October 2014

Malinda Lo at the Lake City Branch!

October 10, 2014

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Science Fiction Friday – Oh How The Mighty Are Fallen!

October 10, 2014

By Richard C. Oh how the mighty are fallen… What greater theme in Fantasy than the dramatic succession and intrigue of rulers and rogues in turbulent kingdoms? Kingdoms covered by darkness wrong and terrifying, terrains dangerous and foreign to poor little earthling readers like ourselves? Well, you came to the right place: 1) The Falcon Throne… Continue reading
Polio: Before the vaccine

October 9, 2014

— by Ann G. This October 28 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jonas Salk, who developed the first safe and successful polio vaccine (the library is celebrating this milestone with a program called Polio Then and Now: From Salk’s Game-Changing Vaccine to Today’s Resurgence on Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. at the… Continue reading
Addressing data privacy issues around Adobe Digital Editions

October 8, 2014

— by Jim L. Yesterday, Nate Hoffelder, the editor of The Digital Reader blog reported that the newest version of the Adobe Digital Editions software (ADE 4) appears to be transmitting data about eBooks back to Adobe’s servers. The Library’s primary eBook distributor, OverDrive, uses Adobe’s Digital Rights Management software to help enforce the rules… Continue reading
Seattle Author Bernadette Pajer Reads at Fremont Library

October 7, 2014

Seattle mystery writer Bernadette Pajer will read from her latest book, The Edison Effect: a Professor Bradshaw Mystery at the Fremont Library on Tuesday October 14th at 6:30 p.m. Books will be available for purchase and signing. The Edison Effect: a Professor Bradshaw Mystery is the fourth book in the series of University of Washington… Continue reading
Movie Mondays: DVD DNA: Female Trouble Edition

October 6, 2014

One of the joys of whiling away one’s meaningless life watching movies comes from making connections between a certain film and pictures that came out years, even decades before it. In this new, occasional series we will track down the disparate elements that have influenced great films. Today’s subject: John Waters’ 1974 trash classic, Female… Continue reading
Science Fiction Friday – Careful What You Think!

October 3, 2014

By Richard C. I would be in big, big trouble around telepaths! But it is fun to think about, and telepathy has been a compelling sci/fi theme for decades. These six telepathy tales cover the empowering and sometimes maddening experience of mind readers: 1) The Demolished Man (1953) In one of the earliest takes on telepathy in sci/fi, ruthless… Continue reading

October 2014

Malinda Lo at the Lake City Branch!

Science Fiction Friday – Oh How The Mighty Are Fallen!

Polio: Before the vaccine

Addressing data privacy issues around Adobe Digital Editions

Seattle Author Bernadette Pajer Reads at Fremont Library

Movie Mondays: DVD DNA: Female Trouble Edition

Science Fiction Friday – Careful What You Think!