Comments for attempting:Lucidity

Comment on Award-Winning Sci-fi List by Noelle

Noelle — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:16:49 +0000

Well, John, I used to think I was a Sci-fi fan ’til I saw this list and realized I haven’t read much at all! Some of the stories on here that I have read, though, I wouldn’t put them in the Sci-fi category. I was surprised to find them on the list.

Comment on Sci-fi Greatest Works [updated] by Award-Winning Sci-fi List at attempting:Lucidity

Award-Winning Sci-fi List at attempting:Lucidity — Sat, 03 May 2008 01:41:40 +0000

[...] Previously i posted a spreadsheet of some sci-fi writing. Gradually i’ve expanded that list, until it’s included all the Hugo, Locus, Nebula, Campbell and Sturgeon winners and most of the runner-ups. Then i threw in some other works from early sci-fi and to complete some series. All told, it now contains about 700 novels, and with shorter works 2153 items.In order to keep all this straight, i’ve calculated the “Combo Rank” of all the works. This spreadsheet takes into account how well a work did in all 5 of the awards, and using a convoluted formula produces a single number roughly between 0 and 10. Thus a book that got second place in 3 awards would rank higher than one that got first in one award but did not place in any other award.I have no delusions that this method is the perfectly corresponds to a work’s greatness. Frederik Pohl’s Gateway and A. C. Clarke’s Rendevous with Rama are at the top of the list, being the only two novels to take first place in four of the awards i use. Though they are not unknown novels, i don’t expect to find them at the top of many “All Time Sci-fi Greats” lists. But in as much as winning a Nebula or a Hugo award indicates a work’s quality, this rank can be a useful tool to discover books of quality.That is the purpose of the spreadsheet. It’s a tool to help me, (and hopefully other people) to find some of the better sci-fi to read. To that end i’ve also included brief summaries and links (when i could find the info). But of course the info is sometimes incomplete, or maybe even wrong. And inclusion on this list in no way implies a recommendation or endorsement by me. I’ve personally only read 13% of the list. But i’ve found using the list is much more rewarding than browsing through a library or bookstore looking at covers or blurbs. Enjoy. [...]

Comment on The Road to Clarity by Melina

Melina — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:54:43 +0000

very interesting. i’m adding in RSS Reader

Comment on Ugly is not the New “Cool” by Cedar

Cedar — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:52:37 +0000

All persons responsible for this choice should be banned forever from positions of creative leadership. That being said, I hope to never see that logo again. Ever. Even if I have to block myself off from all media till the 2012 Paralympics are past.

Comment on Brown as Milk by jwbjerk

jwbjerk — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 02:38:05 +0000

The theme is partially broken, but the link should now work. Help yourself.

I’ve been waiting for K2 to reach 1.0 to try to get it back in shape.

Comment on Brown as Milk by Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:21:14 +0000

Your download link is broken. Do you have a new one? I’d like to try this theme out.

Comment on The shape of the world by DDR

DDR — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 06:57:26 +0000

This looks quite disturbing to me. Organic, and scary. I get little shivers and my face tightens when I look at it. It makes me feel sick.
I am not joking. (Phobia?)

Still, that is a very neat mapping concept.

Comment on Ugly is not the New “Cool” by DDR

DDR — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 06:51:30 +0000

I read about the Olympic logo in a paper. My first thought was “April 1st?” I looked again the next day to see if there had been riots, mass suicide, that sort of thing, but the god-awful thing had not been withdrawn with an apology. The article had said some other inane drivel, much like the example given here, in it. I was… dismayed.

Some captions spring to mind…
What did I ever do to them to warrant this?
Cruel and unusual punishment
The designer said to the dismay “In time, people will come to like it.” I am waiting… nope, not liking it.
Ouch. My eyes hurt.
We can see it very, very, well, except for the fact that we don’t want to see it at all.
If that’s the logo, I don’t want to see the venue.
Bumper Sticker idea - “I Pity British”
A high-school art class could do better, and for a fraction of the exorbitant price this one cost.
Al Capone couldn’t have done better. “Free Money’, legally!
Here we call them ‘Con Artists’.
Still not liking it.
Your taxes at rest!

Comment on The Road to Clarity by DDR

DDR — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 06:30:25 +0000

Wow. I had no idea that the typeface was so important. Truly, font does penetrate every corner of our society.

I used another browser with a different font, yesterday, to view a website that I had been to many times. The font was smaller, and harder to read. The site looked much more unfriendly than it did using my normal browser. The font did it in.

Fonts are truly a mass media… Literally, everyone will see this Clearview font. It appeals to young and old alike - and, it is free to view! It is also posted every few miles in the USA on big boards just to make sure everyone knows about it.

The Road to Clarity is eye-opening - at least, it was to me. Unfortunately, the 6-page document is littered with big, graphic, distracting ads. I recommend copying the text to another program and reading it from there. Still, a good read.

Comment on The Road to Clarity by Agustin

Agustin — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 23:33:41 +0000

hi i enjoyed the read