…of a miscarriage of justice.
I am a tad fed up (actually utterly annoyed) with this generation looking at my generation’s tv and movies and music and remaking, revisiting, and just damn well ripping off my childhood. Stop it. Stop it at once.
Now a remake of Blake’s 7 has been announced.
It is the end times, people. Dogs and cats, living together….
My lawn, get off it.
…without it nothing can succeed. He who molds public sentiment
goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or decisions possible or
impossible to execute.
The Daily Show has shown us how to truly regard Fox ‘News’. One of the best bits of reporting of the year. Funny, acid genius. Michael Moore wishes he was this good.
…puppets much. I don’t find them believable.
Waldorf: I don’t believe you.
…indistinguishable from magic.
Sci-fi writer Arthur C. Clarke dead
BRITISH-born science fiction guru, Arthur C. Clarke, died at a hospital in Sri Lanka overnight, his aide Rohan de Silva said. He was 90
His books were such a gift. I am typing this on Hal (I think he is up to Hal 3300, we upgrade so often:) )
Thank you, Arthur.
…Deep Thought warned. “Forty-two,” it said, with infinite majesty and calm.
It has been 30 years since Hitchhikerś Guide to The Galaxy debuted on BBC Radio. But what on earth is 42?
Bah. Thatś the easy bit. It is the answer.
The question is the tough one!
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…to be wanderers in the fourth dimension? Have you? To be exiles?
As quoted on Fark : William Hartnell, the very first to play the role of the Doctor on “Doctor Who” was born 100 years ago today. Even if you don’t like the old episodes, raise a glass and remember him, for without him there would be no Doctor Who.
William Hartnell once said of his role: “It may seem like hindsight now, but I just knew that Doctor Who was going to be an enormous success. Don’t ask me how. Not everybody thought as I did. I was universally scoffed at for my initial faith in the series, but I believed in it. It was magical.”
…only after humility.
Carl Sagan had it in spades - well, he had both enlightenment AND humility.
Further to the Sagan Blogathon, Nick Sagan has written a wonderful post about his father. Nick is a fantastic writer, and a published author in his own right. I heartily recommend tracking his works down!
Phil over at Bad Astronomy also has a post.
I watched Contact last night with my boyfriend[1]. The pair of us were, as always, touched by the ‘For Carl’ in the credits. We hope he would have loved this movie as much as we do.
[1] My best friend lent it to me, he also is besotted with it. He didn’t realise the date, but he loves the book and movie as much as we do. Carl touched so many lives.
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…a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
The second Carl Sagan Memorial Blogathon is on.I participated last year (a year, already?). As with last year, and probably even more so, the blogosphere will be full of Sagan posts on the 20th. Again, thanks to time differences, I get start earlier than most.
It is odd, a few days ago, I sat down and watched the first two episodes of Cosmos with four of my kidlets, and my dear boyfriend, an equally huge Cosmos fan (actually, it i his boxed set we were enjoying! It is one of the many things I treasure about you, sweetheart:) )
The interest it generated in the kids, all these years later, and the wonder, especially from the smaller two, mirrored my own all those years ago. Carl, Ann, the rest of the team, oh, and PBS, gave us a gift that CANNOT be underestimated [1].
To this day, I can trace my quest for knowledge, and my joy and delight in science and learning, to Carl, and to Cosmos. I am so happy to share that gift with my children again.
We miss you Carl. Thank you, Carl.
[1] Cosmos remains the most watched PBS show in the world, ever.
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…but the lies are inside your head.
Further to my author’s update the other day, I remembered someone once asked me what is the best order to read Terry Pratchett’s books in.
Naturally,somewhere on the Internet lies the answer.
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…must not know how to read a book.
Some beloved authors news and links:
Philip Pullman podcast on the film version of The Golden Compass, (known in Australia and UK as The Northern Lights, part of the His Dark Materials series), and also on wisdom, spirituality, and education. (MP3 format).
Via Neil Gaiman’s excellent blog : Amazon reviews of milk and Bic pens. Seriously good reading:)
And while in topic of much loved authors, especially one who has worked with Neil on Good Omens, I am much saddened to read that Terry Pratchett, one of the most loved authors around - even if you asked only me, my family and friends - has had a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease. He is handling it with the wit, grace, diginity, and incredible humour we all have grown used to.
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