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Bret Bernhoft
Related to several of the other posts in this thread, I decided to ask an the ChatGPT AI what made the 1990s so special. Here is a screenshot of that conversation:
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It's amazing how close ChatGPT comes to passing for a really dull human being.
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So sorry to hear of your loss, Vince. My deepest sympathy. (And yes, writing about it can help. A little.)
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Thank you.
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Thank you, @Ensign Shah, that’s lovely of you to say.
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Thoughts on Tigana and Memory
One of the problems with rereading as a blogger is when you run out of stuff to post about when you keep reading stuff you’ve already reviewed. I have indeed reviewed Tigana. Hell, I’ve…
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Book Haul Two
Now I’m back in book acquisition mode, I’m starting to get a good Two photos this time! The latter one is not bad. The first one… well, it’s after a long walk, I’m tir…
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PAX and prayers, Vince. It is always good to express in writing, and to share it too. Thank you for sharing. Peace.
My condolences, Vince. Saddened about what you've been through, and are going through still.
An Ancient Solar System:
This week, in our weekly round up / link-storm / obsessive's scrapbook of news from off world: Seeding life with comets, modified gravity may be back in the running to explain dark matter, and loads more...
#space #industry #exploration
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This week, in our weekly round up / link-storm / obsessive's scrapbook of news from off world: Seeding life with comets, modified gravity may be back in the running to explain dark matter, and loads more...
#space #industry #exploration
This week, off world: Seeding life with comets, modified gravity may be back in the running to explain dark matter, and loads more...
Here’s where you can donate to help Ukrainian refugees and war victims Pick o' the podcasts: From the video store: ESA Highlight...
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Last blog post of the year! It's been a while since I wrote anything for my blog, but I didn't want to end the year without a little something, so here's a look at three books with tea/coffee at their heart.
A Winding Thread: Coffee Shops and Tea Houses
A Winding Thread: Coffee Shops and Tea Houses
Aww, no Raven Roast?
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Friday Five: Like The Brightest Fire Edition
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of those. Life’s been busy. These are high effort posts and often I’ve forgotten it was Friday until I had to get out a post, and going…
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Thoughts on Long Career Authors and Decline
“You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” Batman wasn’t talking about authors. Still, something of the sentiment covers them for me. I’m forcin…
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Really interesting. I agree that it's particularly glaring in authors who don't stray too far from a milieu or their established style. The trick us to break it up, take risks, change settings. But that, of course, is commercial suicide, and loses the author lots of fans. I know this from personal experience.Thoughts on Long Career Authors and Decline
“You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” Batman wasn’t talking about authors. Still, something of the sentiment covers them for me. I’m forcin…
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Yeah, there's not a lot of incentive to switch it up.
I'd also add that for a lot of writers, you've got to wonder whether they'd even be happy doing so. I mean, make a few extra people happy, or write exactly what you want? The latter should always be the winner unless there's a really big bag of money attached and even then it's dubious.
Part of me wonders if that's the real problem - authors getting to the stage where they can write exactly what they want without having to take that extra degree of internal effort and consideration - and everything else is symptoms.
I think there's a lot to be said for this. Robert Silverberg stands out as an example of an author who stopped trying once he got big fame. The crunch comes when an author says to themself, do I really want to lose all those fans? Then they feel scared. Then they stop trying. It's extremely difficult to dare.
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Yup. And given Silverberg spent a period of his life writing erotica to pay the bills, it seems quite conceivable not losing his paying fans meant a hell of a lot for him.
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Live Thoughts From Plotting A Story
There are few things more glorious than doing something hard, like untying a complicated knot, and feeling it give and bend to your will. Like making a plot structure sit right. Of course, there ar…
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Bret Bernhoft
I blogged about the role of technology in human progress.
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