Perhaps the members of Congress should study the Constitution more before madating a Constitution Day. If three-fourths of surveyed students think it’s okay to censor the internet, no doubt the number in Congress is nine-tenth. The same can be said for the Supreme Court, which gutted the Fifth and Ninth Amendments with Kelo. Hey, throw in the Executive Branch, which summoned forth the Category Five State in the wave of Katrina. Yeah, I’m bitter.
Month: September 2005 (Page 2 of 2)
Claire Wolfe lists 35 movies in several categories with vote by readers to determine the best libertarian movies. I question some of the choices and omissions–I mean, Minority Report stank–but others are most definitely classics. The most difficult choice for me fell in the Animated category, where three of the movies are in a dead tie. Jon Osborne used to have a great site on movies and liberty, but the last update he posted is dated over a year ago.
Wally Conger emailed to let me know he had purchased a copy today, so my reports a couple of days ago about the delay apparently were incorrect. I picked up all three versions of the new issue, and may post a complete review soon.
L. Neil Smith’s novel (Del Rey, 1984) is available again for sale as an e-book (PDF format) for five bucks. There’s a brief note about this over at The Libertarian Enterprise, an electronic non-fiction newspaper published by Smith since 1995. Artist Scott Bieser’s cover for Tom Paine Maru is, well, interesting. Margaret Atwood might nod her head upon seeing this cover, as if to confirm her own views of science fiction. Bieser, who also did the art for the the graphic novel version of The Probability Broach, recently launched a blog.
Just learned from some browncoat postings on fireflyfans.net that issue 3 of theSerenity comic books has been pushed back from September 9th publication date to September 13. Ah, the agony of the wait! Good news for collectors, though, as it appears the first issue is in it’s third printing, and if you weren’t able to get that John Cassaday cover, now’s your chance.
Speaking of Serenity, the official movie site now is live. Requires Flash for some fancy behind the scenes stuff, and well worth spending a few moments of your time. I like Wash’s statement, “Can I make a suggestion that doesn’t involve violence. Or is this the wrong crowd?” Take a quiz and watch an “exclusive clip.” Uh, no, not really; it’s part of the trailer.
To quote Smith, “might strange bedfellows” he shares in this new sf anthology containing 16 short stories, Future Washington. Publication date is set for October. Kim Stanley Robinson and L. Neil Smith in the same book…
