Advantages: Some real gems Disadvantages: Some dross
The book, The Mammoth Book of 20thCentury Science Fiction is edited by David G. Hartwell. It boasts on the front cover: that it is: "The biggest and best science Fiction Anthology Ever Published". And there, as they say, is the rub. Is it?
Although I acknowledge that there are a great many good science fiction stories in this anthology, I would have to argue against it being the best. And as for the biggest? Well, Asimov's Before the Golden Age (volumes 1 to 4) is a worthy contender for this title, I would have thought.
And the best? It cannot be. Why? Because as Hartwell states in the introduction: "I would like to acknowledge the significant presence of John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke and all the other science fiction writers who are not reprinted in this book."
Therefore the correct ...
Advantages: A night with the Manics Disadvantages: Crappy menu, expencive DVD
‘Leaving the 20thCentury’.
Manic Street Preachers @
Millennium Stadium,
Cardiff.
South Wales.
UK.
Just for those who don't know, this was the concert that the Manics did on New Years Eve, 1999, which continued to New Years Day, 2000, early morning.
I was supposed to be there :-( But, my own band had already been booked Months in advance for that night, there was no way of getting out of it, so I simply couldn't go :-( Being a HUGE Manics fan I was gutted, this was a real Once in a lifetime experience I missed, it’s not as if I’ll have the chance again!
So, to try and make up for this, my Fiancé got it me on DVD as soon as it Was released :-) Yippee!!
It was a fantastic concert!, everything was perfect, the fans were going bonkers, The band looked like they were having a blast, the stage ...
Advantages: A new piece of truth Disadvantages: None
There is a book telling maybe an incredible for many, nevertheless true story. It is the story of Nikola Tesla. The book is “ The Man Who Invented the 20thCentury”, by Robert Lomas (Great Britain engineer and teacher).
Nikola Tesla was born in Serbia, at Smjlian, in a region named Krajna, near Belgrade, in the XIX century. He was a Genius, one of the greatest inventors and scientists in the 19th – 20thcentury.
Here I am commenting, in good part, this optimum book, but I feel I must add something mine, too, since I have studied about Tesla, in the way you will be able to glimpse in the following…
At the end of the ‘800, when he had already found out many interesting discoveries in the electromagnetism field, he went to America and began to work with the “great” Thomas Edison. During this ...
