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Link Tank: The Best Science Fiction Novels Written by Actual Scientists

Science fiction reads differently when it’s written by experts. Check out these sci-fi novels by actual scientists. “Science fiction explores out-of-this-world elements and potential futures. This exploration can range from entirely speculative, to hard sci-fi grounded in actual facts. However, there’s something special that happens when an author has a background in the scientific aspects of their novel.” Read more at The Portalist. The fire pole has long been an intrinsic part of any fire department. Here’s why it’s now disappearing. “In most workplace environments, having an enormous hole in the middle of the floor would be considered a safety…
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Marvel’s 616 Documentary Misrepresents the Actual Marvel Method

The seventh episode of Marvel 616, the Disney+ documentary series promoting the Marvel brand, is titled “The Marvel Method.” It references the pioneering shift in comics work production that came about at the dawn of the Marvel era of comics, and is ostensibly about the fun, wacky way that Marvel comics get made today. What it actually portrays is a high-stress, broken production process. Also, nothing that happens in it is consistent with the traditional Marvel Method. The episode opens with Dan Slott, writer of a near-record 180 issues of Spider-Man comics, and currently Marvel’s Fantastic Four writer, sitting down…
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