tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post3491425052546818314..comments2024-03-27T23:55:17.673-07:00Comments on Flogging Babel: Working With Mariella CoudyMichael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-33420778979284937062021-11-03T07:38:57.160-07:002021-11-03T07:38:57.160-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.waisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17839480731727341675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-28674812256940189522013-12-30T12:13:00.457-08:002013-12-30T12:13:00.457-08:00What a great notion! I shall cherish it privately...What a great notion! I shall cherish it privately.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-20079131841306296032013-12-29T23:53:37.955-08:002013-12-29T23:53:37.955-08:00It appears Rudy Rucker's Erdős number is at mo...It appears <a href="http://www.quora.com/Books/What-is-Rudy-Ruckers-Erd%C5%91s-number" rel="nofollow">Rudy Rucker's Erdős number is at most 4</a>, so I would claim Michael's Erdős number is no more than 7.Richard Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833387144768089695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-66582703168497200852013-12-28T06:21:29.331-08:002013-12-28T06:21:29.331-08:00What would your Erdős number be, if published lite...What would your Erdős number be, if published literary collaborations count equally with published mathematical collaborations (which seems to me far from a ridiculous or outlandish concept)?<br /><br />You've collaborated with William Gibson, who has collaborated with Bruce Sterling, who has collaborated with Rudy Rucker. It wouldn't be surprising if Rudy Rucker had a mathematical Erdős number.Richard Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833387144768089695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-22911617887721438292013-12-27T11:02:28.409-08:002013-12-27T11:02:28.409-08:00Short answer: http://www.tor.com/stories/2012/03/t...Short answer: http://www.tor.com/stories/2012/03/the-woman-who-shook-the-world-tree<br /><br />For a more detailed answer, see Thomas Disch's CAMP CONCENTRATION.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-78546076519815232612013-12-27T08:27:18.637-08:002013-12-27T08:27:18.637-08:00So how do you write about a person who's smart...So how do you write about a person who's smarter than you? How do you fake that?rastronomicalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475251545087211066noreply@blogger.com