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S. Spencer Baker
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March 2011
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Inner Horizon
It began in nothing. A place far, far smaller than neurones, smaller even than molecules, where the laws of the large no longer held sway. Here, within the carbon lattice of a single microtubule, reality was undecided.
Electrons drifted in overlapping possibilities, not here, not there, but everywhere in-between. For a heartbeatless eternity—spans measured in femtoseconds—they danced in superpositi Read more of this blog post »
Electrons drifted in overlapping possibilities, not here, not there, but everywhere in-between. For a heartbeatless eternity—spans measured in femtoseconds—they danced in superpositi Read more of this blog post »
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“The America of my time line is a laboratory example of what can happen to democracies, what has eventually happened to all perfect democracies throughout all histories. A perfect democracy, a ‘warm body’ democracy in which every adult may vote and all votes count equally, has no internal feedback for self-correction. It depends solely on the wisdom and self-restraint of citizens… which is opposed by the folly and lack of self-restraint of other citizens. What is supposed to happen in a democracy is that each sovereign citizen will always vote in the public interest for the safety and welfare of all. But what does happen is that he votes his own self-interest as he sees it… which for the majority translates as ‘Bread and Circuses.’
‘Bread and Circuses’ is the cancer of democracy, the fatal disease for which there is no cure. Democracy often works beautifully at first. But once a state extends the franchise to every warm body, be he producer or parasite, that day marks the beginning of t ...more Robert A. Heinlein |
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“The theory goes,’ continued Kiki, ‘that anyone is capable of being president, so anyone can be, except the people who really want to be, because the last person who should be given a position of power is someone who tries to convince people they should have it.”
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“The key to writing is concentration, not inspiration. It requires deep attention to your characters, to the world they live in, and to the story you have to tell.”
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“You are the man. You have to take your dignity and self respect to the pawnbrokers.”
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SciFi and Fantasy Book Club
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Hi there! SFFBC is a welcoming place for readers to share their love of speculative fiction through group reads, buddy reads, challenges, ...more
Literary Exploration
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Want to explore different genres? Each month we pick a different Literary book, to read and discuss. Books are picked by members via a poll.
Hard SF
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This is a discussion group for this specific subgenre in SF where the plausibility of the science counts.
Should a Book be Judged by the Author's Personal Morality
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If I’m not mistaken, one of the issues surrounding the GR take-down was whether a reviewer could ignore the content of a book and leave one-star and n ...more
Things that make you chuckle
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Funny quotes, lines from books you like, musings, bumper stickers, whatever makes you laugh. I would hope that we can keep this light-hearted. If anyt ...more
