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'Glorifying Terrorism' - Brit sf writers break the law
"Glorifying Terrorism is a new anthology of short stories by British SF authors in praise of "terrorism" -- from Nelson Mandela on." This plug on BoingBoing should do wonders for sA Political History of SF
"The history of modern SF is one of five attempted revolutions — one success and four enriching failures." Whoo - some contentious stuff in here. Let battle commence! Link via various sourceThe SF Site: Best Read of the Year in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Does exactly what it says on the tin, unsurprisingly. An interesting selection, though, chosen by the site's contributors.Golden Gate Vacations - San Francisco Vacation Rentals
Golden Gate Vacations offers the finest San Francisco vacation rentals available for family, corporate and short term rentals. At Golden Gate Vacations, we make the City by the Bay feel like home.Karl Schroeder: 'Queen of Candesce' cover
"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 worSan Francisco State University Library Research Guides
We offer a guide for each subject taught on campus! Get the basics for finding articles, books, etc at San Francisco State.SCI FI DRIVE-IN
Good news! SciFi.com has made available free-to-watch streamed scifi movie classics, including Metropolis! The bad news? Damn things won't play for a UK head using Firefox. Typical.SCI FI Wire interviews Watts on 'Blindsight'
"...it's got space vampires. Or at least one drug-addicted space vampire. Or at least one drug-addicted terrestrial vampire shot into space." He speaks the truth.Why, Singularity, We Scarcely Knew
"This Thursday evening [Vernor] Vinge will challenge his own idea for the first time: 'I have some plausible, non-singularity scenarios that get us into a human-scale world with long time horizonCharlie 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'..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 abEDGE Submissions - Writer's Guidelines
A guideline for authors who want to submit their work to EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing.INTERVIEW - Peter Watts on consciousness, first person narratives and how the future belongs to sociopaths
"The single best thing about following a scene, any scene, closely is being in a position to uncover a diamond in the rough." SF Diplomat renders the point of me interviewing Peter Watts negMegastructures, by Paul Lucas
"Just as mankind has created new, artificial chemical elements, so too is it possible for the human race to eventually create entirely new classes of worlds. Worlds that may stretch around planetFrost-free Refrigerators in San Francisco
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Science fiction is written predominantly by white, western males. For them, the alien may be found beyond borders, across continents. The Other is someone with a different language, skin colour, even