Oct
31
2005
Quote from Peter Ustinov
By BD Wilson
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“The point of living and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come.”
Oct
26
2005
Quote from Robert H. Goddard
By BD Wilson
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“It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.”
Oct
23
2005
Reading: Tesseracts Nine Edited by Nalo Hopkinson and Geoff Ryman
By BD Wilson
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Tesseracts Nine Edited by Nalo Hopkinson and Geoff Ryman Tesseracts is the premiere book-format showcase for Canadian speculative fiction, and it’s been too long since Tesseracts Eight appeared. The current volume in this wonderful series demonstrates just how varied both SF and Canadian fiction can be. |
Oct
19
2005
Quote from Mark Twain
By BD Wilson
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“Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.”
Oct
15
2005
Reading: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
By BD Wilson
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The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown A murder in the silent after-hour halls of the Louvre museum reveals a sinister plot to uncover a secret that has been protected by a clandestine society since the days of Christ. The victim is a high-ranking agent of this ancient society who, in the moments before his death, manages to leave gruesome clues at the scene that only his daughter, noted cryptographer Sophie Neveu, and Robert Langdon, a famed symbologist, can untangle. |
Oct
13
2005
NaNoWriMo 2005
By BD Wilson
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Okay, I signed up. Let the insanity commence.
Oct
13
2005
Reading: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
By BD Wilson
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick By 2021, the World War had killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remained coveted any living creature, and for people who couldn’t afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulacrae: horses, birds, cats, sheep… They even built humans. ( Click to read more at Amazon.ca ) |
Oct
12
2005
Quote from Bertrand Russell
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“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.”
Oct
03
2005
Quote from J. R. R. Tolkien
By BD Wilson
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“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”