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Jack McDevitt
- Mar 28, 2020
- 1 min
Merry McDevitt
Our daughter Meredith passed away yesterday after a long struggle. Fortunately, she didn’t seem to be in pain at the end. We’re indebted...
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Jack McDevitt
- Mar 15, 2020
- 1 min
Blog #52
My dad took me into center city Philadelphia to the Mastbaum Theater one evening in the mid-1940s to watch “Wonder Man,” a comedy...
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Jack McDevitt
- Feb 29, 2020
- 1 min
Blog #51
Neil DeGrasse Tyson published Letters from an Astrophysicist last year. It’s a collection of questions and comments posed to Tyson by...
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Jack McDevitt
- Jan 14, 2020
- 2 min
Blog #48
I just finished Charles Gannon’s Marque of Caine. It’s a wild ride through alternate universes and star systems controlled by a variety...
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Jack McDevitt
- Dec 30, 2019
- 2 min
Blog #47
Christmas always arrives with intriguing gifts, jigsaw puzzles, communication devices, Eagles sweaters. Most interesting, usually, are...
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Jack McDevitt
- Dec 14, 2019
- 2 min
Blog#46
People ask: “Where do you get your ideas for science fiction stories?” Harlan Ellison’s famous answer was ‘Sheboygan.’ I suspect, if...
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Jack McDevitt
- Oct 15, 2019
- 2 min
Blog #42
There’s evidence that what we make of our lives is largely determined by where we are born and grow up. We are all influenced by our...
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Jack McDevitt
- Oct 1, 2019
- 2 min
Blog #41
Readers with writing ambitions frequently ask about the common mistakes they might make. What are the most frequent errors made by...
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Jack McDevitt
- Sep 18, 2019
- 2 min
Blog #40
Recently I posted a statement that Midnight in Paris was the best time-travel film I’d ever seen. A week or so ago I saw The Final...
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Jack McDevitt
- Aug 30, 2019
- 2 min
Blog #39
Astronomy Magazine has a cover story: life on other worlds could be more diverse than on Earth. I haven’t gotten my copy yet so I’m not...
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Jack McDevitt
- Jul 31, 2019
- 2 min
Blog #37
Gregory MacAllister, the discursive critic of the Academy novels, was inspired by Henry Mencken. That doesn’t mean he writes anywhere...
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Jack McDevitt
- Jul 17, 2019
- 2 min
Blog #36
Edgar Rice Burroughs was among the first authors I ever read. Only one Tarzan book, I think. But I loved John Carter, and I got...
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