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Isaac Asimov

from Facebook: Asimov’s Laws 101 for robots

Sat, Nov 28, 2015
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Doctor Who blogging: “The Name of the Doctor”

Tue, May 21, 2013
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Doctor? Doctor… who? Moffat just keeps kicking that can down the road, don’t he?

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question of the day: Why have the works of Isaac Asimov had such a singularly bad record of getting turned into movies?

Tue, Aug 28, 2012
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I’d venture to guess that Asimov’s name is synonymous with science fiction even among the general public who don’t read. It seems like a no-brainer for Hollywood to glom on to Asimov’s reputation to pre-sell films. So why hasn’t it?

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the letters of Isaac Asimov and Gene Roddenberry, SF penpals (and other adventures in social networking)

Thu, Jun 28, 2012
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Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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my reads: ‘Blackout’ by Connie Willis

Sat, Oct 02, 2010
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Connie Willis is a rotten, terrible person. She’s so mean to her readers, among which I count myself as one of the most fervent, that it’s almost unforgivable.

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classic ‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “Robot”

Sun, Jun 13, 2010
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Made of spoilers. Don’t read until you’ve seen the episode unless you don’t care to have it spoiled for you.

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The Core movie review: journey to the center of… you know

Fri, Mar 28, 2003
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Yeah and yee-ha! but this is good old-fashioned pulpy, popcorny B-movie fun only with real science and no giant radioactive mutant anythings.

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Armageddon movie review: it’s not the heat, it’s the stupidity

Mon, Jul 06, 1998
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Oh, there will be those who say that Armageddon is mindless fluff, a complete waste of celluloid, a blot on humanity’s collective soul. Heed them not. Director Michael Bay and producer Jerry Bruckheimer have crafted as fine an educational experience as you will find these days.

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