Sneak Peek at Paul Allen's Sci-Fi Museum 164
The Museum, incorporated into Allen's "Experience Music Project" in the Frank Gehry-designed "Blob" at the foot of the Space Needle is divided into several sections, with "Homeworld" taking up the bulk of the mid-level. This exhibit includes "The Sci-Fi Hall Of Fame," along with a nifty timeline of s/f related events from history; a display system that projects stunning 3-D representations of planets onto a globular surface; "Not So Weird Science," focusing on how fiction has influenced scientific and technological innovation; and my personal favorite, "The Science Fiction Community," displaying examples of fan-fic, 'zines, and memorabilia that will have the most rabid s/f geek drooling in admiration: the legendary Forrest J. Ackerman's first published letter to Amazing Stories back in the 1930's (Ackerman is listed as a member of SFM's Advisary Board, along with other notables such as Arthur C. Clarke, Harlan Ellison, Ray Bradbury & Greg Bear, just to name a few), a first-draft manuscript by Theodore Sturgeon, Ellison's Smith Corona manual typewriter, a signed, first-edition copy of Aldus Huxley's "Brave New World," the first Hugo Award presented to Ackerman in 1953, and other juicy items (many of which presumably come from Ackerman's personal collection).
One floor down are the other exhibits. "Fantastic Voyages" includes the much anticipated "Space Dock," a virtual representation of famous sci-fi spaceships (although a number of notable examples are missing: there's no TV Jupiter II, none of the ships from the "Alien" series, only one example from the "Star Trek" franchise, and no "Liberator," Eagles or TARDIS -- the Brits being generally underrepresented throughout the Museum), as well as the bulk of the prop and costume displays. Although this area tends to be rather heavy on TV/film memorabilia, there are still some choice items here: a model of the U.S. Capital dome used by Ray Harryhausen in "Earth Versus The Flying Saucers," original models from "Land Of The Giants," "Alien," "Close Encounters," the TV "Buck Rogers," "ET," and "Trek," along with a literal arsenal of weapons, including original phasers, a LIS blaster from Season One, a crossbow used by Jane Fonda in "Barbarella," and an original 1930's-era raygun from the Buck Rogers serials, among many others.
This is followed by perhaps the most disappointing section, "Brave New Worlds," encompassing the "Cities of Tomorrow" display, a CGI-driven exhibit similar to "Space Dock," but which only shows environments from three sources: a rather whimsical view of life in the 4th millenium courtesy of "The Jetson's," Ridley Scott's 21st-Century Los Angeles from "Blade Runner" (look for Dolly The Sheep on one of the rooftops!), and depictions from "The Matrix." This is followed by "Experimental Societies," basically just a display of the usual genre literature, and "Out Of The Ashes," currently limited to a few costume pieces from the 1968 "Planet Of The Apes."
The final section: "Them!" is pretty much what you'd expect -- a representation of aliens exclusively from TV/film media. The Queen Alien is pretty impressive up close, and there's a funny interplay set up between "Robbie The Robot" and "LIS's" B-9 using cleverly interspliced voice clips. At the end is a small gallery of sci-fi artwork, mostly inconsequential book-cover art, but with several pieces from acknowledged masters such as Chesley Bonestell, Frank R. Paul, and the real treat -- practically the entire collection of artwork produced by Fred Freeman and Rolf Klep for Werner von Braun's 1953 "Colliers" magazine series.
Overall, I'd say if you're interested in seeing a pretty good collection of items that encompasses more than just a "Planet Hollywood" style display of film memorabilia, then this is probably worth the $12.95 admission if you're in the neighborhood, particularly if you have at least two hours to spend going through the interactive exhibits. I'm not totally convinced it's worth the $40 to cough up for the annual membership, however, in speaking with one of the Museum staff, I was informed that some of the exhibits will change over time, with new items from Allen's extensive collection being swapped in and out. Otherwise, most of the displays are considered "permanent," although it seems pretty clear at least some of them can be replaced -- and in the case of "Brave New Worlds," probably should.
Photography is prohibited in the Museum (and the lighting level was too low for me to sneak any decent shots with my Zire 71), but if you want to take a gander at some press snaps of the exhibits, check out the Seattle Times "Inside" section.
Thanks to comte for the report.
Pictures (Score:5, Informative)
Here [nwsource.com] (without the annoying popup)
After seeing those... I'm disappointed to say the least.
Re:Pictures (Score:2)
Why? What were you expecting? It looks more interesting than the overrated Spy Museum we have here in DC...
Re:Pictures (Score:2)
you know... kind of a "walk through the future city" thing or "walk through a sci-fi setting from a movie or something else"
Getting it over with- Seattle jokes (Score:5, Funny)
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A newcomer to Seattle arrives on a rainy day. She gets up the next day and it's raining. It also rains the day after that, and the day after that. She goes out to lunch and sees a young kid and, out of despair, asks, "Hey, kid, does it ever stop raining around here?" The kid says, "How do I know? I'm only 6."
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"I can't believe it," said the tourist. "I've been here an entire week and it's done nothing but rain. When do you have summer here?" "Well, that's hard to say," replied the local. "Last year, it was on a Wednesday." ----
A curious fellow died one day and found himself in limbo waiting in a long, long line for judgment. As he stood there, he noticed that some souls were allowed to march right through the gates of heaven. Others were led over to Satan, who threw them into a lake of fire. Every so often, instead of hurling a poor soul into the fire, Satan would toss him or her to one side.
After watching Satan do this several times, the fellow's curiosity got the better of him. He strolled over and tapped the devil on the shoulder.
"Excuse me, there, Your Darkness," he said. "I'm waiting in line for judgment, and I couldn't help wondering why you are tossing some people aside instead of flinging them into the fires of hell with the others?"
"Ah," Satan said with a grin. "Those are from Seattle. They're too wet to burn."
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A Californian, a Texan and a man from Seattle meet in a bar. They are good friends and are chatting away, when suddenly, the Californian grabs a bottle of fine chardonnay, throws it up in the air, and shoots it coming back down.
The Seattle guy and the Texan are naturally amazed! They say, "Now why the heck would you do a thing like that?" they ask. He replies, "Well, there's a lot of wine where I come from, so it's not really as important to me." The Texan says, "OK, whatever."
About 5 minutes later, the Texan grabs a bottle of fine tequilla, throws it up in the air, and shoots it coming back down. The Californian and the Seattle guy say, "Lemme guess. There's a lot of tequilla where you come from, so it does't mean that much to you." Tex says, "Correct."
About 3 minutes later, the Seattle guy finishes off his beer, throws the bottle up in the air, pulls out his gun and shoots the Californian, and finally catches the bottle coming back down. The Texan is totally stunned! "Now what in heck made you do that?!?!? You're probably going to be put in prison and executed!!!"
The Seattle guy says, "Well there's a lot of Californians where I come from, and I thought I would recycle the bottle."
Re:Getting it over with- Seattle jokes (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Getting it over with- Seattle jokes (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Getting it over with- Seattle jokes (Score:2)
If only it were mid-June all year [weather.com].
No kidding!! (Score:2)
Re:Getting it over with- Seattle jokes (Score:1)
I've been trying to remember that bar joke for AGES! Thx!
Re:Getting it over with- Seattle jokes (Score:2)
It's better when it ends with the Texan shooting a Mexican.
Re:Getting it over with- Seattle jokes (Score:2, Interesting)
This joke is borrowed from those of us in Oregon. They don't recycle bottles in Washington, whereas Oregon pioneered the bottle bill.
Re:Getting it over with- Seattle jokes (Score:2)
Andrew
Re:Getting it over with- Seattle jokes (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Getting it over with- Seattle jokes (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Getting it over with- Seattle jokes (Score:2, Informative)
Vancouver has a reputation for rain but that's not because it rains more over the year than anywhere else. Instead, it's because when winter comes around, there's one kind of weather: dreary, miserable and cloudy. It rains during that time (not always), but what really sticks with people is the entire lack-of-sunshine.
So, yea, it isn't really the rain, it's the simple fa
Re:Getting it over with- Seattle jokes (Score:2)
I actually liked it. My wife, on the other hand, would commit suicide if she had to endure overcast for more than a few days (she is from San Antonio Texas).
Personally, I would like an even mixture; all the seasons in full measure with ap
Re:Getting it over with- Seattle jokes (Score:2)
"Precipitation" is not "rain". In Buffalo and Cleveland, 90 of those days of precipitation occur in winter. Recall that in winter, precipitation freezes, becoming snow.
Snow can be plowed, moved, ski'd/snowboarded/sledded upon, thrown, made into snow men/women/angels/anatomical reference dummies, and if you're really desperate, eaten (but stay away from yellow snow).
Rain falls. That's it. It'
Trek Models in Drydock? (Score:1)
Imagine if they had the original HAL ship from Space 2001??? I bet that would take up the whole museum
Re:Trek Models in Drydock? (Score:4, Interesting)
Didn't stop 2010 from happening, mind you.
Re:Trek Models in Drydock? (Score:1)
Re:Trek Models in Drydock? (Score:2)
Thye rebuilt some of the 2001 ships for 2010; the Discovery as well as some pods made an appearance.
Re:Trek Models in Drydock? (Score:3, Informative)
Kubrick was fine with 2010, it was crap he wanted to avoid.
Re:Trek Models in Drydock? (Score:2)
Re:Trek Models in Drydock? (Score:1)
The models in TNG did not use CGI.
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Sponsored the Plane Flight (Score:4, Interesting)
Aj
Brin, Butler, others on NPR Friday 6/18 (Score:5, Interesting)
Paul Allen, David Brin, Octavia Butler and others will be interviewed in the first hour.
The second hour will be about Mars, factual and science fictional.
Here is NPR's information page:
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2004/Jun/hour1
Stefan Jones
Re:Brin, Butler, others on NPR Friday 6/18 (Score:2)
I'm a big Octavia Butler fan. I'm curious as to what she's been up to lately.
He will never match... (Score:2)
As someone who lives NEAR Seattle (Score:4, Interesting)
I find it highly ironic that although the man has more money than God, Paul Allen still manages to convince the State to pass on the cost of his narcissistic pet projects on to the rest of us.
Re:As someone who lives NEAR Seattle (Score:1)
And if you want to live in a city devoid of any culture I am sure we could look hard enough and find one. Detroit?
Re:As someone who lives NEAR Seattle (Score:1)
Re:As someone who lives NEAR Seattle (Score:2)
I think what you mean to say is, I think this time, we're off the hook, as SFAIK, there isn't any public sector investment in SFM.... YET.
By the way, if you want to refer to NFL football and a bunch of plastic toys from a nerd garage sale as "culture" go right ahead. And people from this area wonder why people don't think of the Pacific Northwest as cultured. Here's a hint. Wear a CLEAN flannel lumberjack
Re:As someone who lives NEAR Seattle (Score:2, Informative)
None of which have any connection to Paul Allen, BTW.
Re:As someone who lives NEAR Seattle (Score:1)
Re:As someone who lives NEAR Seattle (Score:1)
As someone who works along the Streetcar route, I have watched his Vulcan Ventures people come in and bribe all the businesses along the way.
He is a work of art...
Re:As someone who lives NEAR Seattle (Score:2)
I split my time between Redmond, Renton, Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, and Kirkland. I go where I want when I want. But I'm damned if I'm going to watch sales taxes go up AGAIN so that Paul Allen can charge more of his fantasy life to the public ticket. You don't live here, so allow me to pour you a non-fat, grande shut the hell up. You may not be aware of this, but Paul Allen wanted a new stadium for the Seahawks. The
Where's the Kzinti (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Where's the Kzinti (Score:2)
Re:Where's the Kzinti (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Where's the Kzinti (Score:2)
To further the error, I googled "Pohl Anderson", got a zillion hits and assumed I spelled it right.
Alas, what's a karma whore to do?
Re:Where's the Kzinti (Score:2)
Grab.
Re:Where's the Kzinti ? (Score:2)
This was close to my thought. In my mind, Science Fiction is a WRITTEN art form. But I guess a museum of books would be called a "library", not a museum.
But imagine a set of displays that shows common Sci Fi themes from the point of view of various authors. Or perhaps a display showing what sci-fi predictions have (or havn't) come true. Yes, it's difficult demonstrat
Re:Where's the Kzinti ? (Score:1)
And I should point out that the upper section of the Museum is VERY literature oriented.
Re:Where's the Kzinti (Score:1)
No. 9? (Score:1)
Re:No. 9? (Score:2, Informative)
If you're refering to the pics in the seattlepi.com site, number nine is the car from the film Blade Runner (as it clearly states in the caption to the right).
Re:No. 9? (Score:1)
RTFC (Score:2)
The one with the caption that reads "The Spinner flying car from the movie "Blade Runner" (1982) hangs in the third-floor special events area."?
No Doctor Who? No Farscape? (Score:4, Interesting)
Farscape - possibly one of the best Sci Fi series ever.
And NEITHER are represented in the museum, it seems.
What kind of crack are they smoking?
Oh right - silly me - if it ain't Robby the Effing Robot or Captain Kirk and Baldy Picard, it ain't Sci Fi.
Re:No Doctor Who? No Farscape? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:No Doctor Who? No Farscape? (Score:2)
More likely, perhaps, is that all the Doctor Who stuff has already been bought by fans, and Allen couldn't be bothered asking anyone for it.
Grab.
Re:No Doctor Who? No Farscape? (Score:2)
Re:No Doctor Who? No Farscape? (Score:1)
Re:No duh. (Score:2)
There is a difference, glaringly apparent to SF fen, yet imperceptible to those who nurse at the Glass Teat.
Ah yes. That difference is apparently that there are people who are not pedantically attached to unabbreviated words - such as me, who call it "SciFi" - and there are people who ARE pedantically attached to unabbreviated words, who also deride television as being a "Glass Teat". One wonders if they've ever sucked on a rea
Allen == Alien - g33k s934k?? (Score:1)
Too bloody right...
He starts a high technology company to get the billions of dollars he needs... [imdb.com]Nick
OH DEAR GOD! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:OH DEAR GOD! (Score:1)
Re:OH DEAR GOD! (Score:3, Insightful)
"Kewl!", says I, and start to open them.
"What are you doing!?", says he.
"Ummmmmmm, I'm opening them?", I respond.
"What for?", he asks with a slightly incredulous look on his face.
"So I can spend the next hour or two pushing them around my de
Re:OH DEAR GOD! (Score:2)
Stevecutus of borg! (Score:2, Funny)
paul's bank account (Score:1)
Re:paul's bank account (Score:1)
Please adjust for inflation.
I'm not sure you apprehend the true meaning of the word "rich."
KFG
Re:paul's bank account (Score:1)
So yes, he can afford to keep throwing money away.
Yet another Allen project (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Yet another Allen project (Score:2, Interesting)
For other schemes, check out Perfectly Legal [perfectlyl...hebook.com] by David Cay Johnston. The catch? Level of wealth required is not available to 99% of Americans.
Re:Yet another Allen project (Score:2)
Re:Yet another Allen project (Score:1)
Would that be.... "The Allen Parsons Project!"
BA-pam! BAA-pam!!
Perhaps?
Re:Yet another Allen project (Score:2)
1. Oregon Arenas Incorporated- owned by Paul Allen, recently went bankrupt leaving bond holders on the Rose Garden in the lurch to the tune of $13 Million.
2. Trail Blazers- an NBA team on the verge of bankruptcy due to valuing talent over team morale and customer loyalty
3. Mentor Graphics- moving jobs offshore quickly in an effort to stay afloat.
And that's just the ones I'm aware of, I'm sure there are others.
Re:Yet another Allen project (Score:2)
Re:Yet another Allen project (Score:2)
Why no photography? (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Why no photography? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Why no photography? (Score:2)
You're almost right. The reason that many museums, churches, etc forbid photography is that it cuts into postcard and poster sales.
It's a funny balancing act; make the museum unfriendly to photographers and you discourage them from visiting again, after all you can't photograph a whole museum in a day, maybe a better business model is to be photo-friendly and make your money on photographers coming back to complete shoots.
Re:Why no photography? (Score:2)
Re:Why no photography? (Score:1, Informative)
And as another poster pointed out, too many cameras have stupid users and will flash whenever photographs are taken in dim light. Disposable cams don't even have a switch to disable the flash. It's easier to just prohibit photography altogether.
[S]
Re:Why no photography? (Score:1)
Re:Why no photography? (Score:2)
What possible licensing issues could prevent someone from taking a photo of something? People imagine that IP laws are even more draconian than they are.
Most museums ban photography because of the annoyance and possible damage from flashes, and because they sell postcards, books, etc in their giftshops. Art museums don't want people to use a photo to sell prints of their art, though if the art is old (out of copyright) and you can
Re:Why no photography? (Score:1)
And, while everyone is complaining about the grave ommissions, here's mine:
The greatest time-travel series ever made. [tvparty.com] Imogene Coca as Shad. Joe E. Ross as Gronk. Mike Mazursky as Clon.
One blessed season. The end of which leaves me, still, unconsolable.
Re:Why no photography? (Score:2)
The scientific case for prohibiting photography (Score:5, Informative)
In this MP3 clip on flash photography's effect on art [radio.cbc.ca], CBC Radio's Quirks & Quarks interviews Dr. Tito Scaiano, professor of chemistry at the University of Ottawa.
Artefacts absorb light, and thus molecules. The molecules convert the energy to heat, but sometimes a molecule changes chemical structure, resulting in a visible change. When a photo is absorbed, it pushes the molecule to a higher energy state that breaks the bond. In other cases, it promotes oxidization. Organic pigments are more sensitive than inorganic pigments (which are already fairly oxidized). In other words, flash photography can lead to deterioration of an artefact, not to mention changes to the pigment.
Although aircraft may not be as sensitive as the Mona Lisa, it's still possible that flash photography could damage the artefact. An art student told me that his professor confided that one flash was equivalent to three days of natural light. I don't know if that's entirely true, but I've heard the warning repeated.
Although some people might not use flashes, even a small percentage of wrong-doers could eventually ruin an artefact. For example, when I saw the Mona Lisa, about 30% of the crowd was taking flash photos. The Mona Lisa is behind 3 inches of plexiglass, but the flashes do take their toll [globeandmail.com].
The Straight Dope also answers a question about flash photography's damage to art [straightdope.com].
Re:The scientific case for prohibiting photography (Score:2)
But I've visited places where they didn't want you to photograph the stained glass windows! Sacreligious, some might say? Sure, says I, just point me to "thou shalt not photograph in the house of the Lord" in the Bible.
Banning flashes, OK, no problem. In the V&A, there are exhibits in near dark rooms, they're so worried about light damage to priceless art. But banning photography outright
Interesting architecture in Seattle (Score:4, Interesting)
Ah... (Score:2, Funny)
Pretty Disappointing (Score:1)
Not everything in the museum is Paul Allen's: (Score:4, Interesting)
I looked at this museum a while back, in fact, because I was considering lending out props I have from Battlestar Galactica, but as you can see [battlestar...caclub.com], I decided not to do so, because I was concerned about their safety.
(If anyone else goes to the museum, I'd like to know if there's a BG section, and what it's like, etc.)
Re:Not everything in the museum is Paul Allen's: (Score:2)
That's pathetic. The series cost around a million dollars an episode to make, absolutely unheard of for that time, and it's reduced to a chrome suit with a sweeping light in the helmet.
I wonder if there was a little button on the base: "press here to hear the Cylon speak!" Ooooh!
Enterprise-A (Score:2)
i went there (Score:5, Informative)
First of all, like the Experience Music Project next door, there was a ton of memorabilia. It had everything from one of Darth Vader's mask (one used by a stunt man), to the Cricket from Men in Black, to a gun from Galaxy Quest, to original Star Trek stories (written on by Nichelle Nichols), to a poster about the Babel fish.
The museum was linear and seemed to flow well from one section to the other. However, that means there doesn't seem like much room for expansion, as the musuem is sort of small. At EMP next door, they have lots of different sections where they can have permanent exhibits (like Northwest passage which has never changed), semi-permanent exhibits (ones that last for years at a time), and traveling exhibits (ones that last for a few months, like the recent Disco exhibit). At the SciFi museum, there didn't appear to be any room for traveling exhibits, which is unfortunate. Upstairs they had had a stage area with refreshments. I guess this will be used for guest speakers and presentations later on.
The tech was really neat, however. In the first section, as the poster mentioned, there is a large globe with video on it. It goes through a rotation of clips from movies, to quotes over a starry background, to a projection of planets. It was impressive how seemless it was, considering the video came from four projectors surrounding it.
The space dock was interesting. In front of you is a huge screen with the different ships flying around (like the Planet Express from Futurama). There are touch screens for individuals to use where you can look up ships stats and watch a video clip about it. If I remember correctly, the screen was sort of 3D. It had a background video screen layer and then another clear layer in front of that. It wasn't quite 3D, because it only had two layers. I didn't flip through all the ships, so I can't comment on the size of the catalog.
The next cool tech thing was a small globe with touch screen in front of it. You click on one of the six planets you want to see (Hoth, the one from Dune, Solaris, and some others). It plays videos on the screen, then turns the globe in front of you into that planet using projectors. It was pretty neat, but the voice talking about the planet was a little hard to hear.
Finally was the cityscape thing, which was disappointing. Like the poster mentioned, it only contained three cityscapes. It has a lot of potential if they add more, but it is just isn't there yet. The ones they did do turned out pretty well, though. There a lot of little details to look at and it gives you an idea of the city.
Overall it was pretty neat, but didn't seem to have that much of a 'replay' value. I wish they had room for temporary exhibits, because those would increase the value of a membership. However, this provides a good place for guest speakers. I believe this friday there is going to be a talk on the physics of Star Trek.
Oh, something I forgot to mention, in the first section they had a history of fandom, which was interesting. They showed a lot of original fanzines and letters exchanged between fans. A lot of the original fans later turned into writers themselves.
Overall, I think it had a good range of SciFi from the beginning (Frankenstein) to the present. It was a little small, though. The tech parts of the show were impressive, but could probably use some more content.
Well, that is my review. I didn't proofread, so don't be a grammar Nazi.
Andrew
Seems like a good initial effort. (Score:2)
I'm glad to see that someone has undertaken the task of creating a museum setting for so much of this memorabilia. (Even if it is a vanity effort.) Many early films are known only from their titles and a few salvaged props -- the films themselves have degraded into cellulose dust. I find it sad that so much of the early history of cinema h
Buy a clue Paul... (Score:3, Insightful)
Not content with all the EMP fiasco now he brings us a museum of science fiction! Not a library or a cinematheque of science fiction but a museum!
I know people like to say Allen was the smart one and Gates was not, but so far the record goes the other way. I take Bill's purchase of the Leonardo da Vinci documents over the EMP any time.
Re:Buy a clue Paul... (Score:2)
Re:Buy a clue Paul... (Score:3, Interesting)
It sounds like your definition of a "museum" has to be an art museum. Personally, I find art museums dull -- after I've
Re:Buy a clue Paul... (Score:2)
Not at all. My definition of museum is those things that are best displayed in large halls, whatever they are. For example, interactive science displays often work out well in this setting. But guess what Sherlock? A music "exhibition" works out best in a "jazz cafe"-like setting than in a "Louvre"-like EMP setting. You really have to be there to realize how dull it is to see jacket upon jacket of Jimmy Hendrix albums when what you reall
Glad to see the integration of the literature (Score:5, Insightful)
Most media SF is 30-40 years behind written SF, both in topics and style. Few current SF movie or TV shows show concepts that weren't already old-hat in the 1970's SF literature. This museum doesn't seem to be afraid of gently pointing this out. As many board members are SF writers I could guess how they'd push giving credit where it is due. Of course the movies have had much more influence in terms of numbers of people seeing them (I read a calculation saying 23 of the top 25 movies by popularity have been SF/fantasy [4brad.com]).
But for influence on science and technology- the books and stories have done quite a lot more. For one example, I like a quote [boingboing.net] that Cory Doctorow (who does fine post-singularity writing [craphound.com]) has on Neuromancer:
I think Heinlein created more engineers than Sputnik did.(1) When talking about SF topics, pop writers can get away with a show of ignorance that wouldn't work for many other genres. How many reviewers compare a movie to anything more than other movies and/or "the Time Machine, F451, Ray Bradbury, Star Wars, the Matrix [and if they've done extra research] P.K.Dick"? That'd be like mystery reviewers starting with A.C. Doyle and ending with Agatha Christie. How many reviews of books like "Prey," "Oryx and Crake," "Children of Men" or "Fatherland" mention anything about similar SF books (books written in some cases decades before) and instead talk about how original the popular author's idea is? (For example CoM published in the early 90's, vs Greybeard published in the early 60's. Many reviews of the former didn't mention the latter.)
Frank Herbert... (Score:2)
tps interview (Score:3, Informative)
Devon
Ah...Paul Allen (Score:2)
But face it, wouldn't you rather be Allen with millions in the bank doing something that interests you, and not Gates with billions in the bank, married to the woman responsible for Bob [thefreedictionary.com]?
Re:Allen is a Lucas hater! (Score:1)
Re:Allen is a Lucas hater! (Score:3, Informative)