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Midweek marginalia

George W. Bush: Messiah? (And the author certainly seems to want to imitate traditional renditions of the entity that sent GWB on that mission.) Added to the web site/blogroll are The Negelected Books Page: “Where forgotten books are remembered,” and Lost Book Archives, which focuses on speculative fiction. (Via Eos Books blog.) On a somewhat […]

SF marginalia

Not really being that dumb, Big Dumb Object discovers some “cybercasts” of SF authors (and others) from the 2004 Library of Congress National Book Festival. Wikipedia lists the current selections for SF Masterworks. (Also via Big Dumb Object.) Thanks in part to a fairly heavy dosage of Philip K. Dick, I’ve read about half of […]

Assorted marginalia

In part due to catching up on items from over the weekend, a sooner than usual installment of marginalia:

I’d seen this a while ago but it’s certainly advanced since. Go play with the literature map. (Via So Many Books). Everybody wants a free t-shirt, right? So, go see my friend MinusCar, contribute 300 words […]

Assorted miscellany

Although I’ve seen no scientific confirmation one way or another, I suspect today’s effort to put Earth into a new orbit was unsuccessful. I was pleased to discover that it would take 120 cups of coffee or 370 cups of iced tea to get enough caffeine to kill me. I don’t think I’d be able […]

Accumulated weekend marginalia

Time to move away from all J.A.I.L. all the time. With the weekend upon us and as a transition back to a more normal flow of posts, here’s an extended miscellany from near and far:

Local savant Scott Hudson picks a get out of town all star team. Via a comment to an earlier post […]