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more about #kenmacleod more comments → jaynesworth: I just ordered it shipped from the UK to the US at [www.pickabook.co.uk] for about $17, including shipping. #books more » Franknbeans: I'll read it, no doubt. I like the comment that they try to reforge the alloy that makes Sci-Fi great. Without the strong underpinnings of Science, ... more » Franknbeans: Oh and where can we get it? more » ParryLost: And then of course there is the solution from Elizabeth Bear's Carnival: Build AIs that will save the planet... by literally taking apart every human ... more » NotChoinski: Hooray! You're reading Lem! more » jbq: If they ever did a sequel to Highlander, I hope they wouldn't let it involve Connor MacLeod designing a force field to shield the earth from solar ra... more » foolish-rain: re: Restart the Gulf Stream. Sure, it hits -50 in Washington and the world leaps into action. What is the world doing about the -50 temperatures we c... more » The_Sporean_Bob: Here's an an idea: make humans at least slightly autotrophic, i.e. make us photosynthetic, so we don't eat nearly as much. that way you need fewer me... more » LittleDragon: Lets just do a controlled eruption of Yellowstone so it sends enough ash in to the air to lower the temperature. We can do that, right? Right? more » dazoid: SAVE THE TURTLES! more » darthsodomizer: The Earth got used up, so we moved out and terraformed a whole new galaxy of Earths more » WestMantooth: Drop a bomb on the ozone. That's the American way. more » Doctor Who?: Another option is saying "Screw it", and creating a Ringworld or Dyson Sphere. Entirely out of the question with modern technology, though. more » ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.: For the Urban Fantasy selection, Harry Dresden messes with Global Climate Change by getting involved with a Faerie civil war. more » CoyoteBrown: In Rainbow Six, (by Tom Clancy), a group of eco terrorists genetically engineer a virus strain in the hopes of wiping out enough humans to reverse the... more » -
#whenitchanged
The Year's Most Important SF Anthology Is Out Now
If you wish science fiction would have a bit more actual science (and focus on the near future instead of the year 5 billion), you'll be thrilled that When It Changed, an anthology pairing scientists and SF authors, is out. More » -
#triviagasm
10 Ways To Rescue The Climate, According To Science Fiction
Hot enough for ya? Our crazy fossil-fuel orgy is driving the planet's temperatures through the roof. Good thing science fiction books and movies have come up with 10 can't-fail solutions (well, maybe they'd work) for stopping global warming. More » -
#valentinesdayinspace
Falling In Love Again With Science Fiction Novels
Ken MacLeod's writing taught me to love science fiction again. I had pushed the genre out of my reading life for many years, but I could not ignore his novel Newton's Wake. More » -
#charlesstross
Paul Krugman Does Charles Stross!
If you didn't already worship visionary writer Charles Stross, a new virtual seminar on his works by a group of luminaries and amazing writers will convert you. Among the highlights: Paul Krugman on transdimensional economics. More »
