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Cyberpunk is modern life is cyberpunk.
Does what it says on the tin, and reiterates something I've been saying for a good few years now. Link via Lovy's Nanobot.The first 24 minutes...
...of the new 'A Scanner, Darkly' movie based on the Philip. K. Dick novel. Wh0000t! Not safe for work...and watch out for the aphids. Link via Metafilter.The Lie of Star Wars as Entertainment
"Star Wars is not entertainment. Star Wars is George Lucas masturbating to a picture of Joseph Campbell and conning billions of people into watching the money shot." Go, Scalzi, go!The Tragedy of Orthodoxy
Scalzi laments the prejudgement of an artist's work by their politics. Good thinking. Though I still feel Heinlein was a w*nker, despite his skill with the written word.Confusion to all
"I was never intending to go to the 2007 Eastercon. I have said more than once that I do not intend to go near the Adelphi Hotel again in my life. So I am completely unaffected by news that the cOf SF, Kids And Outreach
"...SF needs authors who are unapologetic about writing SF for non-SF readers and [...] the SF community needs to reach out to the general reader populace." SF Signal brings up the 'where arJ. G. Ballard, The Psychologist
"Even the dreariest hack has to be on nodding terms with human psychology in order to pump out a half-decent airport novel. Few novelists, though, worship at psychology's altar with the vehemence20 Reasons Why I Want to Live in a Cheesy SF Dome City
"It’s been way too long since I’ve posted anything here on DeepGenre, so pardon me if I indulge in something frivolous..." Mr. Edelman, consider yourself pardoned! Very funny.WorldCon 2006 gallery
Wired has a wee gallery of geekage from Worldcon, but it doesn't compare to the excellent blog coverage we've been seeing. Wish I'd been able to go.Cory Doctorow - The March of the Polygons: How Hi-Def Is Bad News for SF Flicks
"Special effects have come to define each season's new hotness at the box-office. Since the days of morphing, we've gone to the big screen in order to see what impossibility was wrought by the neIn service of all the dead
"If I am making a plea it is only for science fiction writers (and editors, publishers, critics, readers, the whole damned lot of us) to think more about what we are doing with science fiction, aLocus Online: Ian McDonald interview excerpts
Does what it says on the tin. I can't wait until Brasyl is published, that book's gonna kick some serious arse.'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.A brief and surprisingly dull encounter with an extraterrestrial life form
“So what you’re saying is,” Brithpth said slowly and distinctly, “is that you eat with the same orifice you breathe with?” Funny little sf short, via Brian Dunbar.FLURB, a Webzine of Astonishing Tales.
Rudy Rucker launches his own lo-fi webzine - five original pieces now available. The design is a little...different...but the stories look like they will be more than good enough to make up for it. PlIncandescence - forthcoming novel from Greg Egan
"Incandescence is likely to be published in early 2008; details will be announced here when they are known." Thanks for the tip, Torque Control; baited breath right here.The State of Science Fiction
There's a regular blogstorm starting up on the 'state of SF' issue. Here's Robert J. Sawyer's take. Some opinion from me in the next VCTB post, tooLet'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 themRELATIVELY NEW CARPET
Another wee snippet from Sir Bill of Gibson; I believe these are genuine snips from his work in progress, so avoid if you hate spoilers, or drool on the glass if you're hungry.One Year in the Blogosphere
"I'm about to hit a nice little landmark that I think is worth sharing: as of tomorrow, I've been blogging for exactly one year." Happy bloggerversary, David Louis Edelman!All Hail the New Medievalists!
"Science fiction has become reality only at the pace (and in the areas) that commerce is equipped to assimilate it." Lou Anders advises against trying to stuff the genie back in the bottle.Search the internet for science fiction and fantasy content
SFCrowsnest has knocked up a custom F&SF search dialogue using the Google API. Now, if they'd just apply the same savvy to their RSS feed
