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Books You Haven’t Read But Should: Bad Voltage

Hmm another interesting book has popped up. Looks Cheesy but worth checking out. Enoc

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Street: Empathy

Hmm new cyberpunk book just came out that I decided to order. Street: Empathy by Ryan A. Span. Looks interesting. It is reviewed here. I just ordered it on Amazon. I will let you know what I think. Enoc

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Ling Stated it properly: D&D – Gateway Drug?

Ling just sent me an email and since he did not blog it (shame on him) I will… Adam Rogers (from wired) has an article on the New York Times website that sadly/gladly reflects the life path of many of my friends and I… We started with Dungeon & Dragons almost 30 years ago and [&hellip

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Gary Gygax fails his saving throw…

Truly a sad day for me and my high school friends as the great Gary Gygax (the Stan Lee of Roleplaying games) enters into the gates of Valhalla… Gary was one of the founders of the game Dungeon’s and Dragons which I spent so much time playing on the weekends as a youth… Wired reported [&hellip

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20 SF Novels That Will Change Your Life?

Hmm… Can a book change your life? Many have told me that this is the case.. Check out this site that has a list of the 20 SF Novels That Will Change Your Life… Lots of good cyberpunk on that site

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What ever happened to Wired?

There was a time I actually used to subscribe to and read magazines… Now with the internet being such an excellent place to get technology and book reviews and other good stuff it a very rare occasion that I will actually take the time to read a magazine and god forbid I crack open a [&hellip

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Rudy Rucker Interview

I have talked about Rudy Rucker before and his unique style of writing and take on near future. There is an excellent interview on his site that I think is worth reading. The interview was done by Erin Weinstock who runs the website Buck Rogers in the 26th century. Enoc

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More on “Rainbows End”

I noted in a previous post that Vernor Vinge had released a new book call “Rainbows End”. I found this post today off an UK site that I thought was interesting and provided a little more detail on the book and the man behind it. Enoc

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Neuromancer coming to the big screen?

Well I am not sure if this is a rumor or if it will really happen but it seems like there are plans to bring William Gibson’s Neuromancer to the big screen. It seem that Hayden Christensen ( you know him as Darth Vader in Star Wars Episodes 2 and 3 ) is to play [&hellip

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Halting State – Charles Stross

There are rare occasions when I devour a book and Halting State by Charles Stross was one of them. What interested me initially by this book is that it sounded like it was tied into MMORPG’s (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games) of which I am a devoted World of Warcraft (WoW) player (as is [&hellip

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