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Tag: Vernor Vinge

Radio Active #53: Computer Repair Frustrations, Boot and Nuke, ChoreWars, Rainbows End

July 25, 2007 Ken Newquist Nuketown Radio Active, Podcasts

Where do Rainbows End? Find out in Episode #53 as I review Vernor Vinge’s near-future science fiction thriller in which a 75-year-old man awakens to find his Alzheimer’s cured, his body rejuvenated to that of a teenager … and the[…]

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Radio Active #45: Crawling Babies, Podcasts Galore, A Deepness in the Sky

March 14, 2007 Ken Newquist Nuketown Radio Active, Podcasts

Baby NeutronLad learns to crawl and joins me as a guest host of the latest edition of Radio Active. In addition to news about our littlest geek, I’ve got news about a new “Game Day” column that’s running on Nuketown, a[…]

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Radio Active #42: Geek Birthdays, Villian Talk, Fire Upon the Deep

December 31, 2006 Ken Newquist Nuketown Radio Active, Podcasts

Discussion turns to books and coffee as I reminisce about my 35th birthday, a geeky Christmas, and the surprising fusion of my Xbox 360 with a spiffy new iPod. In Net News I look at Villain Talk, the podcast for[…]

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Off the Bookshelf: Learning the World, Difference Engine, Wizard’s First Rule

December 30, 2006 Ken Newquist Book & Print Columns, Books & Print, Off the Bookshelf

For my birthday this year I headed out to Barnes & Noble with my son Neutronlad for an afternoon of browsing books and drinking coffee. NeutronLad, being about 5 months old at the time, was enthusiastic about the outing, as only[…]

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Off the Bookshelf: Jupiter, Deep Fires, The Matrix and Philosophy

November 7, 2006 Ken Newquist Book & Print Columns, Books & Print, Off the Bookshelf

After a reading lull brought about by way too much painting in September, I’ve returned to my books with a vengeance. Science fiction dominates my reading list this time around as I return to Ben Bova’s “Grand Tour” of the[…]

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Nuketown is a speculative fiction website that’s been published continuously since 1996.

It’s publishing focus is articles, reviews and editorials about science fiction, fantasy, and horror with heroic overtones. It covers a variety of topics within the speculative fiction genre, including games, movies, soundtracks, books, and websites.

Radiating from Easton, Pa.

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