travel out into some heretofore unexplored quadrant and find that it is heavily populated by Type II Kardashev cultures, Lovecraftian ancients, Kirby-esque star gods, Matrioshka brain AIs trying to tap reality's source-code, post-singularity societies like Banks Culture, Wright's Oecumene, or ...
A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxyby Alex White – 12/11 Realistically. Because one must be realistic about these things. I haven’t worked less than 50 hours in a week at my physically demanding day job in a couple of months, and I am wiped out. Between election stress and day job st...
“I cannot overstate how surprised and delighted I am to be a recipient of the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story,” Chiang said. “The short story has played a central role in the history of science fiction; I grew up reading anthologies where every story contained a dif...
Recent Technorati emigrant Niall Kennedy hosted a swanky demo session last night at the Westin St. Francis. This is the second of his SF Tech Sessions. Chicago startup Blish.com bought the room, the drinks (for the record, I stuck to beer and coffee), and the pricey salmon platters. Nia...
haven’t been lucky enough to get my hands on an advance copy of this title, but it’s probably the Tor.com release I’m most looking forward to this fall aside fromGluttony Bay. Certainly, it’s the most ambitious and unique sounding thing on their schedule in the next three months....
They did make a change to the device in the drill bit that cuts a slightly larger hole than the nominal diameter of the drill bit, but I doubt that made much difference. The biggest change was that Center Rock, the supplier of the drill bits and DBA were more carefully monitoring the ...
Nov 1998 Vol. 2. First ContactLetter from the Editor - NewsBits - Contact:SFWA NYC Reception - SFCalendar Interview & ReviewJames White / Mind Changer/RetroReview:Star Surgeon SF BookshelfNew ReleasesNow in Paperback Media SFMovies:John Carpenter's Vampires - Enemy of the StateVideo:Sawicki'...
by Kate O'Connor "How's your ankle, Luci?" Feon Sen, High Chancellor of Carinae, leaned against the wall, watching intently as she braided her dark hair. Luscinia considered the question carefully, studying his reflection in the mirror. He was a man of many words, but his meaning was ...
This transformation is based on a few large individual investments in growth markets, and financed through solid cash generation in existing businesses. O ne living proof point for our strategy is the lead story in this magazine, which tells about the major investments we have been working on. ...
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