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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    11/21/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    A solid half of my Lansdale collection is from Subterranian. While I absolutely HATE, HATE, HATE the cover art on pretty much every one, it's nice to know those limited are out there.
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    11/20/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    must buy shatner book!
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    11/20/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    Also Threat Quality Press. We have published ONE WHOLE BOOK!
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    11/20/09

    @braak: and a HALF! Holland's was sorta out, and then not out right?
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    11/20/09

    @Ruthless, If you let me: Yes, true, technically! Technically it's a book and a half!
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/20/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    Eraserhead gets an automatic win because of the Shatner Quake. Dear sweet jeebus.
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/20/09

    In reply to Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
    I would call this a post that starts with a image that makes you wanna run away. But the hashtag was to long.
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    Image of Valerie 'Foxy' E. Valerie 'Foxy' E.
    10/30/09

    In reply to "Finch" Is Interdimensional, Extraterrestrial Biosteam Noir
    Also, one of the best bands out there right now did the soundtrack:
    [murderbydeath.bandcamp.com] #jeffvandermeer
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    Image of rek rek
    10/30/09

    In reply to "Finch" Is Interdimensional, Extraterrestrial Biosteam Noir
    Sounds like ribopunk to me.

    [en.wikipedia.org] #jeffvandermeer
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    Image of hellbly hellbly
    10/30/09

    In reply to "Finch" Is Interdimensional, Extraterrestrial Biosteam Noir
    Should I read Shriek first? #jeffvandermeer
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    10/30/09

    @hellbly: You don't really need to, but you can if you want. There are characters from Shriek that show up in Finch, but we get enough backstory in Finch that you can easily figure out what's going on. #jeffvandermeer
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    10/30/09

    In reply to "Finch" Is Interdimensional, Extraterrestrial Biosteam Noir
    Interdimensional, Extraterrestrial Biosteam Noir - a pack of archetypes thick enough to choke a mule.

    Sounds damned intriguing. #jeffvandermeer
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    Image of Nyarlahotep Nyarlahotep
    10/30/09

    In reply to "Finch" Is Interdimensional, Extraterrestrial Biosteam Noir
    "Ambergris. Noun. A grease-like product of the sperm whale's digestive tract that is used as a base in the finest perfumes. This has been Roseanne, your guide to the world of facts." #jeffvandermeer
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    10/31/09

    @Nyarlahotep: Yeah, if you ever find anything gross on the beach, take a close look - that stuff is worth big bucks.
    -Kle. #jeffvandermeer
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    Image of Starwatcher Starwatcher
    10/30/09

    In reply to "Finch" Is Interdimensional, Extraterrestrial Biosteam Noir
    Right up my alley. Gawd, I love that cover too. #jeffvandermeer
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    Image of mewlink64 mewlink64
    10/30/09

    @Starwatcher: As a future Botanist specializing in Mycology in-the-making, I feel that I must read this book. Plus, that cover is spectacular, holy crap. #jeffvandermeer
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    09/17/09

    In reply to Bruce Sterling And Jeff VanderMeer Offer 2 Lessons On How To Build A Science-Fictional City
    I was very close to picking up The City of Saints and Madmen last week. Maybe I should have.
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    Image of GuinevereLagman GuinevereLagman
    09/17/09

    In reply to Bruce Sterling And Jeff VanderMeer Offer 2 Lessons On How To Build A Science-Fictional City
    just a comment from an urbanist: there's a difference between built environment and the society that inhibits it (although you can see it as combine function) - the social aspects are reflections of the built environment (and vice versa) but one should be careful to correlate them in a one-dimensional way. seeing either or both together as technology is a singular viewpoint; it's an engineer's viewpoint. for others, cities are anything from artifact to, well, text, and can be "read" in different ways. interesting to see that bruce uses the past tense in the sentence i'm referring to. in any case, one core idea of the city is proximity, and people will need that in the future too, even if it takes on other, new shapes. or they'll cease being people. my two cents. love the future metro series!
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    Image of Lightice Lightice
    09/17/09

    In reply to Bruce Sterling And Jeff VanderMeer Offer 2 Lessons On How To Build A Science-Fictional City
    Well, Jeff VanderMeer knows what he's talking about. His Ambergris, the City of Saints and Madmen is one of the most fascinating cities I've seen in speculative fiction. It's at the same time infuriating and pleasant to know that he'll probably never reveal all its secrets.
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    09/17/09

    In reply to Bruce Sterling And Jeff VanderMeer Offer 2 Lessons On How To Build A Science-Fictional City
    I think that there is a lack of historical buildings in future city-scapes. So many old buildings gain that vaunted "historical" status that they can never be torn down/modified in exterior appearance.

    I can't imagine a Coruscant type city-scape, that totally displaces these structures. A group of 10 citizens will stop it from happening.
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    Image of Lightice Lightice
    09/17/09

    @Ruthless, If you let me: In the case of Coruscant it seems stranger that there are no *new* buildings. The Jedi Temple is apparently thousands of years old, yet its architecture doesn't seem significantly different from the rest of the city. The implication seems to be that now new buildings have been made in a millennia.
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    Image of icelight icelight
    09/17/09

    @Ruthless, If you let me: Those sorts of cities really only appear after wars. Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, was essentially flattened by the Nazis. With no historical sites to work around, the city is almost surreal in the quantity of glass and modern architecture it contains. It's not that any one building is notably exceptional, although there are a few. Instead, the unremitting expanse of skyscrapers, plazas and modern art make walking through the city unlike any other I've been to.
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    Image of skeksis skeksis
    09/17/09

    @Ruthless, If you let me: Bradbury Building, Blade Runner is the first one that comes to mind. But I am having trouble thinking of other examples.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/17/09

    @Lightice: I think you're both right.
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