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Charlie Stross on technology 25 years from now
The near future is a particularly dangerous time to write about, if you're an SF writer: if you get it wrong, people will mock you mercilessly when you get there. Prophecy is a lot easier when you'..The Tech Lab: Charles Stross
Uncle Charlie explains the potential future of lifelogging to Joe Average BBC reader.Interstellar Conundrum: Is Stross Right?
Centauri Dreams replies to the recent Charlie Stross essay on space colonisation, and raises some good points. Lively discussion thread also.Charlie Stross: Shaping the future
Transcript of a keynote speech given by Charlie Stross to a tech consultancy open day. Exponential change, technological impacts, all the good stuff.These gas-powered boots were made for 22 mph
"Gordeyev invented a gasoline-powered boot that looks like pogo sticks that strap to your shins, and they work on the same principle as the air-cushioned basketball shoe."Charlie Stross interviewed
"Escapist fiction gives us a vehicle for vicariously experiencing stuff that's actually quite painful, unpleasant, and undesirable -- and romance and adventure at the same time (which are also abAccelerando reviews
Not one, not two, but THREE negative reviews of Stross's 'Accelerando'; guess the World Transhumanist Association award votes weren't unanimous, thenCharles Stross interviewed by Scalzi
"Over the past few years, it's become almost impossible to win a Hugo without releasing a short story or novella on-line for the voters to read ... I think the same is, to a lesser extent, happenStross on 'Halting State'
"...a virtual world that will collapse onto the real world and subtly change our perception of it. Similar to a much more primitive version of the stuff Karl Schroeder was writing about in Lady oAmazon.co.uk administrivia
"To all the folks in the UK who've ordered copies of THE JENNIFER MORGUE and have just had their orders, at amazon.co.uk, canceled: Sorry." Looks like my TJM ARC just increased in value... :Stross: 'Jennifer Morgue' Is 007 Homage
"Bob has actually fallen into James Bond's shoes and isn't filling them terribly well. He's not even filling his tux terribly well. In fact, he does not know how to do up a bow tie."How long does it take to produce a novel?
"So here's my stab at explaining what happens when you hand a novel in, from the author's point of view (which is horribly skewed and subjective and nothing like the editor's point of view)."Let's put the future behind us
"Now, don't get me wrong. I still like traditional SF — hell, I sometimes even write it! But the underlying assumptions of much of it are so questionable that these days we need to approach them» Instruction For Painful Death #1,232: Wear Power Boots
"The Power Boots use biofuels, such as biodiesel, vegetable oil, SVO, waste vegetable oil (WVO) and 12 inch pistons to propel their wearer up to 25mph and take strides of up to 12 feet." ChaTruth Overtakes Fiction in Strangeness Department
"So I just had a big reality check on that "near future SF" novel I'm writing. No, it isn't "near future SF" — it's lab prototype stage already, and if I still want it to be SThe new solar system
Ever the contrarian, Charles Stross weighs in on the Pluto debate.'The Clan Corporate' by Charles Stross
SFSite reviews a Charlie Stross novel...so many have come out in the last few years that I've quite fallen behind. It may be time to splurge.Gary Gygax, World Dictator?
Charles Stross discusses his novel-in-progress, via the history of the worldwide web, roleplaying games, virtual reality and a whole lot more.Fast Forward - New York Times
NYT's Itzkoff reviews (amongst others) the latest Charles Stross novel, 'Glasshouse'. Coming from Itzkoff, this is a pretty good review by all accounts. Login with BugMeNot. Link via Mr. Stross himselI'm very pleased to announce ...
...that Charles Stross has been awarded an 'Outstanding Contibution to Transhumanism' award from the World Transhumanist Association. He's not entirely sure why he's won, but he's pretty chuffed anywaPointing the finger
Charles Stross cuts through the Guantanamo bullsh*t
