You might be amused by this: I have identified a positive economic feedback loop between beamed energy propulsion and power satellites. Given an understanding...
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William Goodall
wtg@...
May 13, 2012 2:26 pm
The new Brin novel Existence comes out in June. A topic! _______________________________________________ ...
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Charlie Bell
charlie@...
May 13, 2012 3:03 pm
... So, will they add a stupid apostrophe in the non-US versions? Ex'stence, maybe… Suppose I should get my amazon order sorted out! Charlie ...
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Damon Agretto
damon.agretto@...
May 13, 2012 3:52 pm
Already have my copy on pre-order on Amazon! Damon. ... _______________________________________________ ...
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Medievalbk@...
May 14, 2012 1:00 am
As long as they don't say Existence is futile. In a message dated 5/13/2012 10:26:16 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, charlie@... writes: ... So,...
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Pat Mathews
mathews55@...
May 14, 2012 1:42 am
Just so long as they don't say Existence is Feudal - Brin would have a fit! Resistance, now ... From: Medievalbk@... Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 21:00:47 -0400 ...
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Dan Minette
danminette@...
May 15, 2012 4:16 pm
George Lucas, after being fought tooth and nail by his neighbors on his plan to bring a movie studio to his property has given up the attempt and is now ...
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Dave Land
dmland@...
May 15, 2012 7:31 pm
... When I saw that story yesterday, I was impressed with Lucas and told some other folks about it. Then I thought about it a little more and wondered why I...
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Dan Minette
danminette@...
May 15, 2012 7:42 pm
... From: brin-l-bounces@... [mailto:brin-l-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Dave Land Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 2:31 PM To: Killer Bs (David Brin...
The one area where Sigmund Freud offered breakthrough insights of profound and permanent value was by demonstrating conclusively that the unconscious mind ...
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Dave Land
dmland@...
May 29, 2012 6:38 pm
I might be wrong, but… This discussion reminded me of Malcolm Gladwell's "Blink", which argues for paying more attention to what this piece refers to as...
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Medievalbk@...
May 29, 2012 6:44 pm
System 1 made me read these emails. _______________________________________________ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com...
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David Brin
dbrin@...
May 29, 2012 9:42 pm
BTW... I hope you all have seen the truly stunning preview-trailer for EXISTENCE! With amazing art by Patrick Farley. http://tinyurl.com/exist-trailer Sorry...
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Ronn! Blankenship
ronn_blankenship@...
Jun 3, 2012 8:27 pm
. . . in North America. Wednesday in some other parts of the world. In any case, last chance until 2117: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120603.html For a rough...
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Charlie Bell
charlie@...
Jun 4, 2012 12:29 am
Wednesday from 8:30am ish in Oz. But forecast is cloudy in Melbourne. :( C ... _______________________________________________ ...
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Ronn! Blankenship
ronn_blankenship@...
Jun 4, 2012 12:31 pm
... Does that mean you're in that time zone that's an hour and a half different from the next one over? ... This morning here, Thor seems awfully annoyed about...
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Charlie Bell
charlie@...
Jun 4, 2012 1:27 pm
... Half hour to Adelaide. Time given for Venus above was qualified with "ish". :-) ... Rubbish here. Horrid wet horrid. C. ...
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Dan Minette
danminette@...
Jun 4, 2012 1:34 pm
... And here, after a night of severe thunderstorms, we got less than 1 cm of rain. But, just 20 km to the S they got 30. The radar map of rainfall shows us...
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Medievalbk@...
Jun 4, 2012 1:49 pm
In a message dated 6/4/2012 6:31:36 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, ronn_blankenship@... writes: I plan to drag my 10" out on the driveway or...
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Ronn! Blankenship
ronn_blankenship@...
Jun 4, 2012 10:17 pm
At 08:49 AM Monday 6/4/2012, Medievalbk@... wrote: In a message dated 6/4/2012 6:31:36 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, ronn_blankenship@......
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Klaus Stock
ks@...
Jun 5, 2012 11:04 am
... <snip> ... Earshot. Luckily, you wrote "folks I know", and not "folks I knew". - Klaus ;-) _______________________________________________ ...
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Medievalbk@...
Jun 6, 2012 4:02 pm
Dark they were and golden eyed. Now with a tear. _______________________________________________ ...
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Nick Arnett
nick.arnett@...
Jun 6, 2012 4:06 pm
Wah. Just read an essay he wrote for the science fiction issue of The New Yorker. Nick ... From: NYTimes.com News Alert <nytdirect@...> Date: Wed, Jun...
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Charlie Bell
charlie@...
Jun 6, 2012 10:21 pm
... Indeed. Ray Bradbury was one of the writers that fired my imagination, especially in my teens when I was discovering other worlds. He will be missed. ...
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Jon Louis Mann
net_democracy@...
Jun 7, 2012 7:00 pm
I've met Ray numerous times; he very generous with his time and kind to fans. I took my 14 year old son to the Atlanta WorldCon and Ray was GOH. He mingled...
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Ronn! Blankenship
ronn_blankenship@...
Jun 9, 2012 11:18 pm
The character complains that he's relentlessly pestered with calls from friends and employers, salesmen and pollsters, people calling simply because they can....
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Klaus Stock
ks@...
Jun 10, 2012 8:01 am
... Unfortunately, yes. Many years ago, I still believed that science fiction was a valuable instrument for experimenting with future possibilities, in a way...
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Keith Henson
hkeithhenson@...
Jun 10, 2012 7:22 pm
I have been working on three articles recently. There is a JBIS article on a 500,000 ton per year to GEO Skylon/laser concept, one on power satellite design...
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Medievalbk@...
Jun 10, 2012 9:35 pm
Futurist Magazine? World Future Society. They do heavy, or at least semi heavy. I knew nothing about them until I got a stack of their back issues to sell. ...
