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I discovered a new science fiction magazine online that publishes original and reprinted science fiction stories and interviews.

According to the Light Speed Magazine “about us” page:

Lightspeed is an online magazine focusing exclusively on science fiction. Here you can expect to see all types of science fiction, from near-future, sociological soft sf, to far-future, star-spanning hard sf, and anything and everything in between. No subject will be considered off-limits, and we encourage our writers to take chances with their fiction and push the envelope.

Each month at Lightspeed, we bring you a mix of originals and reprints, and featuring a variety of authors—from the bestsellers and award-winners you already know to the best new voices you haven’t heard of yet. When you read Lightspeed, it is our hope that you’ll see where science fiction comes from, where it is now, and where it’s going.

Lightspeed also features a variety of nonfiction features, fiction podcasts, and Q&As with our authors that go behind-the-scenes of their stories.

Our regular publication schedule each month includes two pieces of original fiction and two fiction reprints, along with four nonfiction articles. Fiction posts on Tuesdays, nonfiction on Thursdays.

I hope they can sustain their business model, because they have some great content so far.

You can also donate to help keep them going.

Enjoy.

- Dave

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Goodbye, Dennis.

From Another Lonely Critic

If you grew up watching the Muppets and reading comicbooks, you will probably think this is pretty great.

- Dave

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This is an interesting 20 year old British interview with Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (the creators of the Watchmen).

This episode of Prisoners of Gravity was broadcast in 1991 and it is a half hour documentary about Alan Moore and David Gibbons’ genre twisting series Watchmen. Contained within this video is the presenter, Command Rick, asking both David Gibbons and Alan Moore a series of questions about the structures they imposed on the series and the various thematic layers within the twelve issues.

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There are 3 parts of this video that you can watch through the player above.

- Dave

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This man is clearly the most qualified candidate for the school board, don’t you think?

- Dave

I love the retro look of these modern Russian motorcycles.  The Ural Patrol (photo above) has a switch that allows you to flip between single wheel drive and dual wheel (sidecar-assisted) drive.

There are actually two dealerships in Colorado that carry these motorcycles. I may need to look at them just for fun some weekend.

Ural Motorcycles

- Dave

“To protect against chemical weapons.”

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“End corruption, or at least let me participate in it.”

This is my new favorite t-shirt.

(Some other good ones here too.)

- Dave

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…our costumes will look a lot like this.

- Dave