the dreamy work of Sil van der Woerd
via Ectoplasmosis I’ve discovered the work of Sil van der Woerd. Can’t wait to see what he does next…
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is video Web2.5?
Today saw the launch of BoingBoing TV and it got me thinking.. is everything going video now? This especially after watching checking out those wicked cool Bright.ly guys – with their ‘the future of the web is A/V’ pitch. And my annoyance after clicking thru to a Purepwnage interview to find it was text… And […]
Read more "is video Web2.5?"bright.ly – wicked cool webdesign
Intrigued by a post on Bruce Sterling’s blog I checked out savethetextsavethewords. It seems to be a ARG-style viral campaign to build buzz for the launch of bright.ly 2.0. Full of cool YouTube vidz and Flickr photos. The brightly website’s one of the best I’ve seen in ages. They explain their take on media today […]
Read more "bright.ly – wicked cool webdesign"Rudy Rucker weighs in on Mundane SF
from Rudys Blog On Mundane SF … I dont think SF is necessarily about predicting possible futures. Ive always felt that SF is more like surrealism. The idea is to shock people into awareness. Show them how odd the world is. Whether or not you draw on realistic tropes is irrelevant. … Let it be […]
Read more "Rudy Rucker weighs in on Mundane SF"Journeyman shows hands-free phones through time
I watched the pilot of Journeyman a while ago. (Short version – it’s an update on Quantum Leap). It’s one of the few new show’s not being “directly streamed from the US” here. And probably for good reason – sadly Kevin McKidd ain’t kicking ass like he was in Rome. However, there’s one scene I […]
Read more "Journeyman shows hands-free phones through time"selections from Geoff Ryman’s speech on Mundane SF
from Mundane-SF: “Take the Third Star on the Left and on til Morning!” by Geoff Ryman … Being a Mundane boils down to avoiding old tropes and sticking more closely to what science calls facts. We believe that for most of us, the future is here on Earth. … I dont believe in starships. At […]
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from Mundane-SF: “Take the Third Star on the Left and on til Morning!” by Geoff Ryman … Being a Mundane boils down to avoiding old tropes and sticking more closely to what science calls facts. We believe that for most of us, the future is here on Earth. … I dont believe in starships. At […]
Read more "selections from Geoff Ryman's speech on Mundane SF"Media Whores – a tale of pr0n and zombies in a post-post apocalyptic Japan
I discovered JunkDNA when Warren linked to his microfiction writings on Twitter . He describes his work thusly on his MySpace profile: I’m a short story author. I scritch-scratch in a little known genre called BIZARRO (twisted fiction). It is heavily poisoned with cyberpunk, hardboiled, and/or noir elements. I like it like that. As the […]
Read more "Media Whores – a tale of pr0n and zombies in a post-post apocalyptic Japan"secrets are cool – a review of Spook Country
Man, i love William Gibson’s writing. I can even deal with the 4 -5 year wait for a new one we get these days. And with Spook Country he’s as on the money as ever. It’s always the first third I love the most. Wherein he sets up his universe of characters, technologies, corporations etc. […]
Read more "secrets are cool – a review of Spook Country"The Bionic Woman – an exploration of the sf present?
I recently watched the pilot of the new remake/reboot of The Bionic Woman (thanks to the miracle of the internets.. coughpreaircoughtorrentcough. It’s from the same production team that have done the (mostly) brilliant remake of Battlestar Galactica. It’s very much in the vein of the girls-kicking-ass genre (think Alias and Dark Angel). But if the […]
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The Committee to Nuke Elysium 