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Comments on some shows I've watched, or tried to watch recently, including Pluto, Loki, For All Mankind, Doctor Who, and Blue Eye Samurai. Pluto is a "reinterpretation" of the classic Astro Boy characters and setting. This is a world that now includes robots, with laws passed to ensure their equal rights. But someone is killing … Continue reading Blue Eye Samurai, Doctor Who, and other TV notes
My first post on this blog was ten years ago this week. I almost missed the anniversary, but WordPress reminded me about it earlier in the week. I originally started the blog in 2013 for two main reasons. First, I did NaNoWriMo in 2012, but a week into November in 2013, it was obvious I … Continue reading The blogging experience at ten years
E. E. "Doc" Smith's Lensman series is classic space opera. As a science fiction nerd, I'm actually a bit embarrassed to admit that I had never read it before. Part of the reason was only discovering it as an adult, and finding the opening of the official first book in the series, Triplanetary, to be … Continue reading The Lensman series
https://philosophyandfiction.com/2023/11/01/pigs-and-truffles-giveaway/?page_id=7569 Tina Lee Foresee, a longtime fellow blogger, has a new book coming out: Truth & Generosity: How Truth Makes Language Possible, by her and her husband, Neal Weiner. From what I understand, it will be on the relationship between language and belief. She's working to promote the book, which is what the pig hunt … Continue reading Tina’s new book on language and belief
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