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Star Wars Super Graphic Book Review

by Tim Leong Chronicle Books, 2017 176 pages ISBN 978-1452161204 I received this book for free as part of the LibraryThing Early Reviewers Program. This is a great book. And I'm a huge Star Wars nerd, which is why I think it's a great book. Hear

The Long View 2005-09-13: The Rapture Today; Modernity and the Arabists; Heinlein Lives

I read a number of Heinlein juveniles at my elementary school library. I think Citizen of the Galaxy was one of them. Now that I'm older, I notice more of Heinlein's weirdness, but as a kid, all that sailed right over my head, and I just

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