Walt (& Spontoon & Althing groups)-- About the only vivid "scene" I personally have about Althing independence: The Burning of the 'Governor's Mansion'. Tower...
I think you may have underestimated the effects of travel time and pre-wireless communitcations. In the Pacific of this world, isolated islands such as Midway...
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[Those of our Loyal Readers who do not want to look behind the curtain at the story-telling machinery, should hide their eyes as they read the following ...
Mercmartin (John Urie)-- John, thank you very much! The image size may not matter as much when it is for a reference photo in the files. If you wish, file ...
Thanks for the reminders of what's in the Timeline. I was trying to keep things a little vague, more listing the factors involved than trying to nail down...
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Antonia-- ... You notice that I had to go look myself. 8) The timeline is only a suggestion. There are many of the setting details that are very vague, as you...
Spontoon & Althing groups-- There is a new upload to the Spontoon Island website featuring re-shuffles of some of the art, and a new chapter for "Luck of the...
Once or twice I've remarked on some of the limits the Spontoons might have on their industry. Because raw metal and coal have to be imported, I doubt that...
The principles of HF/DF, which underly the Rain Island and aviation subsidies of Radio Lono are quite simple. The practice, less so. From the aircraft, the...
There are no transistors. What takes their place is the vacuum tube, or thermionic valve. American jargon used vacuum tube. Somebody trained elsewhere in the...
... ( Snipped ) RDF technology was actually pretty well established throughout the Pacific by the mid 1930's. Amelia Earhart had a DF set installed aboard her...
A lot of stuff here. Hmm. In one of Simon's Diary extracts he describes a set of native tikis where the idol is holding a bowl as if pouring something out....
... describes a set of native tikis where the idol is holding a bowl as if pouring something out. Amelia notes that the bowl is parabolic, and there are bats...
In 1934 the Production Code (also known as the Hays Code) camne into full force in Hollywood, and essentially stopped films being distributed in the USA which...
There's no chance of this script getting past Joe Breen at the Production Code Office... <ul><b>EXT -- BEACH -- DAY</b></UL> The Hula TOURISTS ARE LIKE THAT is...
Antonia-- (smile) at the script. That "Rocket Girl" poster in the 'photo' area (of the group's space at Yahoo Groups) looks good, too. Ken Fletcher ... ...
... I really ought to check a few more dates, and see when various well-known European film people relocated to Hollywood. Not quite coincidence, but I came...
Spontoon group-- Reese Dorrycott has added 2 or 3 Spontoon-setting stories to his story archive: http://www.naorhy.com On the website's 'Story Page', under...
Simon (& Spontoon Group)-- I've made a longer comment to the 'Althing' yahoo group, as that's more a contributor's bulletin board. But in general, I'm willing...
... It's maybe worth looking at what Cecil Rhodes did--very much a private-army effort that was taken over by the British government. But, yes, once the...
One example of how the Spontoons might have come under British influence is the Imperial British East Africa Company. The company hit financial problems, and...
OK, so let's think about what special effects technology is around. Back-projection, models , and glass mattes. The last was used until quite recently. You...
Sunday is the 60th anniversary of the first transistor, which out which none of this would be possible. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/12/14/ft_transistor/ ...
... were ... This illustrates the gap between theory (semiconductor theory from 1920s and 1930s leading to Bell Labs (and others cited in article) _deliberate_...
