The human colony on the planet Argo has long explored and exploited the technology left behind by an extinct alien race. But then an archaeology team accidentally activates a terrible weapon...
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-- David Brin
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-- Locus Magazine
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OK, I’ve already written two posts on this, an initial one with a lot of links and a follow-up after I’d gathered more information for myself. I’ve continued to read some documents, in particular several hundred pages of depositions. Maybe only several hundred…there are thousands there, and depositions are boring mostly. My opinions have evolved […]
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »>I’ve had some time to read more about what is going on and think I’m getting a clearer picture. Let me restate the basic issue with greater understanding than I did before. Martin Gaskell is an astronomer in my subfield, and a pretty good one, and someone I consider a friend. He’s also pretty religious […]
Posted in Uncategorized | 14 Comments »>OK, I’m going to go after a biology story today that I found particularly poor. The Perfect Mate: What We Really Want, by Meredith F. Small, apparently an anthropologist at Cornell, somehow, according the bio. First she opens with something of strawman argument, simplifying a position she’s both going to support and contradict in the […]
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