Michael Flynn's Blog, page 104
June 29, 2009
Updates on What's Up
Up Jim River
Finished a second cut, trimming another 5600 words (19 pp). We'll see what the editor wants to do.
"Where the Winds Are All Asleep"
This novella is scheduled for the next (October) issue of Analog. The latest in the Irish Pub series.
"On Rickety Thistlewaite"
A novelette-sized excerpt from Up Jim River is awaiting a judgment as to whether it stands sufficiently on its own. It may not fly. We'll see.
"Cargo"
A short story 'in development.' It's got 8 pp on it right now, and the o
Finished a second cut, trimming another 5600 words (19 pp). We'll see what the editor wants to do.
"Where the Winds Are All Asleep"
This novella is scheduled for the next (October) issue of Analog. The latest in the Irish Pub series.
"On Rickety Thistlewaite"
A novelette-sized excerpt from Up Jim River is awaiting a judgment as to whether it stands sufficiently on its own. It may not fly. We'll see.
"Cargo"
A short story 'in development.' It's got 8 pp on it right now, and the o
June 27, 2009
June 25, 2009
m_francis @ 2009-06-25T10:09:00
Turn Down the Sound
“they are killing students with axes, put axes through the hearts…this is horrific, this is genocide, this is…a massacre, this is Hitler, and you people should stop it…nobody takes action; it’s time to act.”-- phone call from Tehran to CNN
“they are killing students with axes, put axes through the hearts…this is horrific, this is genocide, this is…a massacre, this is Hitler, and you people should stop it…nobody takes action; it’s time to act.”-- phone call from Tehran to CNN
m_francis @ 2009-06-24T22:12:00
Up Jim River
On the second eve, they reached the ruins of Madéen o’Loon. Broken columns and walls and statues emerging from the mud revealed where portions of the city lay buried. The boatmen ignored the place, save to pull a panel from the ground to use as a makeshift table; but the Gaelactics explored the ruins. Even Teodorq was impressed.
He had found a statue whose face had been exposed by the recent flood. “This here is one stubborn fella,” the wildman said. “Look at the eyes and the c
On the second eve, they reached the ruins of Madéen o’Loon. Broken columns and walls and statues emerging from the mud revealed where portions of the city lay buried. The boatmen ignored the place, save to pull a panel from the ground to use as a makeshift table; but the Gaelactics explored the ruins. Even Teodorq was impressed.
He had found a statue whose face had been exposed by the recent flood. “This here is one stubborn fella,” the wildman said. “Look at the eyes and the c
June 24, 2009
m_francis @ 2009-06-24T12:55:00
For Some Things, A Comment is Superfluous
m_francis @ 2009-06-23T23:47:00
Who Sez There Are No Super Heroes!
NOTE: There may be an ad for JibJab on the end of this.
NOTE: There may be an ad for JibJab on the end of this.
m_francis @ 2009-06-23T21:08:00
Solar Powered Cars -- Real Soon Now
See www.paleofuture.com/
February 9, 1958 edition of the sunday strip Closer Than We Think by Arthur Radebaugh
See www.paleofuture.com/
February 9, 1958 edition of the sunday strip Closer Than We Think by Arthur Radebaugh
Detroit, Feb. 7 -- The automobile industry may be producing cars driven by solar power in the years ahead, James C. Zeder, Chrysler vice-president, predicted today.
"We know how to get electrical energy from sunlight by means of silicon converters," said the Chrysler engineering expert. "If we continue to increase the efficiency of these converters, and
June 22, 2009
m_francis @ 2009-06-22T17:46:00
Thank Goodness for the Media
• "Planned N. Korea Launch Unnerves Hawaii Residents"--headline, FoxNews.com, June 21
• "Hawaii Unfazed by Missile Threat"--headline, The Wall Street Journal, June 22
Don't Let Partial Walruses Make Estimates
"Partial Walrus Estimate Alarms Conservation Group"--headline, Associated Press, June 18
• "Planned N. Korea Launch Unnerves Hawaii Residents"--headline, FoxNews.com, June 21
• "Hawaii Unfazed by Missile Threat"--headline, The Wall Street Journal, June 22
Don't Let Partial Walruses Make Estimates
"Partial Walrus Estimate Alarms Conservation Group"--headline, Associated Press, June 18
m_francis @ 2009-06-21T20:35:00
What the Greeks Knew
John Hannam, a British scholar of medieval science, has an interesting observation in an essay on the survival and destruction of the works of antiquity. jameshannam.com/literature.htm
Of course, the Greek works that survive are those that the Christian Byzantines chose to preserve for us. Hence they give a very skewed view of what Greek thought was actually like. For instance, we have seen that the medical works of Galen make up a full fifth of the entire surviving classi
John Hannam, a British scholar of medieval science, has an interesting observation in an essay on the survival and destruction of the works of antiquity. jameshannam.com/literature.htm
Of course, the Greek works that survive are those that the Christian Byzantines chose to preserve for us. Hence they give a very skewed view of what Greek thought was actually like. For instance, we have seen that the medical works of Galen make up a full fifth of the entire surviving classi
June 21, 2009
m_francis @ 2009-06-21T18:36:00
Nietzsche's Dictum
Ol' Fred once said that no man of reason could welcome the death of God, since following the death of God would come the death of Reason. I'm not sure whether the old irrationalist would have welcomed this himself, or not. He did, after all, celebrate the triumph of the will (as against the Aristotelian-Thomists, who held to the primacy of the intellect), and famously equated Truth with Power -- a dictum now enshrined in post-modernist deconstruction. But as empirical proof
Ol' Fred once said that no man of reason could welcome the death of God, since following the death of God would come the death of Reason. I'm not sure whether the old irrationalist would have welcomed this himself, or not. He did, after all, celebrate the triumph of the will (as against the Aristotelian-Thomists, who held to the primacy of the intellect), and famously equated Truth with Power -- a dictum now enshrined in post-modernist deconstruction. But as empirical proof
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