Monthly Archives: June 2018

Added Lines in Angels in America

Posted on Friday 22 June 2018 by Mark R. Kelly

I posted this on Facebook, June 9th, but need to capture it here: We saw Angels in America part 1, Millennium Approaches, on Friday June 1st, and part 2, Perestroika, on Friday June 8th, at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. In … Continue reading →

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Asimov: THE WINDS OF CHANGE

Posted on Wednesday 20 June 2018 by Mark R. Kelly

THE WINDS OF CHANGE AND OTHER STORIES, published in 1983, is the 11th of 14 collections of SF and fantasy stories from the ‘main sequence’ of Asimov’s collections: the set of his collections that don’t overlap, that don’t consists of … Continue reading →

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Skiffy Flix: Forbidden Planet

Posted on Tuesday 19 June 2018 by Mark R. Kelly

This 1956 film is still regarded as an important early science fiction films, and one of the best of the 1950s, even if it shows its age 60 years on. It influenced both Star Trek and Lost in Space, and … Continue reading →

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Links and Comments: Formal and Intuitive Religion

Posted on Thursday 14 June 2018 by Mark R. Kelly

Two items. First, the latest survey showing the rise of the “nones,” the younger generation for whom formal religion is losing its attraction. In Nearly Every Country, Young People Are Way Less Religious Than Adults. The pattern holds throughout most … Continue reading →

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Link and Comment: Adam Frank on the Earth’s Biosphere

Posted on Wednesday 13 June 2018 by Mark R. Kelly

Today’s NYT has an op-ed by Adam Frank, Earth Will Survive. We May Not., which keys off the theme of his new book, LIGHT OF THE STARS: ALIEN WORLDS AND THE FATE OF THE EARTH, just released this past Tuesday. … Continue reading →

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Lines from Angels in America: The World Only Spins Forward

Posted on Wednesday 6 June 2018 by Mark R. Kelly

Just a few about what the angels are, what they want, and in what sense the play is about angels and their relationship with America. Part One: Millennium Approaches Joe, a Mormon lawyer living in New York, has this take … Continue reading →

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Ray Bradbury: THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES

Posted on Tuesday 5 June 2018 by Mark R. Kelly

THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES is Bradbury’s best and best-known science fiction book, given that we allow it to be called science fiction at all (this has always been debatable). The only contender for this position, a book which certainly leads it … Continue reading →

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