June 2012
15 posts
What Scares You? →
Ellen Datlow talks about the things that actually do scare her.
“Perhaps I write for no one. Perhaps for the same person children are writing for...”
– Margaret Atwood (via libraryland)
What Happened to Cyberpunk?
sciencefiction:
William Gibson: Cyberpunk today is a standard Pantone shade in pop culture. You know it when you see it.
Neal Stephenson: It evolved into birds.
Douglas Rushkoff: For most people, it was surrendered to the cloud. For those who understand, it stayed on their hard drives.
From “It Evolved Into Birds: Ten Science-Fictional Thinkers On the Past and Future of Cyberpunk” on...
In Case You Were Wondering Why Wall Street Keeps... →
thepenguinpress:
Forbes highlights neuroscientist and author John Coates’s research into why traders routinely behave counter to rational thinking.
R.I.P. Ray Bradbury, Author of Fahrenheit 451 and... →
He was 91, and led a full life. Still, terrible news.
“I could fill a book with reasons, and they would all be true, though not true of...”
– John Fowles, The French Lieutenant’s Woman (via distantheartbeats)
