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May 17, 2024 · Science Fictional musings, a roundup and some preens! Last month we hosted a memorial and celebration of our dear friend, p rophetic author Vernor Vinge. Here is some video sampled from our farewell celebration of this wonderfully brilliant and sweet human being . Vernor’s Hugo-winning works include A Deepness in the Sky and Rainbows End, in ...
May 11, 2024 · David Brin said... AD: “Marx was a little more modern, but what I found so amazing about him is that by the mid-20th even the people who said they opposed him were making heavy use of his POV.” Especially true of Ayn Rand who – while a heretic demanding that the last phase of prol revolution be expunged… and flipping the heroes vs ...
May 29, 2024 · David Brin has been announced as a 2024 recipient of the Caltech Distinguished Alumni Award, the university’s highest honor for alumni.Brin was honored with the award “for his enduring excellence in storytelling, examining how change, science, and technology affect the human condition in his New York Times-bestselling science fiction novels; for his support of revolutionary ideas in space ...
May 26, 2024 · First some miscellany. Join a podcast where - with the savvy hosts - I discuss “Machines of Loving Grace.”Richard Brautigan’s poem may be the most optimistic piece of writing ever, in all literary forms and contexts, penned in 1968, a year whose troubles make our own seem pallid, by comparison.
May 18, 2024 · Welcome to our exploration of David Brin's captivating novel, "The Postman." This video dives into the post-apocalyptic world where a lone wanderer, Gordon K...
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May 22, 2024 · The 2024 DAAs were selected by the Distinguished Alumni Award Selection Committee—which comprises Caltech alumni, faculty, and administrative leaders—from nominations submitted by Caltech alumni and the campus community. You can submit a nomination for the 2025 awards here. Science fiction author David Brin (BS ’73), electron microscopist ...
5 days ago · This masterwork of science fiction combines hard-science speculation and fast-paced action with the deeply thoughtful ideas and haunting imagery that David Brin (best-selling author of Earth and The Postman) is known for in more than twenty languages. Genre: Science Fiction
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