Day: May 16, 2006

New words today.

At the risk of showing some people how a certain trick was done, I present some lovely new words I learned today from “A Few of My Favorite Words” page at andreas.com: Wabi: Japanese noun. A flaw that gives elegance and uniqueness to the whole. Western culture sees beauty in mass produced technical symmetry, such as a Porsche Boxster. Japanese… Read more →

Elemental

Here’s how the contributor list reads to me: Brian ALDISS * Jacqueline CAREY * Arthur C. CLARKE * William C. DIETZ * David DRAKE * Lynn FLEWELLING * Esther M. FRIESNER * David “Where’s my damn Chtorr book” GERROLD * Joe HALDEMAN * Brian HERBERT & Kevin J. ANDERSON * Nina Kiriki HOFFMAN * Tim LEBBON * Kinley MacGREGOR (Sherrilyn… Read more →

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