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December 2002

• 31st • SF TV • Dinotopia
• 31st • SF • Charles Sheffield • Space Suits
• 29th • science • Jack Cohen and Graham Medley • Stop Working and Start Thinking
• 28th • SF • Diann Thornley • Ganwold's Child
• 26th • SF film • Babe: Pig in the City
• 25th • film • Topsy-Turvy
• 25th • SF • James H. Schmitz • Agent of Vega and other stories
• 24th • SF film • The Mummy
• 22nd • SF film • Sleepy Hollow
• 20th • software • Pete McBreen • Software Craftsmanship
• 19th • SF • Lois McMaster Bujold • The Curse of Chalion
• 14th • space flight • Apollo 17 lifted off from the moon 30 years ago, and no-one has been back since :-(
• 14th • detective • Laurie R. King • A Monstrous Regiment of Women
• 5th • information • Tom Siegfried • The Bit and the Pendulum
• 4th • Z • full text of "Derivation of Z Refinement Proof Rules"

November 2002

• 29th • non-standard computation • abstract of "Critical Critical Systems"
• 24th • complexity • Ricard Solé and Brian Goodwin • Signs of Life
• 22nd • SF film • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• 21st • SF • Rosemary Edghill • The Warslayer
• 18th • SF • John McLaren • Press Send
• 17th • Non-fiction and SF books listed by rating
• 14th • SF • Spider Robinson • The Free Lunch
• 10th • SF/detective • J. D. Robb • Naked in Death
• 9th • detective • Laurie R. King • The Beekeeper's Apprentice

October 2002

• 30th • xenoscience • Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart • Evolving the Alien
• 19th • SF • David Weber • War of Honor
• 6th • SF • S. L. Viehl • Eternity Row

September 2002

• 26th • psychology • David Weeks and Jamie James • Eccentrics
• 25th • computing • Ken Auer and Roy Miller • Extreme Programming Applied
• 24th • business • Nancy Kline • Time to Think
• 23rd • problem solving • David Perkins • The Eureka Effect
• 19th • SF • Elizabeth Moon • Against the Odds
• 14th • SF film • The Faculty
• 12th • computing • Michael Jackson • Software Requirements and Specifications
• 10th • business • Mark Breier • The Ten Second Internet Manager
• 8th • SF • Jasper Fforde • Lost in a Good Book
• 7th • SF film • Cats and Dogs
• 6th • language • Mamadou Niang • Pulaar Dictionary
• 3rd • SF TV • Andromeda, season 1
• 2nd • SF/detective • Charlaine Harris • Dead Until Dark

August 2002

• 29th • SF film • Lara Croft Tomb Raider
• 28th • Non-fiction books review pages and Xrefs now automatically generated from book DB
• 27th • SF film • Men in Black II
• 26th • philosophy • Onora O'Neill • A Question of Trust
• 25th • psychology • Dietrich Dörner • The Logic of Failure
• 20th • language • Bill Bryson • Mother Tongue
• 18th • Z • preface of The DeCCo Project Papers
• 18th • Z • introduction of Derivation of Z Refinement Proof Rules
• 18th • Z • abstract of "Refactoring in Maintenance and Development of Z Specifications and Proofs"
• 15th • maths/cognition • George Lakoff and Rafael Núñez • Where Mathematics Comes From
• 14th • fiction • Stephanie Barron • Jane and the Man of the Cloth
• 13th • psychology • Nassim Nicholas Taleb • Fooled by Randomness
• 10th • filk • Tom Holt • Newsgroup personality
• 8th • maths • Colin Bruce • Conned Again, Watson!
• 7th • SF • Greg Costikyan • First Contract
• 6th • complexity • Mark Buchanan • Small World
• 5th • autism • Donna Williams • Somebody Somewhere
• 4th • SF • Brad Linaweaver, Edward E. Kramer • Free Space
• 1st • SF • Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson • Hokas Pokas!

July 2002

• 31st • SF • Maxine McArthur • Time Future
• 30th • computing/PM • Tom DeMarco • The Deadline
• 29th • SF • Spider Robinson • By Any Other Name
• 28th • cognition • V. S. Ramachandran • Phantoms in the Brain
• 27th • SF TV • Charmed, season 3
• 26th • complexity • Mark Buchanan • Ubiquity
• 19th • philosophy • Jostein Gaarder • Sophie's World
• 14th • SF books review pages and Xrefs now automatically generated from book DB
• 5th • computing • Alistair Cockburn • Agile Software Development
• 1st • CoA • new contact details

June 2002

• 30th • SF • P. C. Hodgell • God Stalk
• 20th • design • Robert L. Harris • Information Graphics
• 17th • SF • Jasper Fforde • The Eyre Affair
• 9th • SF • Robert Reed • Marrow
• 8th • joke • Upgrade woes / sheep farm
• 4th • fiction • Stephanie Barron • Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor
• 3rd • astrophysics • full text of "Electron-ion coupling in rapidly varying sources"
• 3rd • astrophysics • full text of "Pair production in thermal plasmas: a computer model"
• 2nd • SF • Sharon Lee and Steve Miller • I Dare

May 2002

• 18th • SF film • Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones
• 12th • business change • Tom DeMarco • Slack
• 11th • SF • Lois McMaster Bujold • Diplomatic Immunity
• 6th • complexity • Peter J. Bentley • Digital Biology
• 4th • SF • Tanya Huff • The Better Part of Valor

April 2002

• 30th • teamwork • Jim and Michele McCarthy • Software for Your Head
• 17th • SF • more news of 2nd sequel to Marjorie Phillips' Annabel and Bryony
• 17th • joke • If cars were like computers
• 13th • art • Scott McCloud • Understanding Comics
• 11th • SF con • Helicon 2: Eastercon 2002
• 1st • SF film • Monsters Inc

March 2002

• 31st • SF • Stephen Dedman • The Art of Arrow Cutting
• 29th • autism • Donna Williams • Nobody Nowhere
• 24th • complexity • Roger Lewin and Birute Regine • Weaving Complexity and Business
• 19th • SF • Jo Walton • The King's Name
• 17th • technology • Donald A. Norman • Things That Make Us Smart
• 11th • SF • Lyda Morehouse • Archangel Protocol
• 7th • Zen/philosophy • Leonard Koren • Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets and Philosophers
• 1st • joke • A Prayer for the Stressed

February 2002

• 28th • psychology • A. R. Luria • The Mind of a Mnemonist
• 28th • joke • Is Hell exothermic or endothermic?
• 26th • complexity • Brian Goodwin • How the Leopard Changed Its Spots
• 24th • SF TV • Roswell High • season 2
• 23rd • SF TV • Angel • season 2
• 23rd • SF TV • Buffy the Vampire Slayer • season 5
• 19th • SF • news of 2nd sequel to Marjorie Phillips' Annabel and Bryony
• 17th • SF • S. L. Viehl • Shockball
• 16th • SF TV • Stargate SG-1 • season 4
• 9th • SF • Jo Walton • The King's Peace
• 7th • complex systems • Irun R. Cohen • Tending Adam's Garden
• 6th • SF TV • Farscape • season 3
• 5th • filk • Benjamin Newman • "My Favorite Rings"
• 2nd • joke • Time travelers PLEASE HELP!!!!!!

January 2002

• 29th • SF • Mary Mason • Eye of Argon Competitive Reading Rules
• 26th • pseudoscience • Martin Gardner • Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?
• 12th • complexity • array of Julia sets
• 8th • technology • Peter Cochrane • Tips for Time Travellers
• 6th • SF art • Anne Sudworth and John Grant • Enchanted World
• 2nd • joke • Cartoon Laws of Physics
• 2nd • SF film • Small Soldiers
• 1st • SF film • Pleasantville

what's new 2001