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www.BookTalk.org will soon be offering free Wordpress blogs, hosted directly on the site, to all active members of the community. With over 100 themes these blogs are beautiful and full of features. Blog authors that write quality posts (especially book reviews) will see links to their blogs displayed on both our Faceb...ook fan page and the BookTalk.org home page.
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View the Topic · Posted by Chris OConnor on Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:22 am · 1 comment |
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View the Topic · Posted by Chris OConnor on Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:22 pm · 0 comments |
We're reading "The Left Hand of Darkness"
During the months of January and February 2010 we'll all be reading and discussing Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Left Hand of Darkness." Now is the perfect time to order a copy of this science fiction novel so that you can receive it within a week or two and join the discussion. According to Wikipedia...
The basic principle of The Left Hand of Darkness is one that started in Ursula K. Le Guin's first novel in 1966 and runs through several of her early works: that of the interplanetary expansion started by the first race of humanity on the planet Hain and expanded across the universe, forming the League of ...Read More...
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View the Topic · Posted by Chris OConnor on Wed Dec 23, 2009 1:17 am · 0 comments |
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Why won't Dr. Richard Dawkins debate Creationists?
I am a bit confused, I have read the Gould letter and comments from Dr. Richard Dawkins about not lending the legitimacy to Creationists which they desire, by engaging them in debate. Frankly, I think that is a copout, but it is a reason. The problem is that Dr. Richard Dawkins interviews some of the very people he refuses to debate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US8f1w1cYvs
Wendy Wright
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeDoSFCy ... re=related
Nick Cowan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4IBv043 ... re=related
Steven Rose
Perhaps Steven Rose is a bit of a ringer, but bother Wendy Wright and Nick Cowan are Creationists, doesn't Dr. Richard Dawkins legitimize them by interviewing them?
Seems like he really doesn't care about being associated with them provided that he controls the discussion.
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View the Topic · Posted by stahrwe on Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:42 pm · 30 comments |
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