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Leo Frankowski (1943 - 2008)
Dec. 26th, 2008 09:03 ameditrx has relayed the news that she was informed that Leo Frankowski died yesterday.
Dec. 26th, 2008
"A thought that crossed my mind was why are the SF writers wasting their time rehashing Roman or Byzantine history."
I don't write SF but I've run home-brewed SF campaigns and one model I've used is the rise and fall of the West Indies Federation (January 3, 1958 to May 31, 1962). I used it because the flaws that killed the Federation were ones particularly easy for a Canadian to wrap their mind around.
What choice bits of history would you recommend to those SF writers who want to use some historical model but not one as well-chewed as Roman history?
I don't write SF but I've run home-brewed SF campaigns and one model I've used is the rise and fall of the West Indies Federation (January 3, 1958 to May 31, 1962). I used it because the flaws that killed the Federation were ones particularly easy for a Canadian to wrap their mind around.
What choice bits of history would you recommend to those SF writers who want to use some historical model but not one as well-chewed as Roman history?
"A thought that crossed my mind was why are the SF writers wasting their time rehashing Roman or Byzantine history."
I don't write SF but I've run home-brewed SF campaigns and one model I've used is the rise and fall of the West Indies Federation (January 3, 1958 to May 31, 1962). I used it because the flaws that killed the Federation were ones particularly easy for a Canadian to wrap their mind around.
What choice bits of history would you recommend to those SF writers who want to use some historical model but not one as well-chewed as Roman history?
I don't write SF but I've run home-brewed SF campaigns and one model I've used is the rise and fall of the West Indies Federation (January 3, 1958 to May 31, 1962). I used it because the flaws that killed the Federation were ones particularly easy for a Canadian to wrap their mind around.
What choice bits of history would you recommend to those SF writers who want to use some historical model but not one as well-chewed as Roman history?
"A thought that crossed my mind was why are the SF writers wasting their time rehashing Roman or Byzantine history."
I don't write SF but I've run home-brewed SF campaigns and one model I've used is the rise and fall of the West Indies Federation (January 3, 1958 to May 31, 1962). I used it because the flaws that killed the Federation were ones particularly easy for a Canadian to wrap their mind around.
What choice bits of history would you recommend to those SF writers who want to use some historical model but not one as well-chewed as Roman history?
I don't write SF but I've run home-brewed SF campaigns and one model I've used is the rise and fall of the West Indies Federation (January 3, 1958 to May 31, 1962). I used it because the flaws that killed the Federation were ones particularly easy for a Canadian to wrap their mind around.
What choice bits of history would you recommend to those SF writers who want to use some historical model but not one as well-chewed as Roman history?
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Dec. 26th, 2008 02:47 pmToday I taught a video-store clerk the phrase magical negro and then illustrated what it meant with various films that were on hand.
The person in question is well informed about movies and TV but had never encountered that phrase.
The person in question is well informed about movies and TV but had never encountered that phrase.
Doing my bit to spread information
Dec. 26th, 2008 02:47 pmToday I taught a video-store clerk the phrase magical negro and then illustrated what it meant with various films that were on hand.
The person in question is well informed about movies and TV but had never encountered that phrase.
The person in question is well informed about movies and TV but had never encountered that phrase.
Doing my bit to spread information
Dec. 26th, 2008 02:47 pmToday I taught a video-store clerk the phrase magical negro and then illustrated what it meant with various films that were on hand.
The person in question is well informed about movies and TV but had never encountered that phrase.
The person in question is well informed about movies and TV but had never encountered that phrase.