Word: beautyful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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So the Galactic Empire lives again in Dune Messiah. But changed, changed utterly: Sci-fi's excursion into psychological explication (and Herbert wrote a psy-fi book, The Dragon in the Sea, a seriously flawed story of catatonic shock on the ocean floor) taught Herbert that nothing can be understood...
Jagged Beauty. At the core of all avalanche research is snow itself. Often hexagonal-shaped, the tiny crystals that make up snowflakes are as exquisitely formed as the finest man-made jewelry. As the crystals alter their beautiful structure under the influence of wind, temperature change, icy vapors and the...
If Exploration seems biased toward works that depend on artificial light, this is because, as Kepes points out, the lights of a city at night are one of the most beautiful accidents caused by technology. If they could be used by artists, perhaps that beauty could be increased, and enjoyed...
ALL OF WHICH can feed a number of thematic interpretations. Antonioni shows us how the machinations of American society crush spontaneous beauty. His survey of the clashing enclaves of that society-the supercorporation in its computerized citadels of gleaming cold plastic, the angry cells of student revolutionaries, the frighteningly busy...
We are forced to accept the love affair on faith alone. Antonioni's decision to substitute physical beauty for acting ability leaves us outside as simple voyeurs. We logically understand what they can feel for each other, but they radiate nothing of their passion, the way Zefferelli's Romeo and...