Monthly Archive:: January 2008

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75 Words SciFi Fans Should Know

General SciFi

An interesting list of words from scifidom that I was utterly devestated that I could not instantly recognize and define each one! I’m working on that. (Found through SFSignal of course….) So um, uh. How many cyberpunk/shadowrunny words are there on the list? (As he weasels in his  post to the rigorous deinition of this [&hellip

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Virtual World Griefers

Games, General Cyberpunk

Interesting articles in Wired about v-world griefers, malicious or just practical jokers? I do agree with the sentiment that it really shows how serious the players take their in-game experiences through how exasperated they become. But griefing someone so much they quit a game? That ain’t good

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Rudy Rucker Interview

Books

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”

Books

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?

TV/Film

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

Books

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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25-Year Director’s Final Cut – Blade Runner

General Cyberpunk, TV/Film

This has been on my mind for awhile, didn’t show up in my xmas stocking but it’ll be around soon enough, have no doubt. I like the point made here, that all the “Net lore made ‘Blade Runner’ a richer experience.” All the FAQs and behind-the-scenes recountings add more texture to the movie. And the [&hellip

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