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Philip K. Dick, far from being too paranoid to be prophetic, might not have been paranoid enough. After all, even <I>my</I> comments section makes you prove you're not a robot (<I>Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?</I>) and there really <I>are</I> cameras everywhere for our protection (<I>Through a Scanner Darkly</I>). Oh yes, and legislation aimed at protecting us from terror may have invaded our privacy (<I>Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said</I>).

It's funny, but one of the topics Jeff Wong and I have been discussing, seemingly on a daily basis, has been the endless barrage of negative reviews of <I>300</I>. I have my misgivings&mdash;principally the film's depiction of Hoplite warfare that completely ignores the existence of hoplon armor or Hoplite tactics.

To celebrate his 80<SUP>th</SUP> birthday, EMI is loading all of Mstislav Rostropovich's discography onto iTunes for download. That's 5000 tracks.

I told you baaaad things happened when you monkey around with sheep.

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Dear Stephen,

As a sci-fi fan, I can assure you that this never ends well.

The story behind <I>The Raft of the Medusa</I>. Like the painting, it isn't pretty, but you can't look away.