“Do you remember your bad dream, from this morning?” “…No. No, wait, yes I do. I dreamed you were a robot. A Von Neumann!” “That’s right. You were shaking all over, and you kept saying, ‘They’re taking over! They’re taking over!’ I reached over to wake you up, and you were terrified of me.” A pause. […]
I sometimes dream my own story. Read More »
I had a good weekend. It involved learning Japanese, visiting The ROM, and learning how to play Crokinole from Karl Schroeder, who is enough of a crack shot that he can manipulate the board such that you might feel a little bit better about your total lack of hand-eye coordination, until you realise what he’s
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A story of mine called “Off-Track Betting” has finally found a home, and you can read it here, compliments of Rudy Rucker, who was kind enough to give it a home. As I told my workshop (who might not remember the title, as I wrote the story some time ago), “it’s about alien nanites who
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I’ve been turning something over in my mind regarding my VN, having effectively written myself into a corner with a nasty combination of too much exposition and a need to have my characters separate for plot purposes. Honestly, I was about to solve this problem with a college co-ed shower scene. No, really. I was.
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Yeah, that Nature.. I’m just as surprised as you are. Especially since the story is essentially a one-line joke I came up with while pacing barefoot in my kitchen as I talked to Squid on his birthday. (Happy birthday; you got your wish.) Dave and Karl say this means No More Whingeing. (I’ll try.) Death
I have a story coming out in Nature. Read More »
Via Futurismic, we hear of demonstrable Lamarckism in mice: The effects of an animal’s environment during adolescence can be passed down to future offspring, according to two new studies. If applicable to humans, the research, done on rodents, suggests that the impact of both childhood education and early abuse could span generations. The findings provide
Everything old is new again. Like Lamarckism. Read More »
Her slowness annoyed him – she could tell by the set of his shoulders – and it only worsened as she accumulated a series of cuts across her bare hands and ankles, and paused to suck out dirt and pebbles from the places her mouth could reach. “Our wounds seal, you know,” Javier said
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Heads up — you can now read “?oyfriend” at WorldChanging’s main site. This is what editor Julia Levitt said: It’s unique for its ability to tell an engaging story while intermingling technologies that we are only beginning to imagine, but that might one day become a part of our everyday lives. Although pure fiction is
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Dave just nominated “Fitting A New Suit” for a Hugo. This makes Dave the first person, ever, to nominate one of my stories for the award. That’s history in the making, people.
Well, that cherry's gone. Read More »