Page 42 of 783

The Big Seal

On Alice K. Turner, fiction editor at Playboy  magazine for two decades, who reportedly died on Jan. 17: "To have Alice publish a science-fiction story of yours was a…

Purely Coincidental

"The character and events depicted in this motion picture are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental." — Ending credits of the 2012…

The Great Gilberts

The New York Times  Sunday Style section (online three days ago): As for the elder Mr. Gilbert, he could have leapt out of a novel by Louis Auchincloss…. According to…

Shema

In memory of a mathematician who reportedly died on Dec. 16, 2014: "Four dimensions is where things change a lot." Backstory:  Or Only Die.

Serial Box (continued)

Under the Rainbow:

Product 19:

Revisionism From Wikipedia as of today: "In fiction, revisionism is the retelling of a story or type of story with substantial alterations in character or environment, to 'revise' the view shown…

Double Cross

Cross of Gold: "I would tell them about Rhiannon, and about my treasured gold cross…." — Stevie Nicks Dagger Cross: See Dagger Definitions, by James Joyce: "Hold to the…

Point Omega Echo

"… as though echoing the road's vanishing point up ahead…." — Album review, 2002 See Vanishing Point in this journal. See as well Rolling Stone  four days ago on…

Transportation

Song: "1970," by The Stooges.

California Dreamin'

In memory of music pioneers Kim Fowley and Ervin Drake, each dead on Jan. 15… The street was deserted late Friday night We were buggin' each other while…