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  • I prefer more ornate titles, both in my own writing (the titles of mine I like the best are always more complex, as with "Almost the Last Story by Almost the Last Man" and "10 Things I've Learned About Writing") and in that of others (as with Samuel R. Delany's "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" and Harlan Ellison's "The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World").

    Stunted Brachycephalic Rat-Faced Cursed Scum scottedelman 2008

  • "Inside Semi-Precious Stones" by was published on March 16th, 2007 and is listed in Cool, Guest Blogger, Photography.

    Inside Semi-Precious Stones 2007

  • Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones by Samuel Delany [1969 Novelette] (Rating:) [Read 01/29/04]

    REVIEW: The Science Fiction Hall Of Fame Volume III 2004

  • The only one of these books I'd read before was Babel-17, the first Delany novel I ever encountered, having been introduced to his work through the stories "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" and "Aye, and Gomorrah" in anthologies.

    Archive 2006-06-01 2006

  • The only one of these books I'd read before was Babel-17, the first Delany novel I ever encountered, having been introduced to his work through the stories "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" and "Aye, and Gomorrah" in anthologies.

    Empire Star 2006

  • Time Considered As A Helix of Semi-Precious Stones by Samuel R Delany OK, so it's only a short story, but it has so much more going on than most novels.

    The Science Fiction Top 10 Douglas Hoffman 2005

  • I performed Liselotte Beethoven-Fink, and also gave impressions of three different directors to whom I had been exposed, the Continental with a sense of mission, the Communist doctrinaire of the time, and the Semi-Precious.

    An Autobiography Peter, Ustinov 1977

  • Semi-Precious Weapons, was a band she used to play with years ago at bars just blocks away, when twelve people would show up, something the front man announced with glee to the 10,000 people packing the place.

    Janice Erlbaum 2010

  • She designs several major jewelry Collections each year using high quality Semi-Precious and Precious gemstones and metals.

    PR.com Press Releases JulRe Designs 2010

  • She designs several major jewelry Collections each year using high quality Semi-Precious and Precious gemstones and metals.

    PR.com Press Releases JulRe Designs 2010

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