SF Tidbits for 8/17/06
By John DeNardo |
Thursday, August 17th, 2006 at
12:00 am
- Point/Counterpoint starring John Scalzi and Scott Westerfeld. The topic? Is Pluto a planet?
- Who likes Zombie Font? We do! We do! Check out e-Zombie. [via Cherie Priest]
- A gallery of unusual Chinese robots.
- Coming Soon: Personal airships! [via Posthuman Blues]
- John Joseph Adams talked to Alan Dean Foster about the conclusion of his Taken trilogy.
- Twilight Zone episodes on Pistol Wimp: “The Eye Of The Beholder“, “The After Hours“, “The Long Morrow“, “Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross“, “You Drive“, “Judgment Night” and “Nightmare At 20,000 Feet“.
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As far as I’m concered, Pluto is a planet, and I hope like-minded citizens will join us at http://www.plutoisaplanet.org and sign on as supporters!
I like the idea of having more planets. It’s perfect for my next money making scheme: Name a small, icy planet after a loved one! (Or someone you h8).
If the IAU demotes Pluto, it will earn the dislike of schoolchildren and amateur astronomers everywhere!
:O
Charlie Stross weighs in on the issue, and Scalzi will be unable to threaten him with an elder god.
Ack, neither can Iain M. Banks be threatened by Scalzi…
My favorite in there is the person, who after watching the Scalzi video, states he wants to petition to keep Pluto, but only if it gets renamed Yoggoth.