Ken Kelly Art, Still the Best IMHO
Ken Kelly's Horseclans artwork still hasn't been topped. Every time I pull one of those books off the shelf I'm reminded how much character and raw power those covers had. The armor looked battle-worn...
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Could AI Ever Become a Real Psychohistorian?
One of the ideas that keeps coming back to me is whether we're getting closer to Hari Seldon's psychohistory. Today's AI can already analyze enormous amounts of data, identify patterns, and even make...
Which Historical Figure Was Missing?
One thing I've always wondered about Riverworld is who didn't make it. Farmer resurrected billions of people from every era, and we got an amazing mix of explorers, kings, soldiers, writers, philosop...
The small ideas in sci-fi can be the ones that stick
I keep thinking about how the best science fiction is not always the book with the biggest empire or the strangest machine. Sometimes the part that stays with me is a small social idea. A custom, a l...
Hashtags are here!!
Without further ado, Rootbadger now has hashtags. You type a hashtag like #RootBadger, and it will form into a link upon submission. You can then follow hashtags as well. It will be very useful when...