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NY Times op-ed

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Kage Baker. Short stories that make me just want to reread all the books and keep track of dates and mysterious hints. What have I forgotten that would illuminate some of these stories. Who is Alec Checkerfield? What is Alec Checkerfield? Who are Uncle Jacques and Aunty Irina? Will Joseph ever declare his love for [...]

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By Cecile Andrews. Well, actually I just skimmed at least half of it. A few gems: But who speaks up anymore? I ran across a quote by Virginia Woolf that made me yearn for some sort of good old days when people said things that had some substance and bite. Woolf writes to Lytton Strachey [...]

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I’ve joined the UU-Books mailing list that the Unitarian Universalist Association sponsors, as a way of enriching my office experience. Some of the participants on that list are working through the book Building Your Own Theology. I plan to post my contributions here with minimal editing. I’m excited about being able to join in the [...]

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Robert Jordan

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Robert Jordan. I decided to pick up the cast-aside volume of the interminable series. It’s so hot, my mind is mush, and I don’t want to read any of the worthwhile books I have.

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Greg Bear. Well! Time travel is the least of it in this sequel.

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Matthew, thanks for the kind welcome. (And it’s always nice to find multiple overlaps in interest–thanks for the knitter’s handshake.) You raise some interesting questions about The Telling (and other matters!). > MG> If, as you say, science fiction allows the space > MG> for a thought experiment to occur (something I > MG> also [...]

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