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Secret Societies Make Great TV Fodder

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There's a secret cabal that really knows what's going on. It's an underlying conceit for a host of television shows, ranging from Get Smart and "The Man from UNCLE" to "The Prisoner," and even the new "Dollhouse." Even "The X-Files" folowed the same premise, though from the outside rather than inside the secret organization. Most of these shows first appeared in the wake of the 'spy craze' of the nineteen-sixties that grew out of the James Bond phenomenon. One explanation for the recurring popularity of these shows is that it's all part of the innate human desire for order. We want things to make sense, and when they don't it bothers us. Secret organizations are an attempt to impose order on the chaos based on the idea that everything does make sense so long as you have the big picture. As an idea it's very successful, but how successful is it as TV? Is it like the crime genre where shows like "Law an

Atlantic Roads

Did you know that there are lines etched into the sea floor of the Atlantic? Really: Check it out As we all know: grids form naturally.

DIY Publishing

Are you tired of your book hiding at the bottom of the slush pile? How about appeasing an editor who is squeezed because old-media publishing struggles to turn a profit? Between Lulu, Smashwords, Trafford and other sites, you have plenty of self-publishing options. Find out more !

A big list of SF ebooks-- for the geeks in all of you

Here is a BIG list of SF ebooks available from Project Gutenberg : Abbott, Edwin Abbott 1838-1926 Links for Edwin Abbot Abbot: Wikipedia ISFDB Flatland: a romance of many dimensions (English) Flatland: a romance of many dimensions (Illustrated) (English) Anderson, Poul William 1926-2001 Links for Poul William Anderson: Wikipedia ISFDB The Burning Bridge (English) Security (English) Archer, Lee Lease to Doomsday (English) Arnold, Edwin Lester Linden 1857-1935 Links for Edwin Lester Linden Arnold: Wikipedia ISFDB Gulliver of Mars (English) Arthur, Robert 1909-1969 Links for Robert Jay Arthur: Wikipedia ISFDB The Indulgence of Negu Mah (English) Astor, John Jacob 1864-1912 Links for John Jacob Astor: Wikipedia ISFDB This is really the billionaire Astor who died aboard the Titanic . A journey in other worlds A romance of the future (English) Baily, Peter Links for Peter Baily: ISFDB Accidental Death (English