Starving people refuse to eat food aid

...Indeed, there has been a "war on cancer" non-stop since the 1960s. Also a "war on poverty" and a "war on drugs." Vast amounts of money have been thrown at all three for nearly half a century, with little to show for it. ...You might be surprised. Plenty of SF fans have long thought that NASA is a waste of money. But I strongly doubt that ending the space... more » By Keith F. Lynch  - Nov 26 - 9 new of 9 messages

Is this a way to save science fiction?

I ran across some comments from Gardner Dozois, regular winner of the Hugo Award for Best Professional Gardner Dozois, regarding what science fiction has lost in its progression from the 1940s to today [1]. After mentioning the disappointing results of too much experimental science fiction (in abandoning the rationality which is part of the... more » By Joseph Nebus  - Nov 26 - 16 new of 16 messages

	LHC starts colliding and Earth lives!
	After years of fears that the Large Hadron Collider would implode the Earth once it started colliding particles, turns out Earth survives. No black hole, white hole, worm hole, or any rifts in the spacetime continuum are created: [link]... more » By Ken from Chicago  - Nov 25 - 14 new of 14 messages

	Canada has a phaser; uses it on worms
	[link] Finally Canada takes a lead in high tech weapon field--and declares war on worms. That does seem so Canadian. -- Ken from Chicago P.S. Canada is also the homeland of William Shatner ... coincidence?! By Ken from Chicago  - Nov 25 - 1 new of 1 message

	SF Eye and Steve Brown
	I couldn't find any current info on either Steve Brown and SF Eye via a web search. Does anyone know the status of SF Eye? Thanks By Sourcerer  - Nov 25 - 1 new of 1 message

	Starving people refuse to eat food aid
	In article <oejbg5tm1153fsaa79qega1qgahlo bo...@news.eternal-september.o rg>, ...Well, I don't get it right off, but I'll make a hypothesis that maybe his accent isn't British? So what is it? By Dorothy J Heydt  - Nov 25 - 39 new of 39 messages

	Starving people refuse to eat food aid
	In article <um8cg5dt4k6gl3pft9il1nbl4p8cf n0...@4ax.com>, ...Cancer is a disease of multicellularity. By Dorothy J Heydt  - Nov 25 - 1 new of 1 message

	Declare by Tim Powers...2nd try SPOILERS
	I took many people's advise. I had gotten to about page 250 before giving up and skimming the rest of the book, only really reading the last 50 pages. Went back and read from 200 on to the end. I now raise by rating from 2 1/2 out of 5 stars to 3 1/2 out of 5 stars. I enjoyed some of the sequences I had missed.... more » By Endymion9  - Nov 24 - 3 new of 3 messages

	Recently Read - Nov. 2009
	Recently Read - Nov. 2009 I've been reading more short fiction, especially internet freebies, so not a lot of novels this month. Reviewing short fiction is not in the works for me, since it would take as long to write the review as to read the work. Baker, Kage, "The Hotel Under the Sand" p *****... more » By Jack Tingle  - Nov 24 - 3 new of 3 messages

	Where to complain about the broken "Starving people refuse to eat food aid" thread.
	Complain here: [link] By Friar Broccoli  - Nov 24 - 10 new of 10 messages