epics.(I've just clipped the two ends of the list.)
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POPSIf you Suck at Sports, do you Suck at Life? Orson Scott Card goes on to say this about organized sports for kids: "Too much like the real world, too little like play. When I wrote silly poems, that was play. That was just flat-out fun. My parents didn't get involved and nobody yelled at the ump." He wishes that "a kid who's lousy at sports but good at music or theatre or writing or videogames should get as much encouragement and honor as any athlete. But he won't." The only time I had fun with sports was when it was just for fun. If it got competitive I left because I could think of a lot better things to get upset about. I poured myself into drama, debate, reading, videogames. Now I'm 26, married for four years, a filmmaker, and a CEO of my own company.... and I still suck at sports.
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POPSSix Word Stories inspired by hemingway's famous six word story "For sale: baby shoes, never worn," great short stories by sci-fi authors.
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POPSSF Author: Nancy Farmer After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls. The Sea of Trolls
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POPSSF Author: Michael Scott Rohan First in a trilogy that blends magic with prehistory, here is a tale of potent magicks, immortal struggles, and human courage in the face of evil forces and awesome odds that follows Elof and his band of adventurers in a battle with the evil Mastersmith Mylio. The Anvil of Ice (The first book in the Winter of the World series)
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POPSSF Author: Michael Crichton The novel which became a Spielberg film of the same name. An island off Costa Rica is to become the world's most famous theme park - a dinosaur preserve, for a biotechnology company has succeeded in cloning 15 species of dinosaur. But the scientists' dream turns into a nightmare. Jurassic Park (The first book in the Jurassic Park series)
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POPSSF Author: John W Campbell Download DescriptionBasis of the 1951 cult horror film, The Thing From Another World, Campbell's frightening novelette appeared in ASTOUNDING in early 1938. He had become editor of that magazine five months earlier. A terrifying shape-changing alien at a frozen research st Who Goes There?"He was the greatest editor science fiction ever had. Take away John Campbell and the whole scene changes; others have contributed to the growth of modern science fiction, John caused it." Frederik Pohl "When I was fifteen years old, I thought John W Campbell was God." Harry Harrison
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POPSSF Author: John F Carr Intent on keeping the planet Haven cut off from the rest of the empire while they slowly absorb all normal humanity into their own perverted form, a race of hideous supermen escalate Haven's fierce wars. Sauron Dominion (The third book in the War World series)
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POPSSF Author: Carl Sagan In celebration of its 75th anniversary, Random House has reissued in hardcover with their original cover art select titles that have withstood the test of time. This special edition of Cosmos by the late Carl Sagan remains one of the best-known and best-loved descriptions of our universe -- a wonderful addition to any library of classics. Cosmos: The Story of Cosmic Evolution, Science and Civilization
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