Wednesday, August 07, 2002

Hmmm...: Speed Metal for Gender Bending Fiction. Theresa Nielsen Hayden notes the Seattle "Literate Metal" band Blöödhag, who sing songs about James Tiptree, Jr. and Ursula K. Le Guin, and other writers. [More Like This WebLog] 9:06:18 PM     Pay attention students...this is interdisciplinary...: Bruce Sterling's Open Source Thoughts [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] 9:04:37 PM     We're doomed, just doomed, with these guys protecting us. A Big LOL for FBI Alert. An FBI computer security agency predicts a fierce cyberattack Tuesday morning. The perpetrator? A group of Italian kids just as confused as the G-men, who seem to have created their own crisis. War of the Worlds meets Keystone Kops. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News] 8:29:56 PM     We can only hope...: Will Spiritual Robots Replace Humanity By 2100? [Internet Scout Weblog] 8:27:18 PM     In the 'bout time department...: program of book studies. The Massey College of the University of Toronto has a complete program of book studies. [future of the book news] 8:19:12 PM     Haven't read this one, but Brin's other books are uniformly thoughtful and thought-provoking: Book Review: Kiln People by David Brin (Culture). David Brin, who gave us the chilling Universe of the Uplift series and The Postman, has updated the legend of the golem, a clay automaton, in high tech way. In this future, instead of computer-based artificial intelligence, Brin gives us clay-based artificial intelligence based on copying the consciousness of people into disposable, clay containers. [kuro5hin.org] 8:13:12 PM     Anybody help this guy out? How about "Straight Man" by Richard Russo, an academic satire? Fun Novels That Aren't SF. I'm a tech person.  Like many of our ilk, I find myself enjoying escapist fiction -- for novels I primarily read science fiction and fantasy. I doubt I will ever stop enjoying these and won't let anyone's opinion of their worth get in the way of that, but I would like a bit more variety.  Given the diverse group here on Kuro5hin, I figure many of you would have suggestions for myself and those of us in the same boat as to what book we should read next. What are your favourite non-SF/Fantasy novels and contemporary authours? [kuro5hin.org] 8:12:11 PM

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