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Vlog – Iron Man 3, Star Trek Into Darkness, and 2312

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Well, this month I’ve been swamped with school, but I have had a little time to watch a couple movies, and read one book, so I might as well give my thoughts on them. Specifically, I’ll be discussing the films Iron Man 3, Star Trek Into Darkness, and the Hugo Award nominated (and now Nebula Award Winning) science fiction novel 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson.

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Book Review – Fuzzy Nation

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This week I’m taking a look at another Science Fiction novel – John Scalzi’s literary remake of H. Beam Piper’s Little Fuzzy – Fuzzy Nation.

Book Review – Fuzzy Nation

This week I’m taking a look at another SF novel – John Scalzi’s literary remake of H. Beam Piper’s Little Fuzzy. Little Fuzzy can be found on Project Gutenberg here: http://gutenberg.org/ebooks/18137 John Scalzi’s Blog can be found at http://whatever.scalzi.com/

Little Fuzzy can be found on Project Gutenberg here.
John Scalzi’s Blog can be found here.

 

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Book Review – Game Over

Cover art for "Game Over" by David Sheff - 1st Edition

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As I’ve mentioned in my review of The Soul of a New Machine, I enjoy reading about the history of the computer industry. As you’ve probably gather from all my magazine recaps, I also enjoy learning about the history of the video game industry. Consequently, I enjoy books that fall in the category where the two Venn diagrams overlap. They do so with the book I’m reviewing this week, Game Over: How Nintendo Zapped an American Industry, Captured Your Dollars, and Enslaved your Children. Continue reading →

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Book Review – The Black Hole War

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So, last week I talked about the documentary about Stephen Hawking, “A Brief History of Time”. This week I have a book review taking an alternative approach to Stephen Hawking’s theories of Black Holes, and how they are wrong. The book in question is The Black Hole War by Leonard Susskind.

Essentially, the plot of the non-fiction book is pretty simple. Stephen Hawking comes up with his theories of how Black Holes work, and how nothing can escape them. Well, sort of – Hawking Radiation is emitted by black holes (that’s one of the ways we can find them), but the amount of radiation emitted is not equal to the amount of material that is captured by the black hole. Thus any “information” captured by the black hole (from light to anything else) is lost. Continue reading →

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