what's new, 2003

December 2003

31st • SF film • Mr Vampire
31st • solar system • Michael Benson • Beyond
30th • SF film • LotR III: The Return of the King
27th • SF • David Weber, Eric Flint • Crown of Slaves
26th • crime fiction • Sarah Caudwell • The Sirens Sang of Murder
23rd • SF film • Final Fantasy: the Spirits Within
23rd • SF • Mercedes Lackey • Sun in Glory
22nd • SF • Jane M. Lindskold • Smoke and Mirrors
22nd • SF TV • Dune
20th • SF film • X-Men 2
16th • SF • Diane Duane • A Wizard Alone
16th • SF • Marjorie Phillips • Annabel and Curlie
14th • music • Meat Loaf Farewell Tour
12th • film • Master and Commander
11th • SF • James H. Schmitz • The Hub: Dangerous Territory
8th • NSC • abstract of "Making the Most of Two Heuristics: Breaking Transposition Ciphers with Ants"
7th • SF TV • Stargate SG-1 • season 6
4th • SF • Annabel and Curlie • publication news
3rd • SF/detective • J. D. Robb • Judgment in Death

November 2003

27th • SF • James Kahn • World Enough, and Time
24th • physics/cosmology • Lee Smolin • Three Roads to Quantum Gravity
22nd • SF/detective • J. D. Robb • Witness in Death
15th • geography • Michael Swift, George Grant • Britain from the Air
15th • geography • The Times • Britain from Space
13th • SF • Robin McKinley • Sunshine
8th • cartoon • Illiad • Even Grues Get Full
6th • SF • Paul McAuley • The Secret of Life
1st • cosmology • Janna Levin • How the Universe Got Its Spots
1st • SF film • Freaky Friday

October 2003

26th • SF • David Gerrold • Leaping to the Stars
25th • SF • Steven Piziks • Corporate Mentality
23rd • SF • Steven Piziks • In the Company of Mind
19th • computing • Scott Ambler • Agile Modeling
18th • SF • Diane Carey • Ghost Ship
10th • computing • Pete McBreen • Questioning Extreme Programming
10th • science • Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen • The Science of Discworld II
8th • SF • Annabel and Tawny • reprint news
4th • SF/detective • J. D. Robb • Loyalty in Death

September 2003

29th • autism • Temple Grandin • Thinking in Pictures
28th • SF • Tom A. Shippey • J. R. R. Tolkien: author of the century
21st • SF film • Pitch Black
21st • spelling • Aoccdrnig to rscheearch ...
17th • SF • Mindy L. Klasky • The Glasswrights' Apprentice
15th • SF • Steven Gould • Blind Waves
14th • computing • Tara Calishain, Rael Dornfest • Google Hacks
10th • CSP • abstract of "Challenging formal specifications by mutation: a CSP security example"
9th • NSC • talk "Artificial Immune Systems and the Grand Challenge for Non-Classical Computation"
9th • SF • Diana Wynne Jones • The Dark Lord of Derkholm
7th • English • George Bernard Shaw • Hints on pronunciation for foreigners
7th • SF/detective • J. D. Robb • Conspiracy in Death
4th • SF • David Gerrold • Bouncing off the Moon
4th • physics • Leonard Mlodinow • Some Time with Feynman
3rd • SF • John Barnes • The Duke of Uranium
2nd • history • Adam Lyal's Witchery Tales
1st • Z • full text of "Modular UML Semantics: Interpretations in Z Based on Templates and Generics"

August 2003

31st • SF • Michael Marshall Smith • Only Forward
30th • quotations • Maria Leach • The Ultimate Insult
30th • puzzles • Pentagram • Puzzlegrams
29th • SF • Barbara Hambly • Dragonshadow
29th • language • Will C. Mooney • Chinese Names for Oriental Dogs
28th • SF film • Lara Croft Tomb Raider 2
26th • SF TV • Futurama • season 2
19th • complexity • Steven Johnson • Emergence
16th • SF/detective • J. D. Robb • Holiday in Death
9th • SF • Barbara Hambly • Dragonsbane
3rd • quantum/solid state • Wil McCarthy • Hacking Matter

July 2003

31st • SF • Jasper Fforde • The Well of Lost Plots
27th • evolution/cognition • Susan Blackmore • The Meme Machine
27th • SF • David Weber, John Ringo • March to the Sea
25th • SF • George H. Armstrong • Open letter to Dani Zweig
16th • SF • John Dalmas • The Puppet Master
14th • complexity • Paul Ormerod • Butterfly Economics
10th • SF • David Weber, John Ringo • March Upcountry
9th • quantum • David Lindley • Where Does the Weirdness Go?
7th • SF TV • Strange • season 1
6th • SF • Peter F. Hamilton • Watching Trees Grow
6th • cognition • Andy Clark • Mindware
6th • SF TV • Dark Angel • season 2
5th • SF • Tara K. Harper • Greyheart

June 2003

29th • SF TV • Angel • season 3
26th • SF • David Weber • The Excalibur Alternative
22nd • SF TV • Buffy the Vampire Slayer • season 6
21st • SF/detective • Donna Andrews • You've Got Murder
20th • Z • full text of The DeCCo Project Papers
17th • SF • Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen • Wheelers
16th • CSP • full text of CSP/FDR2 to Handel-C translation
14th • detective • Jill Paton Walsh • A Presumption of Death
9th • NSC • abstract of Artificial Immune Systems and the Grand Challenge for Non-Classical Computation
3rd • SF • Diane Duane • Stealing the Elf King's Roses
1st • detective • Stephanie Barron • Jane and the Genius of the Place

May 2003

26th • SF/detective • J. D. Robb • Vengeance in Death
25th • philosophy • Daniel C. Dennett • Freedom Evolves
24th • SF • Tanya Huff • Long Hot Summoning
17th • music • Capercaillie • Choice Language tour
15th • probability • Robyn M. Dawes • Everyday Irrationality
11th • SF • Sharon Lee, Steve Miller • The Tomorrow Log
6th • SF • J. K. Rowling • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
4th • SF • David Weber • The Service of the Sword
4th • SF con • Seacon'03: Eastercon 2003
3rd • teaching • list of current students and modules

April 2003

28th • consulting • Gerald M. Weinberg • The Secrets of Consulting
24th • SF • Diana Wynne Jones • The Homeward Bounders
19th • writing • Joseph M. Williams • Style
17th • SF • Marion Zimmer Bradley • Sword and Sorceress XIX
16th • deaf • Leah Hager Cohen • Train Go Sorry
15th • SF • Greg Egan • Distress
14th • detective • Laurie R. King • Justice Hall
13th • computing • David Gelernter • The Aesthetics of Computing
9th • detective • Laurie R. King • O Jerusalem
7th • non-standard computation • abstract of "Secret Agents Leave Big Footprints"
5th • cartoon • Bill Watterson • Calvin and Hobbes Sunday Pages 1985-1995
5th • non-standard computation • abstract of "Using Ants to Attack a Classical Cipher"
3rd • Artificial Life • Claus Emmeche • The Garden in the Machine
1st • SF TV • Taken

March 2003

31st • SF • Diane Duane • The Wizard's Dilemma
30th • SF • Greg Bear • Tangents
29th • joke • The Qualifying Examination
21st • Z • full text of "An Electronic Purse: Specification, Refinement, and Proof"
20th • quantum • Amir D. Aczel • Entanglement
18th • complexity • Robert Axelrod, Michael D. Cohen • Harnessing Complexity
15th • SF TV • Cleopatra 2525 • season 2
11th • SF • Nancy Kress • The Prince of Morning Bells
9th • SF TV • Stargate SG-1 • season 5
8th • detective • Stephanie Barron • Jane and the Wandering Eye

February 2003

27th • computers/mind • George Dyson • Darwin Among the Machines
25th • SF/detective • J. D. Robb • Ceremony in Death
22nd • SF TV • Charmed • season 4
21st • Z • abstract of "An Outline Pattern Language for Z"
21st • Z • abstract of "Patterns to Guide Practical Refactoring"
17th • SF/detective • J. D. Robb • Rapture in Death
15th • SF • Jane Lindskold • Through Wolf's Eyes
12th • security • abstract of "Smart Devices and Software Agents"
11th • SF • Annabel and Bryony • reprint news
8th • SF TV • Dark Angel • season 1
2nd • SF film • The Sixth Sense

January 2003

28th • computers/social • Byron Reeves, Clifford Nass • The Media Equation
27th • SF/detective • J. D. Robb • Immortal in Death
20th • SF/detective • J. D. Robb • Glory in Death
17th • detective • Laurie R. King • The Moor
15th • Z • full text of A Z Patterns Catalogue I: specification and refactorings
12th • SF TV • Nancy Holder, Jeff Mariotte, Maryelizabeth Hart • Angel: the Casefiles
11th • Z • full text of "Refactoring in Maintenance and Development of Z Specifications and Proofs"
7th • detective • Laurie R. King • A Letter of Mary
5th • Z • full text of "Characters + Mark-up = Z Lexis"
5th • Fiction (non-SF) review pages and Xrefs now automatically generated from book DB
3rd • computing • Jonathan Pletzke • Advanced Smalltalk
2nd • SF film • LotR II: The Two Towers
2nd • architecture • Christopher Day • Places of the Soul
1st • SF • Laurell K. Hamilton • Nightshade
1st • SF film • Spider-Man
1st • SF film • Scooby-Doo: the Movie

what's new 2002