Hugo winners, 2011
Last night's Hugo Award ceremony at the World Science Fiction Convention in Reno were just great, and some damned fine writers, creators, editors and books were nominated and won. Some of the balloted...
View ArticleClarion Workshop accepting applications from aspiring sf/f writers
The Clarion Writers' Workshop is a sort of bootcamp for science fiction and fantasy writers. You write something like six stories in six weeks, critique your fellow students' stories for several hours...
View ArticleAspiring sf writers: Clarion workshop closes to applications in two weeks
Aspiring science fiction and fantasy writers have two weeks left to get their applications in to this summer's Clarion Writers' Workshop at UC San Diego. I'm a Clarion grad, instructor and board...
View ArticleSoft robots: elastomeric origami
Wired Science's Dave Mosher investigates elastomeric soft robots -- air-powered origami creepers that can go places that challenge their rigid metallic kin. Getting the soft robots to perform a...
View ArticleFollowing a chain of unexplained deaths in Thailand
Over the past few years, multiple people have died in Thailand from what appears to be exposure to some kind of poison. Most of these people have been tourists. And most of them have been young women....
View ArticleTed Chiang at UC Riverside
From Avi: "Ted Chiang will read selections from his work at the University of California, Riverside on Monday, March 4, at 7 p.m. in the Department of English conference room, HMNSS 2212"
View ArticleWho Owns Omni?
Omni Magazine was the single greatest publication of all time. I dare you to refute that. As a kid, it drove my conception of what the future would be, between its nonfiction articles (sometimes a...
View ArticleTed Chiang talks
Avi sez, "Here is Ted Chiang presenting his take on the future. Enjoy!" Talk about two great tastes that taste great together!
View ArticleThe Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling, a new Ted Chiang short story
Published by Subterranean Press, part of its fall 2013 issue. People consult their lifelogs for a variety of reasons—everything from reliving favorite moments to tracking down the cause of allergic...
View ArticleTed Chiang's "Story of Your Life" headed for the big screen
Here's some spectacular news: Ted Chiang's incredible science fiction story "Story of Your Life" (which won the Nebula and Sturgeon, and was reprinted in his fantastic collection Stories of Your Life...
View ArticleCrowdfunding a science fiction pinup calendar to fund the Clarion workshop
The Clarion Writing Workshop at UC San Diego is the oldest science fiction writing workshop in the world, and it's graduated distinguished alumni from Bruce Sterling and Nalo Hokinson to Kathe Koja...
View ArticleAustralian man travels to Thailand to track down his scammers
Keith Jones was scammed out of US$110,000 by a fraudulent investment firm. Not surprisingly, law enforcement initially had little interest in the case, so Mr. Jones decided to track down the criminals...
View ArticleAnnouncing the instructors for the 2014 Clarion Writers' Workshop
The Clarion Writers' Workshop at UC San Diego has announced its lineup of instructors for the 2014 session, and it's pretty spectacular: this year's writer-instructors are Gregory Frost, Geoff Ryman,...
View ArticleS&L Podcast - #189 - Literary Virginity, Literally
We dig into the first four stories from Ted Chiang's Stories of Your Life and Others, and boy do we learn a lot about ourselves and others. Plus you'll want to take your vitamins since Margaret...
View ArticleThe brilliant ideas and radiant visions of reclusive SF author Greg Egan
Many years ago an acquaintance recommended that I check out a collection of short stories by the Australian science fiction writer Greg Egan. The book was Axiomatic. I looked everywhere in Toronto for...
View ArticleLittle Nemo: Dream Another Dream, 100 artists' tribute to Jazz Age comic legend
Locust Moon Press's Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream is a kickstarted tribute to Winsor McKay's seminal Jazz Age comic strip, with contributions from Peter Bagge, Paul Pope, Charles Vess, Carla Speed...
View ArticleListen: Ted Chiang's short story "Understand" as a BBC radio-drama
Ted Chiang (previously) may be the best short story writer in science fiction today; though he produces very infrequently, he wins accolades and awards for every story. (more…)
View ArticleHang the Jedi
The first time we ever see the power of the "light side" of the Force is to psychically dominate a security guard. The first time we see a lightsaber in use, it's to maim someone in a bar brawl. It's...
View ArticleIs it OK to torture a robot?
The ethics of torturing robots is not a new question, but it's becoming more important as robots and AI becomes more lifelike. Author Ted Chiang explored it in his 2010 novella, The Lifecycle of...
View ArticleTeaser for Arrival, an upcoming alien movie
Science fiction author Ted Chiang's Nebula award-winning short story "Story of Your Life" is getting the big-budget Hollywood treatment. Arrival, starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Forest...
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