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Proportion of adjectives and adverbs: Some facts (link)

Ever wondered about the (over) use of adjectives and adverbs in real text? I have. In fact I wrote a program to analyze it in my writing. (See some results here.) Somebody else has done it, too. Starting with with that famed “It was a dark and story night” author, Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s work Paul Clifford. […]

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Published on October 22, 2013 07:38

Back when the future was shiny

Back when the future was shiny. Wiki version Google+

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Published on October 22, 2013 06:58

October 21, 2013

Recently linked to by SFSignal (as 40 Superhero Cliches and Tropes)

Nova Genesis World versus A List of 40 Superhero Cliches and Tropes was recently linked to by SFSignal SF/F/H Link Post for 2013-10-16Wiki version Google+ On February 3rd, 1947 a supernova wavefront changed everything. A previously unknown galactic civilization intervened saving the majority of life of Earth. In the wake of the Galactics’ intervention, people […]

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Published on October 21, 2013 06:17

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