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Quote of the Day - October 20 2009

grosenberg wrote 1 month ago: “Participation in the arts — drawing, dancing, and all that — makes the soul grow. … more →

Tags: Quotes

Vonnegut on the Read/Re-Read

Nathaniel wrote 2 months ago: Today I finished re-reading Kurt Vonnegut jr’s Slaughter-House Five for about the fifth or six … more →

Tags: Authors, Fiction, General, Literature, Read, Reading, to read, Author, Books

Disch presents a ruinous anthology2 comments

Bill the sci-fi guy wrote 2 months ago: While most of us listened, enraptured by the siren-songs of Technology, they [the authors included i … more →

Tags: Books, Science Fiction, Sci-Fi, SF, j. g. ballard, harry harrison, Philip K. Dick, Fritz Leiber, Short Stories

The Ealing Touch

TGW wrote 2 months ago: I’d intended to do something cultural and improving today, I really had, but following yesterd … more →

Tags: London, Geography, randomness, Current Events, London Underground, Literature, Suburbia, Breakfast of Champions, Ealing

This Book Contains Pictures of Assholes

perrindrumm wrote 4 months ago: This is one asshole. This is the cover of the book. This is an excerpt:     ”The girl with the … more →

Tags: Literary, Breakfast of Champions

"You can't have me on and say I have to say I'm terribly sorry he's dead. One reason you can't is because I'm not."1 comment

mryoureonfiremister wrote 4 months ago: Perhaps the most idiotic of the sentimentalist cliches is how we must refrain from any criticisms of … more →

Tags: christians are funny, Republicans suck, Christopher Hitchens, Sean Hannity, Ralph Reed, Alan Colmes, Fox News, Jerry Falwell, Chasers War on Everything

Sleep softly, Teacher Man1 comment

ElfNinosMom wrote 4 months ago: Frank McCourt, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the brilliant Angela’s Ashes, has died at the … more →

Tags: Celebrities, Obituaries, People in the news, Angela's Ashes, Books, Frank McCourt, Hunter S. Thompson, Memoirs, Pulitzer Prize

2081 or maybe someone will watch it this time

deheor wrote 4 months ago: that should help you with those pesky thoughts Kurt Vonnegut Jr fans tend to be aware of the name Ha … more →

Tags: Harrison Bergeron, Patricia Clarkson

Nice, Nice, Very Nice - Ambrosia

chblack wrote 4 months ago: Chart Position: NR Lead vocals: David Pack Lyrics are taken from Kurt Vonnegut Jr’s novel Cats … more →

Tags: 1975 November singles, ambrosia

Jackin Em Up

garcialoca wrote 7 months ago: Heyo! So I hadn’t played any basketball for about a week or so because it’s been so wind … more →

Tags: Santa Fé, Art, Basketball, College, writing, Humor, New Mexico, flight, Jokes

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., « Harrison Bergeron »

tremeurcouix wrote 7 months ago: On était en 2081 et tous les hommes étaient enfin égaux. … more →

Tags: Incipit, renard, A.D.G.H., , OPTA, 1974

Harrison Bergeron

handicappergeneral wrote 8 months ago: HARRISON BERGERON by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They wer … more →

Tags: Harrison Bergeron

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Sean wrote 10 months ago: And here it is folks.  Post number 100 for the Fermatd blog.  Two key items to discuss in this histo … more →

Tags: spew, Beer, free beer, bob cashell, Nevada, Marching Band, Arts, The Arts, UNR

To Smoke or Not to Smoke10 comments

Phil Bolsta wrote 1 year ago: Today is the Great American Smokeout, an annual event sponsored by the American Cancer Society to en … more →

Tags: essays, My Most Popular Posts!, smoking, Bill Hicks, Fran Lebowitz, Ayn Rand, Shirley MacLaine, Bud Grant, dan st. paul

More dream makers (addendum to a previous review)2 comments

Bill the sci-fi guy wrote 1 year ago: A while back I did a review of Charles Platt’s Dream Makers: Science Fiction and Fantasy Write … more →

Tags: Books, Science Fiction, John Brunner, Robert Silverberg, robert sheckley, Frank Herbert, Sci-Fi, SF, kate wilhelm

Pasarea maiastra: the enchanted bird2 comments

iondanu wrote 1 year ago: Brancusi did a few sculptures – quite a few, in fact! – with birds and some with Pasari … more →

Tags: Art, Arta, Drawing, escape, Painting, Peinture, Visual Arts, Brancusi, Ion Vincent Danu

The makers of our science fiction dreams3 comments

Bill the sci-fi guy wrote 1 year ago: I just finished a fascinating book called Dream Makers: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers At Work, … more →

Tags: Books, A. E. Van Vogt, Alfred Bester, algis budrys, Alice Sheldon, arthur c. clarke, Brian Aldiss, Charles Platt, dream makers

Vonnegut, Player Piano and Mother Night

Nikki wrote 1 year ago:   I have always been a fan of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (who dropped the Jr after his father passed away) s … more →

Tags: Books, Dystopia, Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night, Player Piano

Japanicity: Three Questions w/ Ken Tanaka (田中けんさんとミツの質問)

jgrefe wrote 1 year ago: “Three Questions” is a song by the Kentucky based musician Bonnie “Prince” B … more →

Tags: Communication Studies, Creative Expression, Japanicity, Japan, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Hiro Nakamura, Ken Tanaka, Helpmefindparents, YouTube


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