Speaking of Brin, watching some of the documentaries on the ST:TMP Director's Cut, he talked about how SF can be "progressive" (IIRC how SF can show us what is POSSIBLE), as well as "cautionary" (how SF can warn us of what happens if we are not mindful). I'm coming to the end of the current book I'm reading, and I'd really like to explore these themes for my BLOG. Does anyone know if Brin posted these thoughts in essay form, so I can link back to it. I was poking around, but didn't turn up anything (addmittedly a cursory search...when your 17mo discovers screaming, and seems to want to do it constantly, you have other thoughts than looking for essays...)
Damon. ------------------------------------------------------------ Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." My blog: http://bookslikedust.blogspot.com/ Now Building: Tamiya's Sherman Firefly 1C in 1/48 scale ------------------------------------------------------------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mauro Diotallevi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin List" <brin-l@mccmedia.com> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 8:58 PM Subject: Brin Interview in Discover Magazine > Does anyone else here read Discover Magazine? > > I was flipping through the June 2007 issue and turned the page, and lo and > behold, there is a very strange full-page picture of David Brin looking at > me, along with about three pages of interview. > > The interview talks about Brin's success as a "prognosticator," his views > on > whether science helps us perceive better, the pace of change, and, of > course, privacy. There's nothing terribly new here, but it's interesting > nonetheless. > > And how to describe the picture... my wife looked at it and said she > thought the look on his face was saying, "What the heck happened to my > hair?" You have to see the picture to really understand. > > Discover has been posting pretty much everything from their magazine > recently at http://discovermagazine.com/ . The Brin Interview is not yet > posted there, but keep checking. Or stop by your local Borders or Barnes > and Noble and take a peek at page 65. > > -- > Mauro Diotallevi > "Hey, Harry, you haven't done anything useful for a while -- you be the > god > of jello now." -- Patricia Wrede, 8/16/2006 on rasfc > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.4/825 - Release Date: 5/30/2007 > 3:03 PM > > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
