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Re: Humanities Departments getting nixed; cause for alarm?
Economics/business degrees in particular need languages to be the most versatile (granted, not all tycoons have multiple languages, but if you want an edge then languages are often the key). ...
Oct 19, 2010 -
Re: Humanities Departments getting nixed; cause for alarm?
Ethnocentrism was the exact word I was looking for but which my poor brain, as overflowing as it is with the details of viral replication and cellular mechanisms and such, ...
Oct 18, 2010 -
Re: Humanities Departments getting nixed; cause for alarm?
I, being a science major, used to hate being required to take Arts and Humanities classes not because I disliked the material, but because they were unrelated requirements for my ...
Oct 18, 2010 -
Re: cherishing the bones
Late. I know. Please forgive. Thread is called "(Un)timely Reviews" for a reason. --- The first thing I noticed in the first stanza was the inconsistent punctuation -- you sometimes ...
Oct 18, 2010 -
Re: I Wish I Could Feel the Rain
Tell me, does the rain fall where you are? Does it sometimes come pouring down in sheets that hammer the roof above your head, even as the thunder rumbles so ...
Oct 17, 2010 -
Re: Dear YWS, from The Written Chef
Though gay characters in fantasy aren't uncommon, I avoid stories that advertise their characters based on sexual orientation. More often than not, they have a message to ram down the ...
Oct 17, 2010 -
Re: Just Curious:
Is it just because it's a writing centered site? Yes.
Oct 17, 2010 -
Re: Too many restrictions on sci-fi. help?
I know you shouldn't reference Earth in Science fiction, unless you really have to. No idea where you got that idea from. Some of the best sci-fi out there takes ...
Oct 16, 2010 -
Re: Report A Site Bug
Note about the above: When I visited her novel, I got this page: The page she and hockeyfan87 sees is this one:
Oct 15, 2010 -
Re: My Novel
I just checked, and I'm only seeing your parts. Untitled, right?
Oct 15, 2010 -
Re: Cartoon style
Learn how to draw realism first. Cartoons/comics are exaggerations and/or simplifications of natural forms, so you need to know those forms and how to render them properly before you can ...
Oct 13, 2010 -
Re: Empty Sky
I'll admit I was a fair bit leery of this story when I saw it at the top of the Featured Works list. "Sci-fi on the Featured Works?" I thought. ...
Oct 13, 2010 -
Re: Character Question
Could we have a couple of examples of her behavior in the story? Also, if you could mention why you think the reactions are unbelievable in those situations, that would ...
Oct 13, 2010 -
Re: Climates, Weather, Environments, The Works.
If you want to write sci-fi, you're going to have to know your science. ;P
Oct 13, 2010 -
Re: funny words
Bricolage
Oct 13, 2010
