The Future Tastes Like ...

When people ask “Where do your ideas come from?” it’s easy to say “everywhere”, but sometimes it’s here, specifically. Wrapping a science fiction story around something like this is a no-brainer: Spray-on liquid glass is transparent, non-toxic, and can...

The Rise of the Slate...

Over the last 20 years Bruce Sterling has championed the idea of that we should be moving towards the idea of the computer as a “Furoshiki”, essentially a self-folding cloth computer that you can put in your pocket. While we’re not there yet, the coming rise of the...

Lou Anders on Technolog...

Lou Anders is the Editorial Director of Pyr, one of the hottest sci-fi and fantasy book imprints.  It was a conversation I had with him at Orycon that inspired me to ask whether Fantasy is the New Science Fiction a few weeks back. Here he is talking to Chip Design magazine about the...

The Kindle: Godwin in t...

Even as I was talking about how people have trouble with change as they grow older, The Huffington Post published an article a few days before that proved my point beautifully. It also manages to highlight a technique that’s often used to cover up a lack of a cohesive argument:...

The Slinger Sizzle Reel...

Here’s a lovely bit of...