A short article.
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“Here’s a couple of the finished illustrations along with the initial pencil sketches. Ted knew he wanted a watercolour look right from the start and I figured it would be fun to do these traditionally ie; real paint. That idea got the kibosh due to deadlines, the need for multiple variations, global warming and the [...]
“Were there any formative experiences that led you to become a science fiction writer?
Probably the most formative experience was reading the Foundation Trilogy when I was about twelve years old. That wasn’t the first science fiction I had ever read but it’s something that stands out in my memory as having had a big [...]
Answering a couple of questions.
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“Now Chiang is working with boutique presses that are willing to offer him creative control such as Subterranean Press, which is allowing the author to control the full packaging of Lifestyle. Asked about his bold move to risk mainstream appeal for artistic vision, Chiang is clear that he considers the move a no-brainer.
“When you’ve been [...]
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Khoikhoi Africans.
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People from Lapland.
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The ballad where the broomsticks carry water buckets and run amuck.
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Alphabetical manipulation tomes.
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A tome for the young.
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A republic of the Ukraine.
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Where automata are created.
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Fieldhurst’s home.
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Where Coade Manufactory was located.
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Where Robert met Lionel.
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Developmental, of an organism.
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One of several true names.
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Hold that violent upheavals caused species to become extinct.
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German nocmenclature practitioner.
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That name which reflects the divine name in the same manner as the object reflects God.
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The science of naming.
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As all things are reflections of God, so are all names reflections of the divine name.
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Snake oil medicine.
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Can be grown from foetuses.
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Grown automata, that can be used for labour.
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Robert’s favorite clay toy as a kid.
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French scientific group.
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English scientific group.
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A guild.
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A guild.
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A kabbalist.
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Leading nomenclators.
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Parisian naturalists.
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A lecturer at Trinity when Stratton was studying there.
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Lord Fieldhurst, third earl of Fieldhurst and a noted zoologist and comparative anatomist.
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In the employ of Lord Fieldhurst.
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Master Sculptor First-Degree.
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Robert’s friend.
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Fellow pupils.
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Robert’s teacher.
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The queen.
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A maker of automata through new methods.
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Ted Chiang (ology)
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Percent of complex words : 12.7
Average syllables per word : 1.6
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Continue reading about Liking What You See: A Documentary – Ted Chiang
A university current affairs program.
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A shampoo.
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Alters broadcasts so that people exhibit conditions such as acne and varicose veins.
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Procedure for controlling seizures. Helped with developing calliagnosia.
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Software that, through spex shows you what people would look like with cosmetic surgery.
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Wearable computing.
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Inability to recognise faces.
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A neurological condition meaning no aesthetic reaction to the people see.
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At Pembleton, some rules for students.
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A lobbyist front.
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A university.
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A pro calliagnosia sect.
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An advocacy group.
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Culture-jamming group responsible for lots of media vandalism.
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Dodgy PR firm for the cosmetics industry.
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University television.
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SEE. A social justice group.
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The high school Tamera went to, for calliagnostics.
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Tertiary education institution considering a calli initiative.
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American Civil rights activist.
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English politician.
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Spokesperson for People for Ethical Nanomedicine.
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Professor of sociology at Pembleton.
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Third-year student at Maxwell College. Radical ugly.
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Fourth-year student. Likes calli making advertising less annoying.
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Thinks calli is anti-feminist.
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Fourth-year student at Waterston College. Would never go calli.
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Professor of comparative literature at Pembleton.
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A Pemberton teaching assistant of Tamera’s.
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Professor of religious studies at Pembleton.
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A 1st-year student that tried calli.
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Tamera’s ex-boyfriend.
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A third-year student.
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A second-year student who likes being blokes looking at her.
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President of the National Calliagnosia Association.
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Third-year student at Pembleton.
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Third-year student at Pembleton. Hired to be anti-calli.
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Tamera’s roommate.
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Tamera’s father.
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Founder of the Saybrook School.
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Tamera’s mother.
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A neurologist and calliagnosia expert.
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Third-year student, President of the Students for Equality Everywhere (SEE).
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A first year student at Pembleton and a user of calliagnosia.
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PEOPLE
Neil Fisk
Born with a congenital abnormality not caused by God.
Sarah Fish
Neil’s wife, killed by the angel Nathanael.
Nathanael
An angel.
Janice Reilly
Deformed in the womb by the angel Bardiel.
Bardiel
An angel.
Ethan Mead
Visited by the angel Rashiel.
Rashiel
An angel.
Claire Mead
Ethan’s wife.
Robin Pearson
Lost her husband to cancer, saw him via Hell.
Makatiel
An angel.
Phil Soames
One of the visitation support group.
Benny Vasquez
Lost his eyes via [...]
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Emergency Medical Technician.
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The opposite of Heaven.
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Where God hangs out.
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Executed serial rapist and murderer who went to Heaven.
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One of the visitation support group.
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An angel.
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Lost her husband to cancer, saw him via Hell.
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Ethan’s wife.
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An angel.
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