Sunsets, Stars, West, Wind
Korzybski coined the well-known slogan, “The map is not the territory,” to sum up this idea.
An essay on the most famous SF author you’ve never read or heard of. Golden Age of SF era. Think Heinlein and Campbell.
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How to protect yourself against hackers (or at least make it difficult for them)
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2014/09/03/protect-hackers-least-make-difficult/
My good deed for the day: providing the link above to you and asking you to take note.
Better safe than sorry.
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Read in late August 2014
Synopsis from MacMillan’s site:
Stormdancer is the first in the epic new fantasy series The Lotus War, introducing an unforgettable heroine and a stunningly original dystopian steampunk world with a flavor of feudal Japan.
The Shima Imperium verges on the brink of environmental collapse; an island nation once rich in tradition and myth, now decimated by clockwork industrialization and the machine-worshipers of the Lotus Guild. When hunters of Shima’s imperial court are charged by their Shōgun to capture a legendary griffin, they fear their lives are over. Any fool knows the beasts have been extinct for more than a century, and the price of failing the Shōgun is death. Accompanying her father on the Shōgun’s hunt, the girl Yukiko finds herself stranded: a young woman alone in Shima’s last wilderness, with only a furious, crippled griffin for company. Even though she can hear his thoughts, even though she saved his life, all she knows for certain is he’d rather see her dead than help her. But together, the pair will form an indomitable friendship, and rise to challenge the might of an empire. Continue reading “Book Review: Stormdancer by Kristoff (4 Stars)”
