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Stanislaw Lem, Author of Science Fiction Classics, Is Dead at 84 – New York Times

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Stanislaw Lem, Author of Science Fiction Classics, Is Dead at 84 – New York Times Stanislaw Lem, a Polish science-fiction writer who, in novels like “Solaris” and “His Master’s Voice,” contemplated man’s place in the universe in sardonic and sometimes bleak terms, died yesterday in Krakow, Poland. He was 84. The cause was heart failure, […]

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Cost of submissions

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We had today off because they were shooting actors…you know, I could really do a top-ten list every week. Anyway, I took the time to get some writing done and to send out some actual mail submissions. Until today, I’ve managed to avoid submitting stories except to markets that allow e-submissions. Yikes! It’s expensive to

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Cover art for Apex

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The cover art for Apex Digest’s Issue six has just been unveiled. This is the issue which I will be in. Neat. The artist who’s illustrating my story also sent me a rough draft because he thought I’d be interested. It turns out he’s a fan of the show. Small world or what?

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Day of rest

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We slept in. It was lovely. Then, Rob made waffles. Lovely. We walked downtown; the sun was shining but it was still cold enough to bundle up. Our goal–well, Rob’s goal really, I was just along for company–was to find a thrift store. There are three that Rob knew of, but we only found one

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Yawn

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This kind of day is the hardest of all. Thor and I came in at 9:00 today because his character was in a scene at the beginning of the day. The other puppeteers were on standby and arrived at 11:00, but we still hadn’t shot a puppet scene yet. In fact, none of us were

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Me as origami

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I wish we had taken a picture of this, so I’ll attempt to provide a word-picture of the endeavor. The Mayor, normally played by David Feldman, had to enter a scene with hedge clippers, talk to Ziggy and then exit. Because of a number of variables, including that darn bicycle, we had to be on

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Puppet Relay Race

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Today one of the puppets had to ride a bike through a scene which involved screwing three of our rollie carts together. Two of them supported Thor, and one had a kids bike screwed to it. A twenty-foot pole pushed the whole shebang through the frame. The only problem was that we couldn’t back the

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Massage Day

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Our massage therapist came today. I love massage day. The only drawback to today’s is that I finished the massage and went straight out on set to work the mayor’s hands. I feel like I haven’t had a massage at all. They’ve just released us for the day and it’s only 2:00. We’re all running

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Eve at work

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Eve came in to work with me so she could see how we do the show and what the set looks like. That turned out to be a mistake. Although I had arranged to have another puppeteer cover me while Eve and I went to the Blue Lagoon, of course I wound up working. It

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The Golden Circle

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Today we drove up to Þingvellir (pronounced Thingvetleer) to see the Oxráfoss and the place where the North American and European continental plates are separating. On this excursion Emily came with us and she and Eve were appropriately astounded. We continued our tour by heading through the land of a thousand potholes to go to

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Skaftafel.

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We headed out today to Skaftafell, the glacier that I took Mom and Dad to when they came to visit last time. When we left town, it was overcast and rainy, and I was worried that a lot of the scenery would be obscured by clouds. That turned out to be a needless concern. As

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Eve in Reykjavik

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Our friend Eve is in town from Portland for the next couple of days. I, of course, am trapped in the studio today. We’re also discovering the downside of Rob having a job. He can’t go gallivant around town with her. Ah well, I suppose at least this way I’m not missing out on all

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US Army leaves

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The Reykjavík Grapevine Online – Daily News from Reykjavík, Iceland reports: The United States military base in Keflavík is going to be scaled back significantly in the near future, with all aircraft having left permanently by September. The majority of personnel stationed there will leave, relatively new radar installations will close and a number of

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