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"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."

~ Dr. Suess

"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass."

~ Anton Chekhov

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~ Douglas Adams

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Author Profile: Mark Gevisser

History . Mark Gevisser is one of South Africa’s leading authors and journalists. His next book  “Dispatcher”, about his personal relationship with his home-town Johannesburg, will be published by Farrar Straus Giroux and Atlantic Press in 2013. Gevisser has been awarded an Open Society Followship for 2012/13 working on The Sexuality Frontier. During his fellowship […]

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Upcon 2012: Photos, Cosplayers and a Weekend of Mad Fun!

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The dust has cleared, the geeks have scattered and the University of Pretoria is once again at peace (relatively speaking of course, these are students we’re talking about). From what I saw during the short time that I was there, Upcon appears to have been a success this year. Early morning attendance rates on Saturday […]

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