"It doesn't get any better than this. Stephan Martiniere has beautifully rendered one of the opening scenes of QoC for the novel's cover." Damn, that guy's good. Shame he doesn't do more wor

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First chapter or so up for free on the Analog site. If it's as good as the last book, you'll want to be reading this.

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"I'm using 3d software to visualize what the world of Virga might actually look like. So consider the following to be snapshots taken by an amateur photographer..." Someone needs to make an

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What will the future hold for the first-borns of 2007? The Toronto Sun talks to Schroeder and Sawyer (and others) for some heavy futurism. Put my name down for an implanted computer!

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"The next issue of Analog magazine will premiere the serialization of Queen of Candesce, the second of [Schroeder's] Virga novels. This one picks up right where Sun of Suns left off and is as wil

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"The holy grail of science fiction is a setting so cool that you can describe people doing their laundry there and it'll be riveting." He's right, and he's very good at it.

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ZOMFG! My interview has been read and linked to by none other than Karl Schroeder! We are not worthy!

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A nice little specualtive short story from Schroeder, looking at the impact of ubiquitous internet platforms and fabricators on isolated communities. Well worth the ten minutes it'll take to read it.

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