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http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/28/william-gibson-neuromancer-cyberpunk-booksRead more... )

Just wishing a happy 4th to the Americans on FA. Sure, there have been differences, and not relationship is going to be completely without friction, but I do think Americas contribution to the world is mostly a positive one. The government that the American created, born during the Age of Reason, and found of rational secular principles, was the ( Read more... )

...these guys open a store in your neighbourhood

http://www.ez-robot.com/default.aspx

A definite "reality catches up with science fiction" moment for me.

I found out my work on Lynda Willliam's Reality Skimming blog http://okalrel.org/reality-skimming/ has earned me a nomination in the Best Artist category of the The Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association's Aurora Awards. http://www.prixaurorawards.ca/2013-aurora-award-ballot/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-20845407I grew up watching Stingray and UFO, and I loved the look of Space 1999, even when I didn't think the writing was the greatest. A Gerry Anderson production was pure tech porn, and porn is not watched for the acting, or the stories. his shows always had the best spaceships. and he was a major ( Read more... )

The first man to walk on another world passed away today. He was part of an age when people dared to try great things, an age that continues to slip ever further in the past, and we have become diminished by its passing.

I read a lot of Harrison as a teen, especially his Stainless Steel Rat Series. I laughed at Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers, and Make Room, Make Room is still the scariest novel I ever read. He will be missed.

An article on how the retro-Victorian look of the Nautilus in Disney's 20000 Leagues under the Sea came about. If there's a moment you could point to as the birth of what came to be known as steampunk, this would be it.

http://www.n-e-m-o.org/scale_modeler_oct74.html

Just think, there was a time when people were horrified by lamps in the shape of a human leg ( Read more... )