For more on my view of the importance of science fiction, see: A Personal List of the 20 Best Science Fiction Novels.
It's about Emerson, fencing, painting, writing, absurdities, aikido, politics, spirit, rock 'n' roll, Thoreau, science fiction, beauty… and getting down with my bad side « Pity the Poor Liter...
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In the same kind of get-together, there is a post about A Walk With Hank.
https://fencer.wordpress.com/2018/10/12/a-walk-with-hank/#comment-10815
Note (July 2023): For a more up-to-date take on writing tools, including my current and recommended note-taking application of Obsidian, see Recently Found Tools for Writing Novels.
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I have organized quite a few notes for this prospective novel with Papel, a free note-organizing software written by Michael O’Donnell, which I mentioned previously in this post.
https://fencer.wordpress.com/2006/09/22/a-gathering-of-notes/#comment-10738
Note: For another post on this, see The Antikythera Mechanism Revisited.
https://fencer.wordpress.com/2011/03/05/the-antikythera-mechanism-revisited/#comment-10696
to read the novels mentioned here, I feel you could only come away with a deep appreciation for the wonder and otherness that science-fiction seeks to
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Hi James, Another Speyer owner! I still have the one I wrote about above. But then, over the years, I bought a mutt Strat Bullet (various different parts than original) for the whammy bar, and al...
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Just bought a Speyer semi acoustic, as in your story. If you look at it from the back, it has a similar shape of a Les Paul Jr. Double cut. Very thick top, easy to play with low action. Fun instr...
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I’m not a horror movie buff nor one normally interested in zombies or other such boogeymen. I’ve even written about my bemusement at the entire notion of zombies (see Why Zombies?).
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