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I tell stories about your future.
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Weather forecast calls for clear skies and air strikes
Book Review: Stories Of An Awkward Size Jonathan Swords-Holdsworth, 313 pages Good science fiction is thought-provoking. It makes us reconsider our place in the world in ways that is often dramatic and unsettling. Unlike mysteries or romances, genres built around… Read More ›
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NEWS FLASH: Russians ‘never stopped fighting’ Cold War
LOS ANGELES – Decades after the global standoff between capitalism and communism ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the ascension of the United States as the world’s greatest superpower, Americans recently have come to suspect theirs was… Read More ›
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‘Bizdic’ helps new employees navigate ‘cold, hostile, unintelligible’ work environment
DOWNTOWN – A new app that translates the often obfuscating jargon used in the business world has shown promise of making new careers at large corporations more manageable for recruits, who often report being overwhelmed by the ‘asinine terminology’ used… Read More ›
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‘Little Black Dot’ sends annoying foes to multiverse
CENTURY CITY – A company that specializes in particle physics announced this week that it has created a device that sends troublesome people on a permanent vacation to another dimension to live out the rest of their unpleasant lives, never… Read More ›
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Do sci-fi nerds dream of electric Deckards?
Blade Runnings 2049, a Disney production starring digitally resurrected John Candy and (careerily resurrected) Douglas E. Douglas as coaches for a misfit replicant bobsled team from Jamaica competing in the 2050 Olympic trials, will grace theaters this October. Our old… Read More ›
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Moderate politics pulverized by ‘Liberators’
Review: Rise of the Liberators Ryan Hyatt, 262 pages Rise of the Liberators is a kind of prequel to Hyatt’s recent Stay Younger Longer. I say ‘kind of’ because it’s more establishing the world that SYL occurs in more than… Read More ›
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‘Sixth Estate’ to target U.S. policy, fake news
LOS ANGELES — A non-profit organization seeks to circumvent traditional and digital news outlets by providing in-depth, comprehensive reporting on hot-button issues in which opinions are plentiful, but evidence supporting such views is not always readily available. The Sixth Estate… Read More ›
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Scientists implicated in vast conspiracy to provide cleaner air, water and soil
SEATTLE – A group of civic-minded billionaires revealed in a report published today that a widespread scheme has been perpetuated by scientists for decades to mislead members of the public into believing that their economic activity is causing irreparable harm… Read More ›
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‘I remember you,’ says concert-hopping time traveler
LOS ANGELES – A 40-year-old single man who had been reported missing for a week emerged from his bedroom closet this morning and announced to concerned family, friends and members of his online community that he has safely returned from… Read More ›
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‘Attitude Adjusters’ promise to make owners’ lives better
LANCASTER – A rare super bloom of wild poppies following record winter rains prompted tens of thousands of motorists to converge on a strip of desert hills an hour north of Los Angeles over the weekend to gaze at fields… Read More ›
