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Ramblings from the desk of the Script Doctor. RSS for this section. March 8, 2016. Is it worth the outrage? 8211; part three. A couple of years ago I set myself a personal goal to Reduce the Outrage. I modified it and combined it with another last year, and carried it over again this year. I’ve been sick off-and-on. The whole reason I set those goals about reducing outrage is because unproductive outrage is toxic and self-destruction and does no good to anyone. You will know them by their actions. One si...
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Dark Prophecies and Evil Half-brothers – more of why I love sf/f | Font Folly
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Ramblings from the desk of the Script Doctor. August 6, 2015. Dark Prophecies and Evil Half-brothers – more of why I love sf/f. A scan of my own copy of The Wicked Day, by Mary Stewart, purchased back in 1983. (Click to embiggen). Is all about viewpoints. Several important plot points turn on the fact that one or more characters is operating on incomplete or completely mistaken understanding. And the theme is about perspectives…. Each of the books in this series included a section in the back where Stewa...
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Aging Enchanters and Sinister Plots – more of why I love sf/f | Font Folly
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Ramblings from the desk of the Script Doctor. July 30, 2015. Aging Enchanters and Sinister Plots – more of why I love sf/f. I couldn’t find a nice large image of the same cover art as my copy on line, so spent a while trying to scan the gold paperback. The best image I got was this one, even though you can see my hands and iPhone reflected in the cover. (Click to embiggen). Before I get into that, I want to remind you that voting for the Hugo Awards ends. Was published in 1970, it made references to futu...
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Grandpa Anarchy Tales: August 2016
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Sunday, August 28, 2016. Yeesh," Grandpa Anarchy said. "Talk about purple prose.". Deep in the Anarchy Cave, situated below the Anarchy Mansion in Frosthaven NJ, Grandpa was seated before the Anarchy Computer - a device that had been built by one of his sidekicks in the mid 1960's, and then occasionally updated over the years but - this part was important - never actually replaced. Yes, okay," said Grandpa. "But Patriarch of Pandemonium. No one's ever called me that in my entire life! The girl said. ...
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Grandpa Anarchy Tales: The Return of the Roaring Rangers
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Tuesday, January 3, 2017. The Return of the Roaring Rangers. The Return of the Roaring Rangers. The black helicopter hovered high over the countryside. Below it a massive helicarrier suddenly came into view - a flying ship the size of a small aircraft carrier. It simply faded. Into view, as if by magic - or perhaps more to the point, as if some sort of high-tech cloaking device had been temporarily turned off. You'd think you'd have traffic jams.". You know - Department of Superhero Licensing? Nope" The ...
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Grandpa Anarchy Tales: November 2016
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Monday, November 28, 2016. Good Fences Make Good Neighbors. Good Fences Make Good Neighbors. Ignoring this, Grandpa Anarchy, world's oldest hero, banged on the door. After several moments it opened. Framed in the doorway was an alien creature out of nightmares - four eyes, eight tentacles, bloated purplish skin, and a mouth full of rows of shark-like teeth. The creature was vaguely humanoid and appeared to be wearing slacks, a preppie-style sweater, and smoking a pipe. I mean I don't want to be a stickle...
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Grandpa Anarchy Tales: Annie Two
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Monday, December 12, 2016. I don't like it," grumbled Grandpa Anarchy, world's oldest hero. "The Anarchy Computer was built by one of my best and most loyal sidekicks ever - the Electric Bluejay. He did a good job, too! Mind you, I never touched the thing myself, but the Anarchy Computer has been good enough for every sidekick I've had before now.". Computers ain't my thing," Grandpa said. "I already told you.". But with a self-aware AI, they can. Anyway, what kind of computer is this? My appearance is n...
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Grandpa Anarchy Tales: September 2016
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Monday, September 26, 2016. Fog rolled in off the bay, transforming the world into one of weird shadows and strange, hallucinary objects. They only resolved into the normal and everyday when you were right on top of them. Sound was distorted, and every creak and rustle was loud and immediate and just around the corner. Grandpa Anarchy gripped his gun tightly as he crouched beside a boarded-up candycorn stand. It's not as if an abandoned theme park ain't creepy enough. Grampy-poo, where are you? The crimi...
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Dreaming of better tales | Font Folly
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Ramblings from the desk of the Script Doctor. July 28, 2015. Dreaming of better tales. The Hugo trophies handed out at the 21st World Science Fiction Convention, also known as Discon I, held in Washington, D.C., 1963. First, another reminder that voting for the Hugo Awards ends on Friday. If you are a Sasquan (WorldCon 2015) member and haven’t completed your ballot online, do it now before the servers get bogged down with the rush. The ballot is here. And I have to quote my favorite bit:. The worst thing...
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