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The Hugo Finalists (novels), Part 3 - Brasyl, by Ian McDonald

Following, in our Hugo nominees review week, there´s a reprint of my take on Ian McDonald´s Brasyl. Enjoy. *** Parallel lives, parallel times, parallel universes. And a single country. Or not quite so. In Brasyl, Irish writer Ian McDonald opens a window to three distinct landscapes: one futurist, descendent of cyberpunk tradition; other contemporary, an echo of news services and the fever of reality shows; and, at last, one in the past, in a mysterious and predatory jungle, an independent wo read

Re: YourFonts - Generate a font based on your handwriting

I'm not sure if it's Ok to ask for help in this forum, so feel free to split this topic or ask me to take action. I would like to allow people to also include other (mostly accented) characters. That would make a lot of people happy, especially non-English (read European) people. I've thought about it over the past couple of months, but to no avail... It could be done by adding an additional template. So a font is then generated based on two completed templates. One as is right now (basic Lati read

Could You Pass?

This came to me in email and I thought you'd enjoy it. I'd never be able to pass that test now! How about you? What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895... Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895? This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina , Kansas, USA. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Gene read

Grade Eight Exam 1895 — Could you pass it?

What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895… Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895? This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina , Kansas , USA . It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina , and reprinted by the Salina Journal. 8th Grade Final Exam: Salina , KS - 1895 Gra read

the 8th grade education...

got this as an email but it's pretty interesting: Quote: Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895? This is the 8th grade final exam from 1895 in Salina, Kansas. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, and reprinted by the Salina Journal. 8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS - 1895 Gram read