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The Grand Éléphant
May. 25th, 2014 09:26 amWhy did no-one tell me about this? Why? Why???
http://www.lesmachines-nantes.fr/en/machines-de-l-ile/the-grand-elephant/
http://www.lesmachines-nantes.fr/en/machines-de-l-ile/the-grand-elephant/
Links galore
Aug. 24th, 2012 08:48 amStephen Fry *and* Daleks.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01m182n/Frys_English_Delight_Series_5_Intonation/
Bright red bird escapes from Edinburgh Zoo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-19346665
Can I have one please?
http://technabob.com/blog/2012/08/21/starship-enterprise-rc-plane/
What an odd bird!
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10989820
Peter Jackson, John Howe and Alan Lee's RotR video has now been released to the public!
http://news.mymiddleearth.com/2012/08/19/peter-jackson-alan-lee-john-howe-greetings-to-the-tolkien-society-from-new-zealand/
Richard III's remains: Leicester car park dug up
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-19361350
Life on board a British nuclear submarine: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/aug/21/life-on-board-nuclear-submarine?newsfeed=true
Photos: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/gallery/2012/aug/21/royal-navy-military#/?picture=395010946&index=0
A new one-off / pilot comedy from the pens of Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/just-around-the-corner/4od#3400952
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01m182n/Frys_English_Delight_Series_5_Intonation/
Bright red bird escapes from Edinburgh Zoo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-19346665
Can I have one please?
http://technabob.com/blog/2012/08/21/starship-enterprise-rc-plane/
What an odd bird!
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10989820
Peter Jackson, John Howe and Alan Lee's RotR video has now been released to the public!
http://news.mymiddleearth.com/2012/08/19/peter-jackson-alan-lee-john-howe-greetings-to-the-tolkien-society-from-new-zealand/
Richard III's remains: Leicester car park dug up
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-19361350
Life on board a British nuclear submarine: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/aug/21/life-on-board-nuclear-submarine?newsfeed=true
Photos: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/gallery/2012/aug/21/royal-navy-military#/?picture=395010946&index=0
A new one-off / pilot comedy from the pens of Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/just-around-the-corner/4od#3400952
1. Who worked for the EBC?
2. Who can stand on Zanzibar?
3. Where is Montival?
4. Who lost her heart to a starship trooper?
5. Who always do things in threes?
6. Who worked at the Nuclear Utilisation Technology Centre?
7. Who speculated on what would have happened if Lee had not won the Battle of Gettysburg?
8. Which bishop write about going to the moon?
9. What is Wells's Law?
10. What are Clarke's (three) Laws?
11. What are the terms of the Clarke - Asimov treaty?
2. Who can stand on Zanzibar?
3. Where is Montival?
4. Who lost her heart to a starship trooper?
5. Who always do things in threes?
6. Who worked at the Nuclear Utilisation Technology Centre?
7. Who speculated on what would have happened if Lee had not won the Battle of Gettysburg?
8. Which bishop write about going to the moon?
9. What is Wells's Law?
10. What are Clarke's (three) Laws?
11. What are the terms of the Clarke - Asimov treaty?
2011 Hugo Award Winners
Aug. 21st, 2011 03:22 pmBest Novel: Blackout / All Clear, Connie Willis
Best Novella: The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang
Best Novelette: The Emperor of Mars, Allen M Steele
Best Short Story: For Want of a Nail, Mary Robinette Kowal
Best Related Work: Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It, ed Lynne M Thomas and Tara O’Shea
Best Graphic Story: Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse, written Phil and Kaja Foglio; art Phil Foglio; colors Cheyenne Wright
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Inception, written & dir Christopher Nolan
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang, written Steven Moffat; dir Toby Haynes (BBC Wales) - the only award-winner I have read / seen
( More behind the cut )
Best Novella: The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang
Best Novelette: The Emperor of Mars, Allen M Steele
Best Short Story: For Want of a Nail, Mary Robinette Kowal
Best Related Work: Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It, ed Lynne M Thomas and Tara O’Shea
Best Graphic Story: Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse, written Phil and Kaja Foglio; art Phil Foglio; colors Cheyenne Wright
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Inception, written & dir Christopher Nolan
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang, written Steven Moffat; dir Toby Haynes (BBC Wales) - the only award-winner I have read / seen
( More behind the cut )
"The estate of legendary science fiction author Isaac Asimov, who passed away in 1992, has authorised a trilogy of sequels to his seminal I, Robot short story series, to be written by fantasy author Mickey Zucker Reichert."
http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/10/30/asimov-estate-authorises-i-robot-sequels/
Er - why??? Can't we just enjoy the original stories, and the sequels that Asimov himself wrote?
http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/10/30/asimov-estate-authorises-i-robot-sequels/
Er - why??? Can't we just enjoy the original stories, and the sequels that Asimov himself wrote?
Awards and speeches
Aug. 27th, 2006 03:11 pmDoctor Who wins Hugo award:
http://www.locusmag.com/2006/News/08_HugoCampbellWinners.html
Lois McMaster Bujold's speech at Mythcon:
http://www.dendarii.com/inklings.html
http://www.locusmag.com/2006/News/08_HugoCampbellWinners.html
Lois McMaster Bujold's speech at Mythcon:
http://www.dendarii.com/inklings.html
