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The Long View: Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons

I think Tim Powers should write a book about Parsons. A native Angelino, with ties to both rocketry and the occult, who died young under mysterious circumstances. This would probably write itself. Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons By George Pendle Harcourt, 2005 US$25.

Ecumenical Twilight Updated

I updated John Reilly's short story, Ecumenical Twilight, with a linked table of contents. I love this story. Like so much classic scifi, it is an deep essay on politics wrapped in a shallow speculation about the possibility of life on Europa, the moon of Jupiter. There are

Conquistador Book Review

by S. M. Stirling Roc Books, 2003 ISBN 0-451-45908-3 This book continues the tradition that Stirling never writes sequels to the books of his I like best. Ah well. I especially like the acknowledgments to this volume: To Jerry Pournelle, for help and assistance; Giovanni Spinella and Mario Panzanelli, for

The Long View 2005-05-16: Culture: High, Low, & Holy

I remember the hot take in 2005 was that Episode III was a brave blow against W's imperialism. Does anyone still care, in light of how much the movie has been panned? Looking at the data, I'm a little surprised at how well Episode III reviews:

The Long View: Forever Peace

This book review contains a remarkable prediction, one so bold that even I find it hard to believe. John Reilly claims that work has nearly no elasticity. Would it really make such a difference if all manufacturing jobs were automated? The proportion of people in advanced countries who have such

The Long View: Anatomy of Criticism

The Long View: Anatomy of Criticism

As a believer that great works of synthesis are the characteristic work of our age, I support this kind of book. Anatomy of Criticism By Northrop Frye Foreword by Harold Bloom Princeton University Press, 1957 (Paperback 1990) 383 Pages, $17.95 ISBN 0691069999 A review of this book really should

L. Ron Hubbard presents Writers of the Future Volume 33 Review

L. Ron Hubbard presents Writers of the Future Volume 33 Edited by David Farland Galaxy Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1-62986-529-7 I received this book for free from the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program. In principle, I probably should have picked up one of these volumes before. I knew that Tim Powers and