How To Research Ancient History for Science Fiction

Welcome to Episode 21 of Light On Light Through - How To Research Ancient History for Science Fiction ... I gave a talk on this topic to the Science Fiction Society of Northern New Jersey at the Garden State Plaza Borders Bookstore this evening ... but for all the people in the world who couldn't attend, my two secret ingredients are old Encyclopedia Britannicas (1955 or earlier) and new sources on the Web (quadruple corroborated)... Plus flashes ... Hank and Jack Bauer ... MSNBC Countdown Board goes ballistic over my critique of Keith Olbermann (because of his attack on 24) ... Lost's recovering ... and iTunes and the Beatles... And the early-Beatle-like James Harris with a nice home-demo of his song Tonya McCreary... Helpful links: http://paullevinson.blogspot.com my blog posts on many of the flashesMSNBC Olbermann Countdown Board ... for some reason, most of the posters there don't like me...http://www.myspace.com/jamesharrisacoustic you'll love ithttp://artofgraciousliving.com Patsy Terrell's podcast - Patsy does the wonderful Light On Light Through - Blubrry idhttp://bigbrry.com Tom Marquette interviews me (part 1 - an hour) (part 2 next week)http://adventuresinscifipublishing.blogspot.com/ special preview of Shaun Farrell's podiobook of my novel The Silk Code - chapter one! - you can also hear it at http://odeo.com/audio/8529393/view Enjoy... Paul web: http://paullevinson.infoblogs: http://www.myspace.com/twiceuponarhyme and http://paullevinson.blogspot.com videoclips: http://www.youtube.com/user/PLev20062006Light On Light Through podcast: http://paullev.libsyn.com Levinson news clips podcast: http://Levinsonnews.podshow.com Ask Lev 2-5 min pieces of advice on writing, succeeding, and tea words and music by Paul Levinson readings, performances, recordings, and interviews about my music and fiction live on radio (Sundays, 7:20am, Pacific time): www.knx1070.com The Silk Code - winner Locus Award, Best First Science Fiction, 1999 The Plot to Save Socrates - my latest novel"challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly"Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News