Space Race
Jul 09Some random bits of science-fiction info, all having something to do with race: The live-action version of Ursula LeGuin’s Earthsea was a disappointment. (Okay, I’m being polite; it was an abomination.) Let’s hope the animated version is better. Though judging from the poster it looks like they still haven’t figured out that Ged’s not a [...]
The Net of TIME
Jul 09[cross-posted at Liberty & Power] As noted previously (see here, here, here, and here), I’m a fan of Isabel Paterson’s novels. So I was interested to find reviews of some of them in the online archives of Time magazine. Unfortunately, the reviews are cutesy and idiotic (and in the case of Never Ask the End, [...]
The Best President
Jul 09[cross-posted at Liberty & Power] Was David Rice Atchison President of the United States for a day – or at least for a few minutes? Maybe. Here’s an argument for the affirmative, and here’s one for the negative. But if he was President, he was a pretty darn good one. Not that he was a [...]
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