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Latest Items Added/Changed

• Added the following reviews to the short review section:
  • "High Flight" by Bud Sparhawk (added: 31 March, 2003)
  • "Hell is the Absence of God" by Ted Chiang (added: 31 March, 2003)
• Added the following reviews to the short review section:
  • "Peyote on the Brain (non-fiction)" by John Horgan (added: 27 March, 2003)
  • "Where Did The Moon Come From? (non-fiction)" by Karen Wright (added: 27 March, 2003)
  • "The scientist who hated abortion and did something about it (non-fiction)" by Barry Yeoman (added: 27 March, 2003)
  • "Transsexual Frogs (non-fiction)" by Elizabeth Royte (added: 27 March, 2003)
  • "Season of Fire (non-fiction)" by Betsy Mason (added: 27 March, 2003)
• Added a review of Vitals by Greg Bear (added: 27 March, 2003)
• Added the following reviews to the short review section:
  • "Fierce Embrace" by Bud Sparhawk (added: 21 February, 2003)
  • "Eyes of Dust" by Harlan Ellison (added: 21 February, 2003)
  • "Disciples" by Gardner Dozois (added: 21 February, 2003)
• Added a review of the August 2002 issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine (added: 20 February, 2003)
• Added the following reviews to the short review section:
  • "Liberation Spectrum" by Cory Doctorow (added: 21 January, 2003)
• Added a review of The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition by Lewis Carroll, annotated by Martin Gardner (added: 21 January, 2003)
• Added a review of The Cat Returns directed by Hiroyuki Morita (added: 16 January, 2003)
• Added the following reviews to the short review section:
  • "Is Radiation Good for You? Or dioxin? Or arsenic? (non-fiction)" by Will Hively (added: 15 January, 2003)
  • "If All The Trees Fall in the Forest... (non-fiction)" by Susan Freinkel (added: 15 January, 2003)
  • "More Magnets Please (non-fiction)" by Robert Kunzig (added: 15 January, 2003)
  • "The Next Photography Revolution (non-fiction)" by Eric Levin (added: 15 January, 2003)
  • "As Above, So Below" by John M. Ford (added: 15 January, 2003)
  • "Other Cities #8 of 12: Maxis" by Benjamin Rosenbaum (added: 15 January, 2003)
  • "Shepherd's Calendar (Part 2 of 2)" by Alan DeNiro (added: 15 January, 2003)
  • "Shepherd's Calendar (Part 1 of 2)" by Alan DeNiro (added: 15 January, 2003)
  • "Princes and Priscilla" by Ruth Nestvold (added: 15 January, 2003)
  • "Agent Provocateur" by Alexander Irvine (added: 15 January, 2003)
• Added a review of the May 2002 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine (added: 14 January, 2003)
• Added a review of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers directed by Peter Jackson (added: 13 January, 2003)

News that I am Tracking

I keep currently keeping track of the following news and events:

Current Events

• A new virus that is causing SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) worldwide:
  • Google News search for 'SARS'
• The current war in Iraq:
  • A compilation of news reports from NewsIsFree

General News

• From Yahoo! Full Coverage section:
  • Singapore News
  • Malaysia News

Sites I Usually Visit

• General News:
  • BBC (British Broadcasting Corp.) News:
    • Main news site
    • Alternative, mostly text, version
  • The Economist
• Technology Related News:
  • Wired News
  • Slashdot is the up-to-the-minute site that gives, quote, "News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters," unquote
• Science Fiction Related:
  • Infinity Plus features an impressive list of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror stories that can be read on-line
  • Fictionwise features stories from all genres but this is the site I usually go to buy fiction on-line
  • Sci-Fi Weekly is a weekly magazine that holds the latest news in the various fields of Science Fiction (written, media-related, Internet related)
  • SF Site is a moderately graphic intensive site with the latest news and reviews on science fiction books

Introduction

My real name is Soh Kam Yung but I like to call myself Sauron. Sauron is the Dark Lord featured in J.R.R. Tolkien's epic, The Lord of the Rings.

Over time, I hope to make my pages a repository of 'real' Science Fiction, in contrast to the huge number of sites devoted to Star Trek, Star Wars, etc. By 'real', I am referring to the written form of Science Fiction, rather than to media-related 'sci-fi'.

This home page will forever be under construction...<grin>. In the future, expect to find stuff on:

• Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, David Brin, Greg Bear, Greg Egan and others
• reviews of books and magazines I have read as well as movies that I've watched

I also hope to turn it into a more personal page by featuring various other personal stuff not related to SF. Since I'm only limited to one home page, I plan to make the best of it! Expect to find stuff related to:

• the Internet (interesting sites on the Internet)
• Linux (the world's best operating system...<grin>
• origami (one of my favourite pastimes)

Yes, you can expect plenty of stuff, hopefully soon. So, keep visiting every once in a while.

If you want to make comments or suggestions, I can be contacted via e-mail at firstspeaker.geo(at)yahoo.com (as you may guessed from my e-mail address, my favourite author is Isaac Asimov). But if you have queries on the look of my web site, please read my web design philosophy first.

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