Columns - November 2011
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Strike A Pose!
I LOVE fashion! I don't mean to sound shallow, but I have been known to actually drool over a pair of shoes and feel faint with longing while watching a runway show. Now, don't get me wrong, I am as proud of my blue and bronze robes as the next person, but every now and then a girl needs a change of pace.
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Cassie's Cranky Corner
Steampunk is a movement. It is an aesthetic. It is the usage of steam-powered technology during a time period of technological enlightenment. It is a vision of the future where giant mechanical elephants roam the earth and where steam-and-hydrogen-inflated balloons soar the skies into the great unknown.
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Science Friction
Sunshine. It sustains life on Earth, but on Crematoria, it destroys life. Crematoria is a maximum security prison-planet whose surface is uninhabitable because it experiences violent temperature fluctuations.
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On the Edge with Edmund
For many, the arrival of November means the arrival of cooler weather, even snow! For others, it may mean the arrival of another month’s worth of homework. And for some, the arrival of the new month means it’s time to go hunt a turkey. For me however, this month means one thing: food galore!
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Jenna's Fiction Addiction
Why is dystopian fiction interesting? First of course because there’s an entirely new world the story is based around. That’s always fun to explore; the possibilities of how the world could have changed and what kind of life the characters are forced to live in.
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Ariel A Piacere
Airship Pirates was my first introduction to Abney Park and steampunk music in general. It’s interesting mix of electronic sounds with a rock beat, with a steady drum motif and a bit of the fiddle.
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