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the new weird

Make Friends With The Ultimate Weirdness

The New Weird, the awesome new anthology edited by io9 contributors Ann and Jeff Vandermeer, has its own MySpace Page. That means you can make friends with a whole literary movement, which focuses on urban settings and visceral, disturbing imagery borrowed from horror. The anthology follows the genesis of the New Weird school, starting with writers like Michael Moorcock and China Mieville, and covers the theory of New Weird writing. And then it moves us into the future of the sub-genre, with a shared writing exercise based on a piece by Paul DiFilippo. The book's MySpace site includes a free download and podcast of Jay Lake's bizarre story "Lizard of Ooze," plus music and images. [The New Weird on MySpace]

12:00 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
598 views, 10 comments

Latest by Annalee Newitz: @Recury: The simple answer is yes. more »

mad cognitive science

Study Shows Digg Freezes Innovation Among Its Users

Transparently-shared ideas, like those that circulate on popular social networks such as Digg, Delicious, and StumbleUpon, may be destroying people's creativity. According to a new study published today by two cognitive scientists, people who share ideas in large groups tend to stagnate rather than innovate. They "glom onto" popular ideas and then don't pursue new discoveries or breakthroughs because they've already accepted the common wisdom of the crowd. Small groups, however, offer a different story. More »

7:40 AM on Wed Feb 20 2008
By Annalee Newitz
2,378 views, 18 comments

tabloid science

Wind Power Sucks But Brain Damage Is Okay

I've got some good science news for you, and some bad.
  • Wind power may not be a clean energy source of the future after all. Though Sweden has just built a massive wind farm at sea, most countries have found wind an inefficient and unreliable energy source. [New York Times]

    Why brain damage is okay and MySpace experiences white flight after the jump.

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7:30 AM on Fri Nov 23 2007
By Annalee Newitz
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