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Doctor Who Meets Rosa Parks

Posted on October 30, 2018 by garOctober 30, 2018
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Doctor Who answered the challenge of Brexit and Trump in a big way with the third story of the current series, “Rosa,” cowritten by show-runner Chris Chibnall and children and young adult writer Malorie Blackman. The TARDIS crew set down … Continue reading →

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Ender’s End Game – The Bigotry of Orson Scott Card

Posted on July 11, 2013 by garJuly 11, 2013
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This is an easy one. On the one hand we have Orson Scott Card, an award-winning science fiction writer, who is also a raging homophobe who lives in his own little world of homophobia-land. On the other hand we have … Continue reading →

Posted in Everything Else | Tagged boycott, Ender's Game, geeks, homophobia, LGBT, movie, Orson Scott Card, queer, rant, science fiction | Leave a reply

The Toy Room – Part V (Conclusion)

Posted on December 2, 2012 by garDecember 2, 2012
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When I wake up in my own bed, I think sometimes of the morning I woke up in a totally different environment, the tropical paradise known as the Island.  I half expected Rover to bounce by, though at the time … Continue reading →

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The Toy Room – Part IV

Posted on November 18, 2012 by garNovember 18, 2012
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In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree. It was stately and it was a dome.  Rick and I rode the tram around to the other side of the island, a longer ride than I would have expected.  But … Continue reading →

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The Toy Room – Part III

Posted on October 14, 2012 by garOctober 14, 2012
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I stayed up until sunrise.  I hadn’t intended to.  It just sort of happened.  The first part of the night, I spent playing video game.  I kept a bunch on my laptop, chiefly for conferences.  Whenever I got bored, which … Continue reading →

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The Toy Room – Part II

Posted on October 6, 2012 by garOctober 6, 2012
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For the first ten minutes I sat there listening to all of these colleagues, folks I hadn’t seen for ages, go on about my great achievement.  And I first I was pissed off.  How did they know about my work?  … Continue reading →

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The Toy Room – Part I

Posted on September 17, 2012 by garSeptember 17, 2012
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“When I woke up in a different room than I remembered falling asleep in, I knew it was going to be one of those days.”  That’s a line I normally associate with the morning after I had a few too … Continue reading →

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