A review essay about Iain M. Banks’ latest Culture novel, as well as a survey of the past 25 years of Banks’ Culture fiction. Detailed and brilliantly written piece.
Month: October 2012 (Page 2 of 3)
Significant shakeup in upper management at Apple. Will be interesting to see who takes over, as Ive now handles software and hardware design, a seemingly risky consolidation.
Found a link over at Thinking Machine blog to a short story by Jerome K. Jerome, called “The New Utopia”, which the UK Libertarian Alliance group made available online in PDF format. Jerome’s story, originally published in 1891, falls into a Swiftian satire, about two classes – the clean and the dirty, and how the state steps in to ensure everyone is washed equally.
This 2012 book looks like an interesting novel, though the “review” itself is rather limited in scope.
A brief review of Sarah Hoyt’s new sf novel, Darkship Renegades, the follow-up to her Prometheus Award winner, Darkship Thieves.
The French seem bent on getting Google and other link aggregation sites pay for any published link. An interesting take on the theory of “value”, with a link’s value inherent in its content.
Looming changes in intellectual copyright law, as the Supreme Court gets ready to hear a major case next week. Implication can eventually shut down the ability to resale anything, from books to cellphones and beyond.
Possible changes over at Penguin, as News Corp casts its eyes at the book market.
A fascinating and nearly two-hour long video roundtable with Neal Stephenson at the University of Washington School of Law, discussing his most recent novel, REAMDE.
A few days ago Scott Bieser’s online graphic novel/web comic, Quantum Vibe switched from black and white to bright colors. A very nice makeover indeed!
