Dr. Shaun Duke, Professional Nerd

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Animals and Empathy: Social Imperatives and the Future

Disclaimer: No, this will not be a long diatribe about why we shouldn’t eat animals and other such animal rights topics. It’s a brief look at our attitudes towards animals and where the future will likely take us. It’s related to science fiction. Honest. We live in a curious world where humans clash with the […]

SF/F Link: End of August Catchup!

No need for introductions, except this one. It’s time to dive right in: The Independent lists the 100 favorite fictional characters, as chosen by literary luminaries. It’s an interesting list, if not a little flawed. Imagination Investigation gives us the Reader Contract. Ignore the bit at the end about God and what not, but the […]