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File:Florence Violet McKenzie in WESC uniform.jpg|link=Florence Violet McKenzie (nonfiction)|1982: Electrical engineer [[Florence Violet McKenzie (nonfiction)|Florence Violet McKenzie]] dies. She was Australia's first female electrical engineer, founder of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC), and lifelong promoter for technical education for women. Fiction, she works with [[Henrietta Bolt]] during World War 2. | File:Florence Violet McKenzie in WESC uniform.jpg|link=Florence Violet McKenzie (nonfiction)|1982: Electrical engineer [[Florence Violet McKenzie (nonfiction)|Florence Violet McKenzie]] dies. She was Australia's first female electrical engineer, founder of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC), and lifelong promoter for technical education for women. Fiction, she works with [[Henrietta Bolt]] during World War 2. | ||
File:Henrietta Bolt.jpg|link=Henrietta Bolt|1942: Pilot and alleged time-traveller [[Henrietta Bolt]] works with Florence McMcKenzie on secret wartime communications protocol. | File:Henrietta Bolt.jpg|link=Henrietta Bolt|1942: Pilot and alleged time-traveller [[Henrietta Bolt]] works with Florence McMcKenzie on secret wartime communications protocol. | ||
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File:George Plimpton 1993.jpg|link=George Plimpton (nonfiction)|[[George Plimpton (nonfiction)|George Plimpton]] calls ''[[The Taking of Pelham 3.1415]]'' "thrilling and informative ... computationally rewarding!" | File:George Plimpton 1993.jpg|link=George Plimpton (nonfiction)|[[George Plimpton (nonfiction)|George Plimpton]] calls ''[[The Taking of Pelham 3.1415]]'' "thrilling and informative ... computationally rewarding!" | ||
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== The Noel Harrison Sensation == | |||
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File:Noel_Harrison_1972.jpg|link=The Noel Harrison Sensation|[[The Noel Harrison Sensation]] (or simply "The Sensation") is a transdimensional corporation which Noel Harrison uses to project his sensorium. | |||
Harrison usually manifests The Sensation as a movie poster, although he occasionally manifests as a life-size cardboard figure. Careful placement of The Sensation in space and time allows Harrison to privately experience gala openings of his films, his own theater performances, and other film- and theater-related events, without drawing undue attention to himself. | |||
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== Alien (documentary) == | |||
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File:Ridley-Scott-researching-Alien.jpg|link=Ridley Scott|1985: [[Ridley Scott]] calls his documentary film ''[[Alien (documentary)|Alien]]'' "a brooding meditation on man's inhumanity to man." See also ''[[Do Blade-Runners Shave Their Electric Sheep?]]'' and ''[[Noctua's Revenge]]''. | |||
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Revision as of 17:03, 11 July 2017
Notes to discuss with Greg Nesbitt (nonfiction).
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Archangel
Archangel - forthcoming graphic novel written by William Gibson. This could be some awesome shit. I can see tailoring Gnomon Chronicles for the same audience that buys Archangel.
Historical Persons of Interest
1982: Electrical engineer Florence Violet McKenzie dies. She was Australia's first female electrical engineer, founder of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC), and lifelong promoter for technical education for women. Fiction, she works with Henrietta Bolt during World War 2.
1942: Pilot and alleged time-traveller Henrietta Bolt works with Florence McMcKenzie on secret wartime communications protocol.
The Taking of Pelham 3.1415
Image needed, movie poster for The Taking of Pelham 3.1415.
Old movie poster excited to see new movie.
George Plimpton calls The Taking of Pelham 3.1415 "thrilling and informative ... computationally rewarding!"
The Noel Harrison Sensation
The Noel Harrison Sensation (or simply "The Sensation") is a transdimensional corporation which Noel Harrison uses to project his sensorium.
Alien (documentary)
1985: Ridley Scott calls his documentary film Alien "a brooding meditation on man's inhumanity to man." See also Do Blade-Runners Shave Their Electric Sheep? and Noctua's Revenge.
To-Do List
Illustration, book cover / movie poster: Nathan Rosen and The Eel Discuss a Molecule Where None of the Electrons Have a Definite Quantum Number, But the Pair of Electrons has a Pure State.