Tag Archives: Isaac Asimov

until the time of the eighteenth men

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Dave

Today, most science fiction writers, concerned with possibilities rather than probabilities, begin with some plausible premise about the future and create a logical, internally consistent story around it, self-contained and exhaustive. It is a kind of intellectual game, and when … Continue reading →

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indivisual artist: hallmarks of dialog

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: two blockheads. this is the sort of thing that sends contemporary amateurs into shivering fits of anger and jealousy. one of these people OBVIOUSLY ripped-off the other, right? i mean how can two images be any more … Continue reading →

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genre spanning synchronicity

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Dave

Jesse Marinoff Reyes: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1972 issue Illustration: Leo (1933-2012) & Diane (b. 1933) Dillon Leo Dillon passed away two Saturday’s ago from complications of surgery for lung cancer. He leaves us with a … Continue reading →

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double play: two sides to home plate

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Dave

At one time baseball was America’s national pastime. Bugsy Seigel would go to Ebbet’s field and gamblers and bookmakers were part of the natural habitat of the game. Players almost invariably smoked and drank and advertised for these companies. There … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged 1919 world series, Arnold Rothstein, david pietrusza, douglass wallop, ernest thayer, Isaac Asimov, john thorn author, john thorn baseball, leo katcher, Mickey Mantle, Norman Rockwell, P.T. Barnum, Shoeless Joe Jackson | Leave a comment

composing with the visually illiterate

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Dave

Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Astounding Science Fiction (digest) January 1952 issue Illustration: Hubert Rogers (1898-1982) One of the giants of pulp sci-fi, Rogers had been a contributor to Astounding Science Fiction from the latter … Continue reading →

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When I’m Sixty-Four

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Dave

Playing chess and negotiating a safe passage out of Libya or arranging a visit to an alien spaceship? Its a mystery, but who knows? There are 64 squares on the chess board and 64 DNA codons. Chess appeared somewhat mysteriously … Continue reading →

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CELESTIAL TINKERING: IF IT AIN'T BROKEN DON'T FIX IT

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Dave

Today, it is difficult for us to believe that as recently as the time of Shakespeare no one knew that other world’s existed. Though the Greeks had surmised it, there was no direct proof until the invention of the telescope … Continue reading →