Don't miss Part Two of the roundtable discussion with Jeff Ford, Tim Powers, John Crowley, and James Morrow over on the Eos Books website (moderated by Diana Gill). And just like the first installment, this one is fascinating and full of bite. Here's James Morrow:
"It seems to me that a Martian reading our symposium so far might conclude that a novelist is a kind of data-gathering device with no axes to grind or agendas to nurture, merrily stitching together eccentric bits of history--quirkiness for its own sake--until the tapestry assumes a pleasing shape. Come, gentlemen, we all know there's more to the game than that."
And here's a little something from the inventive notebooks of the great Leonardo. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London (easily one of my all-time favorite museums just for the cool stuff they do) has a flash animation website that takes Leonardo's drawing and scientific notes and makes them move. (The war machines are amazing...so strangely modern in their design.) Utterly fascinating and not to be missed. Also included in the web exhibit is a chance to peruse Leonardo's notebooks, read commentary, and follow an animated timeline of his achievements.
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