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Enochian Children

Posted on September 9, 2014May 21, 2022 by eidolon

From reader Mark P. O’Brien:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130614082516.htm

 

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Gretel Cosplay!

Posted on February 12, 2014May 21, 2022 by eidolon

I’m not going to lie: I am inordinately delighted by this.  

When it comes to complimenting a writer, it’s hard to imagine anything more thrilling than when a reader chooses to become a fictional character.   Perhaps especially when that character is, well, a deranged sociopath.

I never imagined I’d ever see Milkweed cosplay. 

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Linguistic Deprivation Experiments That Really Happened

Posted on February 9, 2014May 21, 2022 by eidolon

File this one under further examples of why the Milkweed Triptych isn’t nearly as fictional as I thought it was.  (Nor is it, apparently, as fictional as we might prefer.)  First it was a sequence of strange parallels between the imaginary work of Dr. von Westarp to create his battery-powered Übermenschen and real-world tDCS research.  Now it’s weird linguistic-deprivation experiments of the Middle Ages.

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My 2 Hobbyhorses Appear in the News Again

Posted on November 5, 2013May 21, 2022 by eidolon

Judging from my (sporadic) blog posts over the past few years, it would seem that I have two hobbyhorses: peak helium, and transcranial direct-current stimulation (or tDCS).

Both of these topics appeared in the news in the past week, though I wouldn’t have known if not for thoughtful readers bringing the articles to my attention.

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2 New Stories and I am a Visionary (Again)

Posted on October 30, 2013May 21, 2022 by eidolon

Something old, something new…

For a while, now, I’ve been meaning to mention that two of my stories are currently available online.  One is a reprint and the other is an original set in the Milkweed universe.

Additionally, I’ve just discovered a second case of real-world circumstances reflecting something that I thought I had conjured from my imagination.

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