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Marginalia and dicta I think that, by definition, this takes you beyond being a jackass. (Via Boing Boing, whose headline is a classic.)
Wired magazine gives us its top 20 SF films. While I think it admirable they apply set standards, the fact Gatacca can beat out The Matrix, 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange shows that when it comes to the arts, it truly is in the eye of the beholder. (Via SF Signal.)
Speaking of best of, you know how Christmas starts in the stores well before Halloween now? Well, it looks like the same is true of “books/CDs/movies of the year.” SF Signal points out that Publishers Weekly has already posted its “Best Books of the Year.”
And reinforcing my status as an “illiterati,” I’ve read one of PW’s fiction selections and none of the SF and nonfiction picks.
Kafka on the Shore won Best Novel at the 2006 Fantasy Awards. (Via SFBC Blog.)
Kottke.org gets the award for best single political blog line this week: “It’s like happy happy joy joy day in liberal land today [Wednesday]….first the election stuff and now Rumsfeld is ‘resigning’.”
And the award for the best two lines may have to go to SD blogger Doug Wiken, who asks: “Do Democrats have a Plan? Or are they the dog that caught the car?”
God made us number one cause he loves us the best
Well maybe he should go bless someone else for a while, give us a rest
“All U Can Eat,” Ben Folds, Supersunnyspeedgraphic – The LP
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