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December 2020

• 29th • geology • Ford Cochran • Wonders of the National Parks
• 26th • education • David Epstein • Range
• 15th • NSC • "Reservoir computing quality: connectivity and topology", full paper
• 6th • maths • Avner Ash, Robert Gross • Elliptic Tales
• 2nd • SF TV • The Orville, season 1

November 2020

• 26th • SF TV • Westworld, season 1
• 10th • linguistics • John McWhorter • Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage

October 2020

• 25th • SF • Steven R. Boyett • Treks Not Taken
• 17th • SF TV • Escape Into Night
• 14th • SF • Deborah Blake • Wickedly Dangerous
• 14th • literature • Eric S. Rabkin • Masterpieces of the Imaginative Mind
• 10th • SF • Ben Aaronovitch • False Value

September 2020

• 27th • SF • Jackson Ford • The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind
• 23rd • SF TV • Once Upon a Time, season 5
• 19th • NSC • "The representational entity in physical computing", full paper
• 16th • history/film • Gregory S. Aldrete • A Historian Goes to the Movies: ancient Rome
• 12th • SF • Jo Walton • Lent

August 2020

• 30th • linguistics/literature • Seth Lerer • The History of the English Language
• 25th • SF • Martha Wells • Network Effect
• 16th • SF • Lois McMaster Bujold • Penric’s Travels
• 15th • SF • Adrian Tchaikovsky • Dogs of War

July 2020

• 15th • NSC • "Designing Computational Substrates using Open-Ended Evolution", extended abstract
• 15th • NSC • "Innovation, Variation, and Emergence in an Automata Chemistry", full paper
• 14th • NSC • "Socio-Physical Modelling and Declining Mobility", full paper
• 9th • literature • Pamela Bedore • Great Utopian and Dystopian Works of Literature
• 8th • SF TV • Star Trek: Discovery, season 2
• 5th • SF • Lois McMaster Bujold • Knife Children
• 4th • SF film • The Rise of Skywalker

June 2020

• 30th • SF • David R. Palmer • Tracking
• 27th • SF film • The Last Jedi
• 27th • SF • Becky Chambers • To be Taught if Fortunate
• 20th • SF film • The Force Awakens
• 20th • SF TV • The Day of the Triffids
• 12th • film • Eric Williams • How to View and Appreciate Great Movies
• 7th • SF • Jennifer Estep • Crush the King
• 6th • NSC • "An algebraic framework for Artificial Chemistries", full paper

May 2020

• 30th • SF film • Incredibles 2
• 25th • SF • Kelly Robson • Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach
• 23rd • SF film • Toy Story 4
• 18th • SF TV • Devs
• 17th • SF • J. D. Robb • Leverage in Death
• 12th • SF • Myke Cole • Sixteenth Watch
• 11th • language • Gretchen McCulloch • Because Internet
• 8th • fractals • Buddhabrot
• 5th • fractals • Mandelbrot and Julia sets

April 2020

• 29th • SF • Mike Shepherd • Stalwart
• 19th • SF • Jeffrey A. Carver • Crucible of Time
• 18th • linguistics • John McWhorter • Understanding Linguistics
• 12th • animals • Vicki Hearne • Adam’s Task
• 9th • SF TV • Star Trek: Discovery, season 1
• 5th • SF TV • Good Omens
• 5th • computer art • Hartmut Bohnacker et al • Generative Design
• 4th • computer art • Matt Pearson • Generative Art
• 3rd • psychology • Helen Thomson • Unthinkable

March 2020

• 29th • SF • Katy B. Wagers • Down Among the Dead
• 16th • SF • Benedict Jacka • Veiled
• 14th • SF TV • The Good Place, season 3
• 6th • SF • Phillipa Bornikova • Box Office Poison
• 4th • SF • Jodi Taylor • A Second Chance
• 1st • SF TV • Dr Who, new season 12

February 2020

• 24th • SF • Paul Cornell • A Long Day in Lychford
• 22nd • philosophy • Heinz von Foerster, Bernhard Poerksen • Understanding Systems
• 21st • SF • Greg van Eekhout • Voyage of the Dogs
• 19th • SF • Lois McMaster Bujold • Penric’s Progress
• 16th • SF • Jeffrey A. Carver • The Reefs of Time
• 4th • NSC • "Horizontal gene transfer for recombining graphs", online
• 2nd • diary • Trevor Jones, Liz Williams • Diary of a Witchcraft Shop

January 2020

• 23rd • mythology • Grant L. Voth • Myth in Human History
• 4th • SF film • The LEGO Movie 2

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