http://www.metafilter.com/tags/simondunn Posts tagged with 'simondunn' at MetaFilter. Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:14:33 -0800 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:14:33 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/123029/There%2Dis%2Dalways%2Da%2Dlast%2Dtime%2Dfor%2Deverything <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/brain-flapping/2012/dec/18/anti-science-fiction">Is Science Fiction promoting pseuodoscience?</a> Is it <a href="http://io9.com/5968603/must-watch-china-mieville-explains-why-science-fiction-is-not-superior-to-fantasy">not really better than fantasy?</a> Is it exhausted and dying, per Paul Kincaid (<a href="http://ttdlabyrinth.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/what-rough-beast-part-1/">part 1</a>, <a href="http://ttdlabyrinth.wordpress.com/2012/12/01/what-rough-beast-part-2/">part 2</a>), a sort of genre-writing version of completing a list of <a href="http://downlode.org/Etext/nine_billion_names_of_god.html">The Nine Billion Names of God</a>? Does <a href="http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/09/geeks-guide-alastair-reynolds/">physics-bothering</a> unrepentant <a href="http://approachingpavonis.blogspot.com/2012/11/space-travels-in-my-blood.html">space case</a> Alistair Reynolds have a compass pointing <a href="http://approachingpavonis.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-compass.html">the way forwards</a>? tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.123029 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:14:33 -0800 AlistairReynolds antiscience ArthurCClarke books ChinaMieville fantasy literature PaulKincaid Physics pseuodoscience science sciencefiction simondunn Space Stars TheNineBillionNamesOfGod writing Artw