I can’t really say that I’ve been following the sf-writer “pixel-stained technopeasant” kerfluffle with interest, because there isn’t much that’s -interesting- about one guy making an intemperate rant and two hundred people finding various ways to tell him he’s wrong. I do see one thin thread running through this particular intemperate rant, though, that connects [...]
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Posted in academic, science fiction | 5 Comments »>I have been trying to figure out what to say–I’ve been trying to formulate a clear and articulate response to what happened at Virginia Tech this week. I don’t have one. What I ended up saying to my class yesterday was that I don’t know what to say, but I know that we need to [...]
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Posted in academic, personal | No Comments »>The great fortune is mine, in that I’ve been practically drowning in wonderful media lately. Some of it has been happenstance. Yesterday afternoon, for instance, I went to see The Lookout. Based on the ads I’d seen, my impression of this movie was something like “fast and flashy action movie, starring that kid from 10 [...]
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