Month: May 2010
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Endings: Why the Dark Tower succeeds where Lost fails
Please understand that if you read further, you will be totally and irrevocably spoiled for the endings of both The Dark Tower series by Stephen King and the Lost television series. The choice is yours. Stephen King’s Dark Tower series and Lost have a lot in common, and it’s no secret that the Lost writers…
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Recommended science fiction reading for people who don’t like science fiction
I am a great fan of science fiction. I have been reading it all my life, and I read across the spectrum of the genre, from the very soft to the very hard. I enjoy it all, as long as it’s well written. But I realize that science fiction is not for everyone. Some people…
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Let’s all stop saying “after the jump”…
The phrase “after the jump” on blogs is one of my particular pet peeves, and I have noticed that usage does not seem to be abating. One reason why it’s annoying is because the majority of the readership has no idea what it means — including the blogger, in many cases. Besides being unintelligible, it’s…
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The New York Times’ Lens blog tried an experiment…
On Sunday, May 2, the New York Times’ Lens blog tried an experiment. They asked readers to take a photograph of wherever they were or whatever they were doing at the same moment on May 2 (11 a.m. for us) and send them in. Then they compiled the photos into a worldwide (and extraterrestrial —…
Shannon Turlington 