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Is James Cameron a Traitor to his Own Species?
Posted on March 1, 2010 | 6 CommentsLet me get one thing straight, before I commence my rant for today: Avatar is one of the best things to happen to the science fictional world in years. It’s... -
The Battle Between Good and Evil: The Big Con
Posted on February 21, 2010 | 1 CommentAdrian Reynolds sent me this, a definitive account of how the big banks are screwing us and risk destroying our economies and our entire way of life They are acting... -
The Battle Between Good and Evil: Climate Change
Posted on February 11, 2010 | 6 CommentsI read a funny little article in my paper on Saturday by a witty, liberal, sweet columnist called Simon Hoggart. Here’s what he said: As a climate change agnostic –... -
The Battle Between Good and Evil
Posted on February 9, 2010 | 3 CommentsI’ve written before on this site about the Battle Between Good and Evil; and I will do so again. It’s here, it’s now, we’re in the midst of it. This... -
Swimming with Selkies
Posted on February 8, 2010 | No CommentsHey, I’m not here, I’m over there, on the site of urban fantasy author Nicole Peeler, talking about myth. -
The Battle Between Good and Evil
Posted on January 23, 2010 | No CommentsThis blog believes that we are now – all of us – engaged in a vast global battle between good and evil. Polly Toynbee explains why. -
Finally, the sexy aliens…
Posted on December 15, 2009 | No CommentsI’ve written a new Orbit post about one of my favourite subjects – aliens. Take a look here. This post prompted ace webguy Darren Turpin to send me a link... -
A Touch of Evil
Posted on November 9, 2009 | No CommentsI love evil; I embrace evil. And, on a daily basis, I earn a living out of evil. However I am not, despite what you might suppose from the sinister photograph... -
Faster than the Speed of Light
Posted on November 9, 2009 | No CommentsIn the last blog I wrote, as promised a little while ago, I offered a detailed mathematical explanation of the principles of faster than light space travel, and added an... -
The Meaning of Life
Posted on November 9, 2009 | No CommentsI recently discovered the meaning of life. And you think I’m going to tell you? Well okay I will. This is the edited version of course. I have thousands of... -
The Aquatic Ape
Posted on September 3, 2009 | 2 CommentsBrian Ruckley has been recommending the TED Talks page – this is an amazing organisation which allows experts, amateur and professional, in almost every field to have their say about... -
On the Future of Batteries
Posted on June 11, 2008 | 4 CommentsI’m reading Charles Stross’ Halting State at the moment, which is a gripping and tautly written piece, and full of wonderful extrapolations about the future. (It starts with a virtual... -
On the Columbus Lab
Posted on February 8, 2008 | No CommentsFinally, after numerous delays, the space shuttle Atlantis has launched, carrying its valuable cargo – a new space laboratory called, rather nicely, Columbus. This is another vital step forward in... -
On Magic and Science
Posted on January 25, 2008 | No CommentsFor my thoughts on Arthur C. Clarke’s famous quote, check out The Book Swede’s site.