wordup/index (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
I have no rational explanation, yet for some reason I find the very concept of a manifesto facinating and unavoidable. I even wrote my own once . RSS Atom A Cypherpunk's Manifesto Posted Fri 05 Dec 2008 08:16:35 AM NZDT by Eric Hughes First Things First Posted Fri 05 Dec 2008 08:16:35 AM NZDT by Ken Garland and Unknown Why The Future Doesn't Need Us Posted Fri 05 Dec 2008 08:16:35 AM NZDT by Bill Joy...
Archinect (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Bruce Sterling posts on D-Build.org. D-Build is creating an information rich interactive history of building deconstruction, where the reclaimed materials, buildings, people, and businesses are all equally important players in the story. Explore
Functioning Form: Interface Design (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Though the debate about metrics-driven design continues , it’s becoming increasingly hard to do large-scale digital product design without integrating an understanding of data. Data is an inevitable result of our world going digital. As books, music, movies, maps, and more become bits, they can be indexed, modeled, mined, analyzed, and queried. The results of these operations quickly create mountains...
Gibberish (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
So, I survived Turkey City. Significantly, I finished "Where the Rubber Meets the Road" Friday with just enough time to print out 11 copies for the workshop participants. On the downside, the story clocked in at 9,000 words--a full 4,000 more than the stated 5,000 word limit--so everyone there exhibited some form of shock and/or horror upon seeing the massive stack of my manuscripts. I always...
chrisworth.com (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
I'm now a third of the way through Neal Stephenson's grand cycle of Europe (and America too if you include Cryptonomicon as the fourth book after the trilogy) and enjoying it. I don't read much fiction these days, sci-fi even more rarely. But Stephenson's moved on from his Snow Crash and Diamond Age phase of pure sci-fi - and anyway, he always transcended the author (wrongly) credited with kicking...
Planet-x.com.au (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
My list for the top 100 SF Books . Arranged Alphabetically: Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo The Artificial Kid by Bruce Sterling Babel 17 by Samuel R. Delany Bicentennial Man by Isaac Asimov Brave New World by Aldous Huxley ...
Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH), College Park Art Scholars, Honors Humanities, and the Honors College are very pleased to present an evening with author and futurist . . . B R U C E S T E R L I N G “Tomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next Fifty Years” Monday, October 26 7:00 pm Van [...]
Book Calendar (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi Paolo Bacigalupi is a Locus award winning author. He was also nominated for the Hugo award for his short story, The Calorie Man. This novel is set in the same setting as the short story, The Calorie Man. He has also writen another book which I reviewed earlier on this blog, Pump Six and Other Stories. The setting is a dystopian future. The world has run out of oil...
Autopia (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
*Ha ha haha! Man, this is just BOUND to be pretty good: http://www.iconeye.com/iconminds/
Risky Regencies (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
The January issue of Marie Claire will, hopefully, feature an article I've written on steampunk romance. Steampunk romance is being hailed as the successor to the paranormal romance boom, and I discuss a bit (very little bit! 300 words!) of what it is. Steampunk combines mechanical innovation (the steam) with subversive Victorian drama (the punk). It's rich in alternate history, innovation, delicious...
Sci-Fi Fan Letter (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
As Tor has made this Steampunk month , I figured it's a great time to post my steampunk endcap/reading list. Again, this isn't the most comprehensive list you can find. I purposely avoided books I didn't consider steampunk (the definition for steampunk seems to be broader than I've ever considered with books showing up in searches that I would call time travel or cyberpunk books). Anyway, here's my...
Weblogsky (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Augmented reality room design! (Thanks to Bruce Sterling for the pointer).
Scripting News (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
I'm flying back to NY to be with the family. At first I thought -- sheez no big deal, I'll do the live podcast with Jay at 4PM at the SF Hilton. Then I called Jay and he said I should get to the airport and head home. I gave it a second or two of thought and realized he's right. This is no time to be talking about rebooting the news. It's time to reboot the family. An aside, if anyone is at ONA09...
Book Dads: Fathers That Read! (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Zeitgeist Author: Bruce Sterling Publisher: Spectra; 1st THUS edition (July 31, 2001) ISBN-10: 0553576410 Book Source: Personal Copy Bruce Sterling’s Zeitgeist is a wild novel of magical realism in which the magic derives from postmodernism. Specifically, the idea that reality has no objective existence, that everything that exists does so as a construction of language, or “narrative”....
Eyeteeth: A journal of incisive ide (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
Paul Shambroom , Martin Mace cruise missile, Interstate 75 Exit 146, Centerville, Georgia, 2008 • In the statement for his newest series, " Shrines " (above), photographer Paul Shambroom asks, "Why is a machine that was made for killing used as a memorial to the dead? Does it help a community mourn and heal from its losses, or is it intended to inspire new generations of warriors?...
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