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Weakest Con Artists Of The Distant Future

In a few centuries, everybody will be a rube. Centuries of in-breeding in deep space will remove everyone's street smarts and turn people seriously gullible. That's the only explanation for why anybody would ever get taken in by some of the grifters you run into in science fiction, who practically have a sign around their neck that says "CON ARTIST!!!" With the three exclamation marks and everything. Here's our round-up of some of the most obvious and least crafty con-men and women in SF. More »

10:14 AM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
23,752 views, 65 comments

Latest by Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.: @moff: Buzz Lightyear of Star Command more or less beat you to that. more »

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NPR Wants Scifi Novels On Your Bedside Table

NPR's Nancy Pearl, who has probably written enough words about science fiction to fill a couple of Del Rey compendiums with, has laid out of a list of her recommended reading. While technically only two of the books on her list are science fiction, you can't really argue with Frederik Pohl and Joe Haldeman. Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon is a borderline inclusion. Sure, it's fiction, yes there's science in it, but is it science fiction? More »

8:37 PM on Mon Nov 12 2007
By Kevin Kelly
424 views, 3 comments