New original sf on Futurismic
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New Futurismic fiction online
New Futurismic fiction online
09/01/2004 07:49 AM
Cory Doctorow:
Jeremy sez, "I just posted a new story from Tom Doyle called 'Art's
Appreciation' to Futurismic Fiction. The title character is the kind
of psychotic violence-prone anti-hero we'll all be cheering for if the
spammers, the ad flacks and the copyright goons get their way."
Link
(
Thanks, Jeremy!)
Futurismic publishes its first story
Futurismic publishes its first story
05/02/2004 03:10 AMFuturismic, the science-fiction writers' group-blog, announced a while
back that it was going to start publishing fiction, and put out a call
for submissions. Today, they published their first work, a story
called "The Factwhore Proposition" by Campbell-, Hugo-, Nebula- and
Sidewise-Nominee Charles Coleman Finlay.
I quite liked the story: it's a distopian work about the
commoditization of knowledge work -- Google Answers meets McDonalds --
with a nice bit of characterization in the protagonist, who is clearly
the spiritual descendant of today's web-geeks.
Even after all these years, he couldn’t believe the stupid
questions people asked. With so much information available online, it
was difficult, sometimes impossible, to phrase a search string
properly to narrow the hits down to find what you wanted, especially
when much of the best info was hidden by exclusionary marketing
agreements or sequestered behind gates. People would rather pay
someone else to do it. And with the big bio-boom, some people had the
money to spare. Dylan was not some people. The gap between the haves
and have-nots had been blown Grand Canyon wide by the new technology,
with those who could afford the enhancements on a narrow ledge that
kept moving farther away from everyone else. But if Dylan roped
himself to enough of the haves, maybe he could pull his way over to
the other side.
Link
Futurismic story: "Fixing" sleep with
technology
Futurismic story: "Fixing" sleep with
technology
04/03/2005 02:57 AMCory Doctorow:
The latest short story on Futurismic went live today, called "Better
Sweets to Prove Than Sleep" by Lisa Mantchev. Mantchev's conceit -- a
technological fix for the problem of 8 wasted hours' sleep -- is
utterly 21st century, and the story is just the right length for a
quick hit on the idea and what it could mean for us.
Jenna shook her head and smiled up at Zach.
So he's ignorant of my circadian rhythms. So most microsleepers aren't
compatible with hibernators. Big deal. Buck the trend. Prove them
wrong.
It couldn't be all about timing compatibility and biorhythms.
Sometimes you just needed to get laid. With a little sigh, she let the
sheet fall to the bed.
She pulled him back into bed with her and managed to forget the mess
in her head.
Link
(
Thanks, Jeremy!)
Futurismic bl0g starts accepting fiction
submissions
Futurismic bl0g starts accepting fiction
submissions
01/03/2004 04:52 AMFuturismic, a terrific group-blog run by sf writers, has decided to
begin publishing fiction online, paying a nominal-but-respectable
$100 per story. I love this idea, if for no other reason than it will
give a bunch of writers an opportunity to read "slush" (unsolicited
manuscripts), something that really helped me learn what mistakes new
writers make and how to avoid them. Some other stuff I like: in an era
when most magazines still insist on paper submissions, they're only
reading via the Web, and insisting on ASCII, pasted into a form, for
submissions. ASCII is the new PDF!
Stories should be compelling and well written, with a strong emphasis
on characters confronting or embracing imminent cultural, social,
technological, and scienctific changes. Post-cyberpunk, Information
Age, and near-future extrapolations will be welcomed--serious or
satirical, straight-forward or gonzo, optimistic or pessimistic. We
are not interested in fantasy, horror, or more conventional SF themes
such as space opera, time travel, first contact, or alternate
worlds.,,
Our reading period for the first half of our publishing year will
begin on January 3, 2004 and end on February 3, 2004. Any manuscripts
sent before or after these dates will be deleted unread. Because of
the short timeframe, you may send two stories during this reading
period, but please do so in separate submissions. We'll begin to
respond some time in mid-February, and hope to respond to all
submissions within three months of the reading period's closing. At
this time we're only planning to publish one story per month, so only
six stories will be accepted during each reading period. (The second
reading period of the year should occur in July 2004.)
LinkDid you know that the original URL of
Did you know that the original URL of
08/14/2004 09:01 PMTechTree Aug 14 2004 11:42PM GMT
Text-Original-1.2
Text-Original-1.2
06/20/2004 05:45 PMAn Original Way to Go Postal
An Original Way to Go Postal
08/11/2004 04:52 AMThe Postal Service has approved a three-month trial allowing consumers
to design their own stamps. So if you're sick of flags and toy cars,
now's your chance to make a change. By Daniel Terdiman.
Other News: Original Mac PR
Other News: Original Mac PR
01/28/2004 11:25 AMOr jump back 20 years and read the 1984 press release for the
introduction of the original Macintosh.
original article here
original article here
05/20/2004 04:16 AMJudge for yourself .. opinion piece ..
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Getargs-Original-0.1
12/13/2003 06:31 PMOriginal Search
Original Search
09/22/2004 06:57 PMSource: iMedia Connection - Greg Sterling of the Kelsey Group says,
"While IYP [Internet Yellow Pages] sites have less traffic than search
engines, IYP users are typically 'ready to buy' and thus considerably
farther along in the buying cycle than...
Text-Original-1.3
Text-Original-1.3
06/28/2004 04:50 PMThe Original Blogg
The Original Blogg
07/14/2004 05:10 PM [via Shellen (who is sitting in front of me)]...
New Original Trilogy RTS
New Original Trilogy RTS
01/03/2005 05:54 PMThe latest issue of the British "PC Zone" magazine brings news of a
totally new real-time strategy set immediately prior to
A New
Hope. Head over to
TheForce.net for more reportage.
Original Gundam
Original Gundam
06/11/2004 01:53 AMI'm slowly picking up the DVDs of the original Mobile Suit Gundam
series. The animation sucks, the speech is very Japanese to English
translation and...
"The original, updated"
"The original, updated"
02/07/2005 02:02 AM"The original odd couple"
"The original odd couple"
06/04/2004 08:14 PM$10,000 reward for Moore's Law original
$10,000 reward for Moore's Law original
04/12/2005 06:47 PMZDNet UK Apr 12 2005 11:12PM GMT
Return of the Original Invaders
Return of the Original Invaders
05/03/2004 05:26 AMSpace Invaders is the video game that kick-started the industry's
meteoric worldwide rise. Now, 25 years later, Space Raiders promises
to take the classic gameplay into the 21st century. Clever retro
throwback, or a nostalgic misfire? A product review by Chris Kohler.
Not Licensing The Original Mac: SNAFU Or
No?
Not Licensing The Original Mac: SNAFU Or
No?
08/09/2004 04:53 PMOriginal Godzilla In U.S. Theaters
Original Godzilla In U.S. Theaters
05/08/2004 02:17 AMThe N-gage QD is in many ways better
than the original N-gag
The N-gage QD is in many ways better
than the original N-gag
08/07/2004 05:04 PMTechTree Aug 7 2004 8:38PM GMT
A New Mart for Original Art
(washingtonpost.com)
A New Mart for Original Art
(washingtonpost.com)
07/07/2004 10:55 PMwashingtonpost.com - Like a relay race, some Internet commerce plans
get handed off a few times before they cross the line to become real
businesses.
Original Trilogy Monopoly
Original Trilogy Monopoly
05/10/2004 06:06 AMEver hankered for Yoda's Hut? Or maybe you'd like to own a chunk of
Mos Eisley or the Throne Room from the Death Star. If you answer yes
to any of these then click through.
Original Trilogy Checklist
Original Trilogy Checklist
05/12/2004 09:54 PMThe
Original Trilogy Collection is coming this fall, and the
official site has a list of what we can expect in this assortment.
Click
here for the full details. Not much new revealed, but worth
checking out anyway. With 37 figures listed, I've updated our own
OTC Checklist with the
new figures.
"The Original Tombstone Generator
"
"The Original Tombstone Generator
"
08/09/2004 09:42 AMMSN Music Store No Original
MSN Music Store No Original
09/02/2004 04:38 AMMicrosoft insists its music store differs from iTunes, but the two
services sure have a lot in common. The company will sell songs for $1
like Apple, and plans to match the volume of songs Apple makes
available to users.
AvantGo is the Original Aggregator
AvantGo is the Original Aggregator
02/26/2003 02:37 PMAfter seeing this story today about the Anatomy of a mobile device
user, a survey conducted by AvantGo, I realized...
The original iMac is dead
The original iMac is dead
03/19/2003 10:25 PMAfter five years, it looks Apple has finally killed off the
original iMac. And about time too, we never really thought the
original iMac to be deserving of all the hype, and certainly the
design trends it inspired (remember how three years ago
everything looked like an iMac?) won't be missed at all.
Read
"Here's a screenshot of the original
column"
"Here's a screenshot of the original
column"
11/02/2003 09:45 PMFC Now: The American Office: Better Than
the Original
FC Now: The American Office: Better Than
the Original
03/31/2005 07:29 AMYou heard me. The creators of the American version of The Office have
done what's almost impossible in business: They've developed a copycat
product that's better than the original. This usually doesn't happen
because copycats tend to be lazy and...
Unique Original Sculptures
Unique Original Sculptures
12/12/2003 10:09 PMRebelscum reader Todd alerts us to artist Akarapon Sutavimo who
creates large sculptures of
Star Wars characters Darth Vader,
Boba Fett, C-3PO and R2-D2 out of scrap bolts and metals. Head over
to
Bolt
Gallery and check out his work.
From Finland, the land of the original
From Finland, the land of the original
12/26/2003 07:54 PM Rare Exports, Inc.
They deliver the extremely rare original Finnish product to nearly 150
countries every Christmas, exclusively. It's a big download (the
small version is 35.5 MB) but that's nothing compared to the patience
these hunters must have to catch their prey. [NSFW, via
MonkeyFilter.]
Best Original Games of 2003?
Best Original Games of 2003?
12/28/2003 03:06 PMOriginal SimCity Online
Original SimCity Online
01/22/2004 02:27 AMClassic Live - SimCity.com:
I've recently become (re-)addicted to SimCity 3000 (which I checked out
from my local library on a 30-day loan, believe it or not). You can
play the orignal SimCity online here. Via Metafilter.
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Other News: Original Mac Folklore
Other News: Original Mac Folklore
01/27/2004 11:30 AMFolklore.org has anecdotes about the original Mac from the team that
built it.
PageRank: Google's Original Sin
PageRank: Google's Original Sin
09/17/2002 05:02 AMIn the first place, Google's claim that "PageRank relies on the
uniquely democratic nature of the web" must be seen for what it is,
which is pure hype. In a democracy, every person has one vote. In
PageRank, rich people get more votes than poor people, or, in web
terms, pages with higher PageRank have their votes weighted more than
the votes from lower pages. As Google explains, "Votes cast by pages
that are themselves 'important' weigh more heavily and help to make
other pages 'important.'" In other words, the rich get richer, and the
poor hardly count at all. This is not "uniquely democratic," but
rather it's uniquely tyrannical.
"tri" So if google is all about the tyranny of the elite (and yes, if
you are reading this, you count as one of the chosen), why does it
work so well?
"zeldman.ap"
Shakespeare original scans
Shakespeare original scans
09/10/2004 10:16 PM
The
British Library is putting online 93 high-resolution digitised
copies of 21 of Shakespeare's plays. They include many lines and
passages that are different from those found in the First Folio
editions, which were not printed until after Shakespeare's death.
BBC
article.
Original Gundam Complete
Original Gundam Complete
09/11/2004 12:26 PMSo I've finally got the rest of the original Gundam series on DVD
after Anime Nation's great sale on Bandai DVDs. I now own the...
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