Monthly Archives: August 2008

Cosm

Posted on August 31, 2008 by red6

A neat new sculpture has appeared on a Christchurch street recently: “Cosm” by Dan Rutherford. Or, conceivably, “Dan Rutherford” by Cosm. I think it’s fantastic. It looks to me like primeval Earth, or maybe Alderan a few moments after Tarkin … Continue reading →

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Google Earth Oddness: Riverton

Posted on August 26, 2008 by red6

A friend of mine is moving to Riverton near Invercargil, and so I was checking the place out on Google Earth. I found something strange. If you turn the road overlay on, you can see a network of roads that … Continue reading →

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Film Festival 2008

Posted on August 22, 2008 by red6

Well, the New Zealand Film Festival is over for another year. I got to see six of the movies. Usually I find that one or two movies are a complete waste of time, even if others are brilliant. This year, … Continue reading →

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Dark Mission at #80?

Posted on August 22, 2008 by red6

Every now-and-then I take a trawl through the Amazon listing for the top 100 sellers in SF&F. In my most recent pass through, I was somewhat startled to find Dark Mission (Richard Hoagland’s latest embarrassing emanation), at #80. I’m not … Continue reading →

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Richard Stallman at UoC

Posted on August 16, 2008 by red6

Today I went to see Richard Stallman’s talk at the university. You can read my report on events here.

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Lost Languages

Posted on August 16, 2008 by red6

At university today I had half an hour to kill before going to a talk by Richard Stallman (of which more later). I went into the UBS, not planning to buy anything. A book called “Lost Languages – The Enigma … Continue reading →

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Olaf Stapledon’s Star Maker

Posted on August 14, 2008 by red6

I am reading “Star Maker” by Olaf Stapledon at the moment. The reason for this is that I read an article which basically claimed that there was nothing in modern SF that wasn’t invented by Stapledon 60 years ago. So … Continue reading →

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