December 6 (1989)

Geneviève Bergeron (b. 1968), civil engineering student.
Hélène Colgan (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.
Nathalie Croteau (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.
Barbara Daigneault (b. 1967), mechanical engineering student.
Anne-Marie Edward (b. 1968), chemical engineering student.
Maud Haviernick (b. 1960), materials engineering student.
Maryse Laganière (b. 1964), budget clerk in the École Polytechnique's finance department.
Maryse Leclair (b. 1966), materials engineering student.
Anne-Marie Lemay (b. 1967), mechanical engineering student.
Sonia Pelletier (b. 1961), mechanical engineering student.
Michèle Richard (b. 1968), materials engineering student.
Annie St-Arneault (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.
Annie Turcotte (b. 1969), materials engineering student.
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz (b. 1958), nursing student.

killed by some loser for being smart women

Rating

PG-13: Helping make movies big, expensive, and mediocre

Thanx to andrewducker

Higgs boatswain

Two kinds of story: the good ole archetypal* Hero's Journey and the newer multiple realities (Ulysses, Illuminatus!, Game of Thrones). Good to think with.

* As Elizabeth Bear said, "I thought I sprayed for archetypes."

Thanx to RAW Illumination.

Not that it ever was that good

Charles Pierce on the New Republic mess.

ETA: The Times Book Review (paywall) notes that there has just been an anthology of the best from The New Republic. Kind of like that poor bastard who just published a big bio of Bill Cosby and decided not to bring readers down with all that unsubstantiated rape stuff. The review reminds us that The New Republic published an "Idiocy Watch," pointing with derision at those who had noticed that our 2003 Iraq adventure would be a pointless disaster.

Time binding

How General Semantics influenced science fiction.

Thanx to RAW Illumination.