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The Post Office's salvation can fit on a stamp
In Robert Heinlein's classic novella, "The Man Who Sold the Moon," an entrepreneur raises money for a lunar expedition by warning a soft-drink company that, without its support, he might have to turn to a competitor that will pay him to display its logo...Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Government Postal Delivery, U.S. Postal Service, Book, Authors
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Naval Academy astronauts return to inspire next generation
The course is Human Space Flight. The subject for today: analogues — the scenarios found in the world or contrived in the laboratory that NASA uses to simulate work and life aboard a space ship. Naval Academy professor Ken Reightler leads the...
Tags: Barack Obama, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Engineering, Space Programs, Rocketry
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The 1940s cast a long shadow in Arnott's 'The House of Rumour'
The world has hardly run out of deep, dark secrets; good luck finding out the real truth about the wars we fight, the prescription drugs we take, the food we eat. But as we learn in “The House of Rumour,” British novelist Jake Arnott's...
Tags: Unexplained Phenomena, Philip K Dick, Chicago Tribune, Authors, Science and Technology
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Downtown L.A. square to be named for Ray Bradbury
L.A. NOWLos Angeles City Council members are scheduled Thursday to dedicate a square outside the Central Library to Ray Bradbury, the late science fiction writer who spent much of his life in Southern California. Ray Bradbury Square is scheduled to be...... -
An entertainment attorney's sci-fi heart
Air Force Capt. Harry "Skip" Brittenham was stranded in officers' quarters in Washington, D.C., during a snowstorm in 1964 when he found a copy of "The Fellowship of the Ring," the first installment of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings." He...
Tags: Alice in Wonderland (movie, 1951), Isaac Asimov, James Cameron, Arts and Culture, Literature
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Film review: Bruce Willis goes back to the future in 'Looper'
Bruce Willis must really like projects that muck with time or at least involve confrontations between past and present: from his first major feature, “Sunset” (old guy vs. young guy, real West vs. more modern myths of the West) through “...
Tags: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Crime (genre), Jeff Daniels, Entertainment
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PASSINGS: Harry Harrison, Nellie Gray
Harry Harrison Science fiction author's work inspired 'Soylent Green' Harry Harrison, 87, an author whose space-age spoofs delighted generations of science fiction fans, died Wednesday in southern England, according to his friend and fellow sci-fi...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Obituaries, U.S. Army, U.S. Department of State, Social Issues
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Science Fiction Visionary Ray Bradbury Dead at 91
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) - Ray Bradbury, a science fiction visionary whose singular imagination regarding space travel and worlds of the future set the standard for writers and dreamers worldwide, has died at age 91. Bradbury's agent Michael Congdon...Tags: Gregory Benford, Fiction, Los Angeles Times, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke
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Ray Bradbury: Author's roots at L.A. high school celebrated
L.A. NOWRay Bradbury was being remembered Wednesday at his alma mater, Los Angeles High School. Bradbury graduated from Los Angeles High more than 70 years ago, but a plaque honoring him still hangs at the entrance to the school library, which...... -
Fans create unofficial new trailer for Disney's 'John Carter'
Company Town"John Carter" fans created their own unauthorized version of the new film trailer for Walt Disney Studios' upcoming space adventure movie.... -
Boys soccer: Edgewood beats Joppatowne in Susquehanna matchup Wednesday
The Edgewood Rams boys soccer team earned an UCBAC Susquehanna Division victory Wednesday afternoon, beating visiting Joppatowne 4-1.
Edgewood goals were tallied by Tyler Rizzola, Robert Heinlein, Nate Duncan and Xavier Dado. Assisting on the scores were...Tags: Soccer
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Summer page-turners
Act of Passion A Novel Georges Simenon New York Review Books: $14.95 paper Though successful at his work and family life, a doctor grows dissatisfied and restless and thinks a casual affair is the perfect answer—until the consequences are far...Tags: Giordano Bruno, Criminals, U.S. Department of Justice, New York City, Warsaw (Poland)
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