Yunchtimea jaunt to there and now2018-04-14T23:28:08.000Zhttp://www.yunchtime.net/Lex BermanHexoTribute to Ahmed Khaled Towfik, Egyptian SF Authorhttp://www.yunchtime.net/ARTS/Tribute-to-Ahmed-Khaled-Towfik-Egyptian-SF-Author/2018-04-14T20:15:32.000Z2018-04-14T23:28:08.000Z
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Infra Draconis and Tempograd, the science fiction of Georgiĭ Gurevichhttp://www.yunchtime.net/ARTS/Infra-Draconis-and-Tempograd/2018-04-04T20:15:32.000Z2018-04-05T03:07:39.000Z
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Hong Kong Science Fiction Scene - Gender in SFFhttp://www.yunchtime.net/ARTS/Hong-Kong-Gender-in-SFF/2018-03-31T14:15:32.000Z2018-03-31T23:42:47.000Z
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Hong Kong Science Fiction Scene - Allen Steele on the Melon Conference 2018http://www.yunchtime.net/ARTS/Hong-Kong-Allen-Steele-at-Melon-2/2018-03-31T14:15:32.000Z2018-04-01T18:46:28.000Z
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Making the right turn at the Equinoxhttp://www.yunchtime.net/COSMOS/right-turn-at-equinox/2018-03-21T20:15:32.000Z2018-03-22T03:16:34.000Z
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Yunchtime Goes Hexohttp://www.yunchtime.net/MACHINES/yunchtime-goes-hexo/2017-10-23T20:15:32.000Z2017-10-24T01:33:19.000Z
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Reyes Cárdenas and the Moons of Marshttp://www.yunchtime.net/ARTS/reyes-cardenas-and-the-moons-of-mars/2017-09-17T20:33:27.000Z2017-10-19T00:15:02.000Z
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The mystique of Keleckhttp://www.yunchtime.net/ARTS/the-mystique-of-keleck/2017-07-05T00:31:12.000Z2017-10-19T00:15:02.000Z
<p>My first taste of any artwork associated with Keleck (<em>aka</em> Kelek), was at Boskone this year, where Andy Gelas brought my attention to two French paperback editions of Conan. These were <em>Conan Le Guerrier</em>, and <em>Conan Le Cimmerian</em>, in the <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titres/SF" target="_blank" rel="external">Titres SF editions</a> from the early 1980s. Needless to say, the eye-popping contrast in red and black, and the the purity of design in these covers hit me like a sucker-punch in a Philip Marlowe story.</p>
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<p><em>Le Cimmerian</em> has a pure movie-poster effect, with that smashing red background, and the bare skin of the figures has a smooth air-brushed look, while the tightly delineated designs on the metal are all perfectly highlighted. The first thing I noticed about <em>Le Guerrier</em> is the darkness of the figure, of the rich draperies, of the stairwell vanishing into shadow. The hair is certainly done the same way as <em>Le Cimmerian</em>: frizzy threads in direct highlight against the background. But in <em>Le Guerrier</em>, the eyes, the skin, the deliberate brushstrokes on the wall, and the marble steps; they have a very different aesthetic from the super-slick air-brushing of <em>Le Cimmerian</em>. What is going on here?</p>
The Elephant Man as Reality T.V.http://www.yunchtime.net/ARTS/the-elephant-man-as-reality-t-v/2017-03-11T23:58:17.000Z2017-10-19T00:15:02.000Z
<p>A review of <a
Rankled into Action, 2017http://www.yunchtime.net/COSMOS/rankled-into-action-2017/2017-01-03T02:21:39.000Z2017-10-19T00:15:02.000Z
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Victory at Standing Rockhttp://www.yunchtime.net/HUMAN-BEINGS/victory-at-standing-rock/2016-12-05T20:35:38.000Z2017-10-18T23:57:46.000Z
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Placing Names: it is a thing!http://www.yunchtime.net/ARTS/placing-names-it-is-a-thing/2016-09-07T03:36:10.000Z2017-10-19T00:15:02.000Z
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Green Chili Jones: Solvedhttp://www.yunchtime.net/ARTS/green-chili-jones-solved/2016-08-27T04:38:24.000Z2017-10-19T00:15:02.000Z
<p>So what is it with New Mexico green
Fallout from Quincy Adams: Readercon 2016http://www.yunchtime.net/ARTS/fallout-from-quincy-adams-readercon-2016/2016-08-07T21:28:54.000Z2017-10-27T15:59:42.000Z
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<p>It’s strange to think about the fun-fest of Readercon — <em>which it always turns out to be</em> — as a hotbed of controversy where ripples of fallout will radiate outward for weeks and months after the event. On the other hand, science fiction fandom is a sort of canary in the coal mine of society at large. The feuds and alignments and banishments and <em>rapprochements</em> that swirl around fandom, punctuated by mass scrimmage events (also known as cons), are now inextricably linked to the culture wars raging around us.</p>
<p>It wasn’t always this way. Long ago, in never never land, cons were communal freak-outs held by like-minded escapists as a sort of exhibitionist rebellion against the bleakness of <em>mundane</em> culture. A con was where your propellor beanie, flowing cape, Vulcan ears, and purple velvet bag-of-holding concealing a pint of scumble were <em>perfectly normal</em>, and you were surrounded by fellow fen celebrating the freedom to be weird.</p>
Redemption Songhttp://www.yunchtime.net/HUMAN-BEINGS/redemption-song/2016-07-21T07:40:57.000Z2017-10-27T15:10:28.000Z
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It's Towel Day: Let your freak flag fly!http://www.yunchtime.net/HUMAN-BEINGS/its-towel-day-let-your-freak-flag-fly/2016-05-25T20:50:41.000Z2017-10-19T01:25:06.000Z
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Agit-prop 2016: Democratic Socialism Wants Youhttp://www.yunchtime.net/IDEAS/agit-prop-2016-democratic-socialism-wants-you/2016-05-21T20:15:08.000Z2017-10-19T00:15:02.000Z
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The Sleek and Memorable Art of A. J. Donnellhttp://www.yunchtime.net/ARTS/the-sleek-and-memorable-art-of-a-j-donnell/2016-05-14T21:52:05.000Z2017-10-19T00:15:02.000Z
<p>In another post (about <a
Island Under the Earthhttp://www.yunchtime.net/ARTS/island-under-the-earth/2016-05-08T19:09:40.000Z2017-10-19T00:15:02.000Z
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We need a monkey year...http://www.yunchtime.net/ARTS/we-need-a-monkey-year/2016-01-01T21:16:24.000Z2017-10-19T00:15:02.000Z
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<p>It has been a contradictory and confusing year, 2015. At times it has been downright neurotic and malevolent, which I suppose is to be expected from a Year of the Goat!</p>
<p>We seem to have gotten farther into the woods, into the darkness,