Failing again. Failing better.
Yesterday I came across a great article by Elizabeth Bear on Clarkesworld Magazine, “Another Word: Dear Speculative Fiction, I’m Glad We Had this Talk.” In it, she talks about how as a young reader, sci-fi and fantasy were fun, whereas today, they are filled with cynicism and dystopias. Bear clarifies that she is not asking…
Built by Boston Dynamics as part of DARPA’s robo-cheetah project, this machine can gallop along at 18mph, a new record for legged robots. io9.com said this much be part of a secret Voltron project, but I keep thinking of John and Sarah Connor. I think they might be in trouble.
I may be wrong on this, but I think arguing over the internet has officially displaced baseball as America’s official past time. Whether you’re a lurker, a white knight, or this guy,* you should know how to argue correctly, even if all you want to do is break the rules and troll. Therefore, let me…
Yesterday, HBOGO premiered a new trailer for Season 2 of The Game of Thrones. Io9.com put it up online. Click here to enjoy it. Then start your countdown until April 1.
I readily admit that I’m a fan of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire Series. Heck, I’m re-reading books 1-4 before I pick up the latest, A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, just because it has been so long since I last read them. But when I tell people this, I get funny looks–why…