Interesting Links for 13-02-2022

[andrewducker]

Douglas Adams has an interesting answer when asked what kind of computer Arthur Dent had

(tags:computers fiction writing douglasadams HHG2G )

Russia tensions reveal threat to UK food supplies

(tags:UK food Russia Doom )

In Moscow, Macron found a different, tougher Putin

(tags:France Russia nato )

Britishvolt gigafactory: Britain's best-kept industrial secret is an unexpected solution to saving the planet (I didn't know most of this, fascinating stuff)

(tags:batteries oil carbon UK manufacturing )

'Futurama' Revived At Hulu; John DiMaggio Not Returning As Bender

(tags:Futurama tv animation )

220 musicians perform "Europe - The Final Countdown"

(tags:music video russia )

Why 'Death on the Nile' is every publicist's worst nightmare

(tags:movies Doom )

Evolution is just amazing

(tags:evolution animals snake video insects birds )

Thread of metal statues where one part has been stroked so much that it's shiny

(tags:statue )

Comments

[andrewducker]

I don't object to world-building, and to authors working out more complex backgrounds. But I agree that the idea that there's an infinitely detailed world the story exists in, that the author is reporting back from, doesn't feel at all right to me.