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Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (200) • United Kingdom 10 Apr

I've seen advertising for a new movie that's coming out soon - "Civil War", set in a nightmarish near future America. I've been thinking of seeing it. Has anyone else seen it yet, and if so do you think it's worth the price of a...

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Victor Frankenstein I hadn't heard of "Leave Behind the World" before. It looks interesting. I might watch it the next time I take out a Netflix subscription. Thanks for comenting.

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Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (200) • United Kingdom 10 Apr

I've seen advertising for a new movie that's coming out soon - "Civil War", set in a nightmarish near future America. I've been thinking of seeing it. Has anyone else seen it yet, and if so do you think it's worth the price of a...

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Victor Frankenstein Sometimes a bit too interesting. ;-) Thanks for commenting.

11 Apr

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (200) • United Kingdom 17 Feb

Anyone reads a fair amount of science fiction has at least heard of Robert Heinlein, one of the top SF authors of the 20th Century. This is a quick review of "If This Goes On-", his first published novel-lenghth story. It was...

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Victor Frankenstein Yes, there's always been a scary element of religious fanaticism in American culture, going right back to colonial times. I think it's the current political crisis that gave me the idea of re-reading it, but hopefully it won't turn out to be prophetic!

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The Horse @TheHorse (205258) • Walnut Creek, California 27 Mar

I read this morning that Donald Trump is selling Bibles. I have seen it on some "Lefty" websites, but I have also seen it from sources like NBC and CBS, sources I used to trust. I read the Bible often, sometimes just randomly...

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Victor Frankenstein To be fair, Trump does read the Bible every day - looking for loopholes.

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NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (115921) • United States 18 Feb

Yup. Supposed billionaire Trump has launched a line of high top sneakers that are of course gold. They are as gaudy and gross as his NYC triplex. Interestingly they are named "Never Surrender Hi-Tops". Wasn't that Ron DeSantis'...

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Victor Frankenstein That'll just be marketing. Making a product more desirable by creating the impression of scarcity. They've probably got a warehouse full somewhere.

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Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (200) • United Kingdom 17 Feb

Anyone reads a fair amount of science fiction has at least heard of Robert Heinlein, one of the top SF authors of the 20th Century. This is a quick review of "If This Goes On-", his first published novel-lenghth story. It was...

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Victor Frankenstein Thanks, Manuela!

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Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (200) • United Kingdom 17 Feb

Anyone reads a fair amount of science fiction has at least heard of Robert Heinlein, one of the top SF authors of the 20th Century. This is a quick review of "If This Goes On-", his first published novel-lenghth story. It was...

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Victor Frankenstein Cheers Snowy, thanks for responding. I personally think with the right director, it could make a good TV miniseries.

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Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (200) • United Kingdom 17 Feb

Anyone reads a fair amount of science fiction has at least heard of Robert Heinlein, one of the top SF authors of the 20th Century. This is a quick review of "If This Goes On-", his first published novel-lenghth story. It was...

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Victor Frankenstein Thanks for your kiind words, Rasma.

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Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (200) • United Kingdom 14 Jan

A picked this up in a charity shop recently, and I decided it would make a decent bit of light reading to start the new year with. "Edited" by David A Goodman, this paperback book purports to be written by Captain Kirk after his...

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Victor Frankenstein Yes, I always had the feeling that the distances were somehow longer in the original series. TNG alwasy felt a bit "domesticated" to me, like they were no longer exploring strange new worlds, but settled down into just being the cops.

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Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (200) • United Kingdom 9 Dec

I'm British, and I'm old enough to remember the Cold War - or maybe we should now be calling it Cold War 1, in light of current events. I was a young man when the Berlin Wall was knocked down. When I was a teenager, some people...

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Victor Frankenstein Thanks, OT. Some books make more of an impression on me than others, and the characters in this one are already starting to merge together in my memory, which isn't a good sign. Then again, I might just have not been in the right mood for it. Maybe it's not...

9 Dec

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (200) • United Kingdom 4 Nov

I'm still going through my large collection of Ace Science Fiction Doubles, that well-remembered series of paperback books that were published from the early 50s to the early 70s. For me, it's a classic era of SF, when books were...

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Victor Frankenstein I wish I had that talent!

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Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (200) • United Kingdom 18 Sep

Cats exhibit some really strange behaviour at times. I've mentioned in a previous post that there's a cat that lives up the road from me who sometimes likes to come into my house, and even sleep here overnight. I don't mind,...

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Victor Frankenstein I hope I don't smell like a car engine! ;-) But yes, the antifreeze smell sounds like it might make sense. Cats do tend to like sweet smells.

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Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (200) • United Kingdom 22 Jul

I bought a job lot of vintage science fiction books recently, which included this one. When I buy job lots of books, some I read and keep and others I sell on. I wasn't familiar with this book, or the author, so I thought I'd...

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Victor Frankenstein I'm just the same. There are maybe one or two books in my entire life that I've abandoned without finishing. I suppose there's always the thougth at the back of my mind that even a mediocre book might have a good ending.

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NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (115921) • United States 8 Jul

The Ukrainian president used to be a comedic actor and now somehow has become the biggest bada$$ in the world. When it was clear that Russia was going to invade his country and he was offered evacuation to a safe country his...

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Victor Frankenstein @NJChicaa Trump would have wanted something for himself. Monopoly rights to market wheat exports or something like that, either for himself or a stooge.

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vanny @vandana7 (98731) • India 16 Mar 23

Ukraine is hurt. I admire Zelensky. (Hope I spelt his name right) But somewhere, I feel, I would be right too in wanting to give up. I would get the bad name for generations. But Ukrainians would live. In some way, I feel, I...

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Victor Frankenstein @vandana7 You left out Option 4: Give the Ukranians the support they need, and let them win. They've done a very good job with what they've got so far. There's no reason not to believe that - with the right logistical support, and a year or two to get...

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vanny @vandana7 (98731) • India 16 Mar 23

Ukraine is hurt. I admire Zelensky. (Hope I spelt his name right) But somewhere, I feel, I would be right too in wanting to give up. I would get the bad name for generations. But Ukrainians would live. In some way, I feel, I...

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Victor Frankenstein @vandana7 Putin's reasons are those of every imperialist - he's a looter. The old Soviet empire exploited the countries under its control, even to the point of artificial famines. That's the "Russki Mir" that Putin wants to bring back. Russia can be...

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vanny @vandana7 (98731) • India 16 Mar 23

Ukraine is hurt. I admire Zelensky. (Hope I spelt his name right) But somewhere, I feel, I would be right too in wanting to give up. I would get the bad name for generations. But Ukrainians would live. In some way, I feel, I...

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Victor Frankenstein @vandana7 What possible reason can justify invading another country? We know what Putin wants, he's rebuilding the empire. The UN's job is to discourage aggression, not pander to it.

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vanny @vandana7 (98731) • India 16 Mar 23

Ukraine is hurt. I admire Zelensky. (Hope I spelt his name right) But somewhere, I feel, I would be right too in wanting to give up. I would get the bad name for generations. But Ukrainians would live. In some way, I feel, I...

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Victor Frankenstein @JimBo452020 There's no question of NATO getting directly involved unless Putin's stupid enough to attack a member state.

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Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (200) • United Kingdom 8 Mar 23

Over the last couple of years, I've got heavily into collecting Ace Science Fiction Doubles. This was a line of paperback books, published over a period of about twenty years, from the early 50s to the 70s. Each one consisted of...

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Victor Frankenstein One with good weather, no pollen, no crowds, and plenty of cats.

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Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (200) • United Kingdom 10 May 22

In my ongoing quest to read and review all of Simon Templar's adventures in order of publication, here's my review of the second book in the series: “Enter The Saint” by Leslie Charteris. First published in 1930, this book...

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Victor Frankenstein @lazydaizee Yes it is. You just go to the Talking Pictures TV website and select "Encore" from the menu. The first time you sign in it will ask you for your email address and to make up a password. Don't worry about giving them your email address, they...

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