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more about #brucesterling goldfarb: how does one go about organizing an "Anarchists" book fair? #sfanarchists more » EdificeComplex: Having grown up in Michigan, the U.P. for me means the Upper Peninsula. So for a minute there I thought maybe the Canadians had finally invaded. #sfan... more » Guang: Is that list posted anyplace else? Blogspot is blocked here in China. #sfanarchists more » Anekanta - Go Play!: I was very close to picking up The City of Saints and Madmen last week. Maybe I should have. more » GuinevereLagman: 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 f... more » Lightice: 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 s... more » Ruthless, If you let me: 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 ... more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: I think it's important to remember, too, how economic realities affect the organization of a city--the banks are here because they want to be near the... more » Defendant: There was nothing "posthuman" about Terri Schiavo. She was human, period. more » corpore-metal: Actually when it comes to transhumanist stuff, I'm less interested in the pontifications about media (I mean McLuhan pretty much covered this already ... more » Gann: This reminds me of an article I read that claimed people who grew up with black and white TV had black and white dreams. Those of us that grew up wit... more » Pope John Peeps II: So a huge mishmash of a scandalous media-mongering disability case, attention-grabbing and preposterous claims about the "end of culture". Ridiculous,... more » twDarkflame: meh, I know the exact future. Its one where we share an augmented reality world, we have far less physical products, and (most importantly) we act as ... more » cletar: Sounds like somebody doesn't know what "culture" is. Hey jackass, if you've got technology, you've got culture. Technology is part of the material and... more » Mount_Prion: Watch out for Jory. He's hungry. more » NerD: Blattella: Web 2.0 is the New AJAX, which could all be done in Flash. I'm Twittering this right now.... more » RoboBagins: Sounds like a lot of buzzwords and hot air. I hate speeches like that. more » maupuia: So I think the title for this article is a great headline, but not accurate :) The title for Bruce's presentation was "The Short but Glorious Life of ... more » tetracycloide: why does someone always have to fuck up people getting something they actually like from people willingly doing it for free by pointing out there's no... more » cspurgeon: I never thought I'd say this, but Bruce Sterling needs to think more deeply. For all of the fortunes riding on "Web 2.0" it's just the latest 'net-re... more » -
#afternoonreading
Anarchy In The U.P.?
If you're feeling that science fiction is just a little too organized for your tastes, NWSFS has the recommended SF reading list from this month's Seattle Anarchists Book Fair for you. If you need more, Bruce Sterling happily obliges. -
#quoteoftheday
Bruce Sterling And Jeff VanderMeer Offer 2 Lessons On How To Build A Science-Fictional City
Science-fiction fans and writers, alike, tend to think of cities in too simplistic a fashion. Quotes from The Caryatids author Bruce Sterling and City Of Saints And Madmen author Jeff VanderMeer explain how you should really view urban infrastructure. More » -
#writers
Your Personality Is Being Rewritten On The Fly
Terri Schiavo was "the first celebrity posthuman," but posthumanism is coming for all of us, according to a group of science fiction writers who met to discuss the future of identity and media. More » -
#brucesterling
Why Does Bruce Sterling Hate Web 2.0?
Last week in Wellington, New Zealand, all the brightest future-minded web nerds gathered together at an event called Webstock. And scifi author Bruce Sterling keynoted with a lecture about how Web 2.0 is doomed.
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