Claus Cyrny
My interests are fairly widesprad, ranging from computer graphics, visual fx, arts in general, music, an film, to science/technology, computers, history, literature, and much more.
Here at American Chronicle, I try to confine myself to writing on arts and culture in the widest sense.
A selection of my photographs and drawings can be found on Flickr.
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May 21, 2009
As a kind of follow-up to my article on Stanisław Lem, here are some recommendations of science fiction novels by authors from the U.S.. These novels were all written during the 1960s. (The collection of stories I am referring to was published in 1971).
When taking a look at newly published ...
May 14, 2009
Having read science fiction since my teens, my favorite author is still Stanisław Lem, who died in 2006. Actually, I got my first book of his ("The Invincible"; 1964) merely by accident: it was a Christmas present sent to me by my grandmother who lived in the then GDR (this was in in early 1970...
May 11, 2009
If possible, I would like the text reference to "The Blue Boy" by Thomas Gainsborough to be placed right underneath the image (and the image at the top of the article), so that readers can quickly make the connection. Thanks.
November 24, 2007
About two years ago, merely by accident, I stumbled upon an online gallery where I discovered one particular painting that immediatley drew my attention. As I found out, the painter in question was Marianne Kolb, who lives and works in California, and when I visited her own web site, I was completel...