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2010 Prometheus Award Hall of Fame Finalists

Friday, 26 February 2010 00:15 administrator
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The Libertarian Futurist Society has announced the finalists in one the award categories for 2010. This Hall of Fame Award used to go the best classic novel, but now covers many different categories. Three of the nominees this year are short stories.

  • "As Easy as A.B.C." by Rudyard Kipling
  • Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson 
  • "No Truce with Kinds," by Poul Anderson
  • "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" by Harlan Ellison

I've read all the finalists, though it's been a while for two of them. I have not yet decided which one I will vote for, though I currently place Kipling's story last. I have heard good arguments for this story, but I just have not bought into them yet.

 

Making changes

Wednesday, 24 February 2010 23:16 administrator
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After many a long month spent on other tasks, I am trying to revive these pages. I'll be adding more content in the Prometheus section, including a updating the content and then the contributor indexes. I am making progress on my plan to upload all historical content of the Prometheus newsletter from 1982 to the present, which will take considerable time and effort, but will end up with searchable content for the first time.

Since I do a lot with FileMaker I intend to start posting a few things I have discovered that helps my development work. It may or not be new stuff, but I'll have somewhere to look for my own reference. Over the past year I have built a FileMaker database that I use for reference purposes, with all the functions, scripts, script triggers, modifier keys, etc. At some point when I think the version is more polished I will upload the file for others to use should they so desire.

I have made the links more SEF friendly rather than the Joomla default (option=com_etc). Not without hiccups, but seems to be working for all pages now.

One point about the blog link to the left. The blog itself if not Joomla, and so it looks very different from this main site. I can only please - under construction and discovery.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 February 2010 23:16
 

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