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by MMB October 11, 2019
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An “Invention Story” about Futile Obsession – Ball Lightning, by Cixin Liu

LIU Cixin, or Cixin Liu as he is known in English, is the author of the famous Science Fiction trilogyContinue Reading

by MMB August 13, 2017
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Readers set the critics right at Worldcon 75

On day 2 of Worldcon 75 in Helsinki, I finally got to have a word with one of the “insider”Continue Reading

by MMB July 20, 2017
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Mental-floss on a grand scale – Death’s End by Cixin Liu

It has been said that many authors seem to be unable to grasp or describe how big outer space is.Continue Reading

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