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Month: August 2013

  • August 11th, 2013 9:19pm

    When people talk about how science fiction writers predict the present it’s because they’ve gone through a large corpus of work and picked out certain things. We can’t just predict, there isn’t enough story material in straight predictions. We make up futures, it doesn’t matter whether we really think they’ll come to pass or not.

    — Isaac Asimov.

  • August 9th, 2013 3:44pm

    actioncomics:

    readreact:

    Brett Booth brings Nightwing to Batman Slash Superman

    Okay, the comeback for that punch in Batman #7 is a long time coming, but don’t you think you’re going a bit too far? 

    Superman why so intense

    “Batman/Superman” #5 by Greg Pak and Brett Booth

    Booth: It’s a semi-permanent thing. It just depends on scheduling. [Lee] will do an arc, and I’m sure Greg will cater certain arcs to whoever is drawing the book. That way we’ll keep everything on track and coming out properly.

    It’s back to the modern times. Batman and Superman are basically drawn into this big fighting thing, and so they’ll be fighting a bunch of people you know, and some you don’t know — most of them that you know, some that you might not have seen yet. Metallo’s in it, Nightwing’s in it. There are a couple of other characters that I don’t want to mention. I’m looking forward to it.

    Source: CBR

    UGH 

    we really can’t have nice things can we

    I thought Lee was going to stick around this book for a bit, fuck. And how can you follow up someone like Jae Lee with someone like Bret Booth? 

  • August 8th, 2013 11:00pm

    discoverynews:

    NASA Probe to Solve Mars Atmosphere Mystery

    The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission, nicknamed MAVEN, is designed to provide some answers as to why Mars’ atmosphere was stripped into space. From its orbital perch around Mars, MAVEN will track how the solar wind picks away at the planet’s thin atmosphere. The information will then be used to create computer models that move backward in time so scientists can determine when the planet was most suited for life and how long that period lasted. Read more

  • August 8th, 2013 12:39pm

    To this day, I feel a fierce warmth for women that have the same disregard for the social conventions of sexual protocol as I do. I love it when I meet a woman and her sexuality is dancing across her face, so it’s apparent that all we need to do is nod and find a cupboard.

    — Russell Brand, My Booky Wook