When worlds collide! or share a barycentre for a while

I've not done a funky link set for a bit so here are some recent crossover posts, or more intricate combinations of theme, you might not have seen.

• JD at The Disoriented Ranger pondered design and play in light of the OSR
• Zhu Bajiee statted up some Tékumel miniatures for third edition Warhammer
• Stelios linked Oldhammer to the OSR and will do a third edition readthrough
• The Beat Ronin reflected on growing up and changes in approach over time
• Von showed the making of a Black Legion warband with Realm of Chaos
• Jonas at Deathworld Adventures played GW's Inquisitor with action figures
• Trey at From the Sorcerer's Skull sketched a superheroic science fantasy
• Wayne R. at SIU listed classic modules, with work by Raggi and McKinney
• Early D&D player Cyclopeatron converted a Menoth Avatar for Warmachine
• The Alternative Wargamer scratchbuilt a YG-4210 for FFG's popular X-Wing
• Nathan at Corehammer compared past GW artist Ian Miller to HP Lovecraft
• The Secret Sun looked at the evidence for Lovecraft having a secret source
• Tim at The Other Side wrote up Mary Poppins, as both witch and time lord
  

There's a lot more weirdness going on, especially in the upper three blogrolls on the left.
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Deep thought not Friday

It's been another long time since we had one of these posts. The subject today is less obviously epistemological and there's optional reading too.

- That David Brin article; several of us responded.

- A look at potential with Alexis; last paragraph.

- JB's review of Tron: Legacy, seeing it differently.

- Harald evolves Argos, Von the Iron Kingdoms.

- Evan's worldbuilding and some protagonists.

The question then. Can we define science fiction and fantasy so as to clearly separate them? If not, how might the continuum be visualised?

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Remember...

Don't forget tomorrow is Old Stuff Day, as begun by Warhammer 39,999. I'm guessing bloggers of all interests could get in on this too if they wanted. The idea is to present classic posts from a blog's past for a new or grown audience, and as a reader visit older posts in the dusty depths of a blog. Thanks to Creative Twilight for reminding me.

On reminders, there's a request up at The Book of Worlds for entries for a new banner and another at Creepy Corridor for a logo for The Far Side gaming group. Any artists, i.e. most of us, might want to try their hand and have their work take pride of place.

Don't forget too there's a sci-fi gaming board being raffled off at A Gentleman's Ones, a set of rooms and corridors of The Sin of Alacrity, and the closing date is approaching.

Finally, while on the subject of spaceships, not quite a reminder but a friendly request from me to check out C'nor's proposal for adapting Warmachine to space combat. There's a poll up too. I know too little about Warmachine to help, but someone must.

This space is no frontier so feel free to post any other useful reminders you have in the comments. The needs of the one...