Uchronie(s): New Byzance, New Harlem, New York

A friend gave me an excellent French series of comic books called Uchronie(s). Or is it three series ?

Each series is about a different city: New Byzance, New Harlem and New York. Or is it each time the same city in an alternate reality ?

In New Byzance people dream fragments of the story in New Harlem. In New York they see the future, or is the past ? The idea is to read the first comic of each series, before reading any of the part 2's.

All in all this is an interesting entanglement of stories, philosophy, history and cultures (to be concluded in 2011).

David Eddings

I disagree with the sound of one hand clapping, David Eddings is getting better after the first three books. I hesitated to start reading Castle of Wizardry, but since the new Trudi Canavan and the new Terry Goodkind are not yet available in pocket, I decided to trust stormy voices praising David Eddings.
Well, book four in the Belgariad is a lot better than the first three!

Grrratch luuug Raaaach aaarg

Ik hou van epische, zeg maar lange verhalen. The Sword of Truth is zo een episch verhaal, uitgespreid over elf boeken. De laatste bladzijde is gelezen. 8069 bladzijden liggen achter mij.

Het ging over magie, over draakjes en eieren, over de Mud People en de Baka Ban Mana (later de Baka Tau Mana), over witches en wizards, Sisters of the Light en Sisters of the Dark, over Nicci, Cara, Denna en Kahlan, ook over Jennsen, Richard, Chandalan en over Rachel, Chase, Zedd, Adie en ook Oba, Fitch, Rikka en uiteraard Nathan, Ann, Jagang en Jillian.

Er waren de Boxes of Orden, the Sword of Truth (uiteraard) en de Stone of Tears, maar ook de Boundary, de Temple of The Winds en de Dominie Dirtch.

De leukste was zonder twijfel de gar Gratch "Grrratch luuug Raaaach aaarg!"

Bedankt Terry Goodkind voor dit verhaal!

Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world yet?

Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world yet? imho not yet ;-)

The html source of the page states: "if the lhc actually destroys the earth & this page isn't yet updated please email mike___frantic.org to receive a full refund"

If you have not already, enjoy the LHC pictures...

EDIT: Dieter points out they have a really cool webcam inside the LHC!!

LHC

The Large Hadron Collider is almost finished. Enjoy the awesome pictures. And for those who wonder... yes it does run Linux!

Best comments so far:
The first picture looks a lot like the flying spaghetti monster ;-)
The third picture has an active stargate ;-)

immortals (sci-fi TV Series)

After commercial successes like Highlander (hardly ever saw it) and more recently Angel (really good series, but sacked to make room for two concurrent Stargate series), there was again hope. Last fall saw the start of Moonlight (an immortal vampire) and New Amsterdam (some kind of immortal detective).

Moonlight is getting boring, it lacks an empiric background story arc, it lacks characters, it is too much "yet another dull detective show". But New Amsterdam is very promising...until Fox decided yesterday to not renew the series. Damn :(

So besides Battlestar Galactica, is there any other series us sci-fi geeks should be watching (and buying on dvd!) ?

(Please don't say Bionic Woman or Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles.)