Author Archives: Mel Green

Building Consensus

How editing Wikipedia & a fictional Martian constitutional convention influenced the Consensus government in my novel(s)-to-be. Yep, & consensus would be a better way to run our own world too, yep. Continue reading

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Progressive bloggers on Palin: Civility versus namecalling

Okay, so we don’t like Sarah Palin or her political views. But does that mean it’s good for us or the nation for us to exercise our free speech through namecalling & insults?

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Good for my worldbuilding, bad for my world

One tool for inventing an imaginary story universe in science fiction is extrapolating from the present into the future. Granting corporations lots of extra power as the Supreme Court did recently is very good for my worldbuilding. But is very bad for the world I actually live in.

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The Daily Tweets, 2010-02-05: Caprica w/ sauerkraut

And of course “Caprica” is also scored by Bear McCreary, same guy who composed four seasons of great music for “Battlestar Galactica.” All the more reason for loving this new series. A much better way to end the day than … Continue reading

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Snowfall

New snow this morning, & a poem to go with it.

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The Daily Tweets, 2010-02-04: Fata morgana, & new pipes

I saw fata morgana today — a mirage extension of the Alaska range north of Denali as seen from the 15th floor of one of the Denali towers. Photo here! Plus, all about the new pipes in my living room ceiling. So cool. Heh.

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The Daily Tweets, 2010-02-03: Technical writing makes Mel grumpy

Being forced to do technical writing (for example, writing a style guide for building tables in Excel) makes Mel into a grump. #fb #

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The Daily Tweets, 2010-02-01: Buzzcuttedness

Most beautiful photo of the Mat-Su Valley of AK I’ve ever seen, by my friend @jansonjones. http://bit.ly/c44h7a # RT: @LambiFund: A good quick history of #Haiti Starting w/ Columbus http://bit.ly/bLpivW # RT: @CapricaSeven: Interesting recap of Caprica’s first post-pilot ep … Continue reading

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Crossed Genres anthology released — complete w/ my story "Cold"

My story “Cold,” from my novel-in-progress of the same title, is appearing again — this time in Crossed Genres‘ Year One anthology, which collects stories from each of the magazine’s first twelve issues.

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The Daily Tweets, 2010-01-29: Dollhouse ends, Caprica begins

RT: @CapricaSeven: #Dollhouse and #Caprica in one night?! You can do it! // Yes, & I will! # Text LAMBI to 50555 to instantly donate $5 to @LambiFund of Haiti – Haitians need to be at CENTER of rebuilding process. … Continue reading

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