Wherein the coiner of the term “weblog” espouses on some guidelines for good blogs. Wait a minute, that’s just a link to the news about the story in Wired, here’s the real list!
Shadowrun Intellectual Property back in the hands of FASA founder
OK so this may mean that shadowrun is back in the hands of some who cares about it and it is now out of the clutches of the evil empire (Microsoft). Does this spell some hope for some more novels? No chatter on that yet but I really hope so. Check out Smith & Tinker.
Enoc
The Definitive Steampunk Anthology
Solaris Press in publishing Extraordinary Engines: The definitive Steampunk Anthology. Extraordinary Engines is a brand new anthology of all-original stories from some of the genre’s foremost writers. Read More about it here.
Vernor Vinge’s Rainbows End – Free online
I know I must have read one of his books at one time but I just cannot remember which one. In any case Rainbows End seems like an intriguing read. In any case you can read his book for free if you like at http://vrinimi.org/rainbowsend.html. You can buy it as well
Enoc
A reality stranger than fiction for cyberpunk prophet
Interesting article about William Gibson over at canberra. Talks about how a single event in history can cause the world to switch course.
Enoc
A Love of Lists
I love lists. Amazon lists, year-end lists, summer reading lists, winter reading lists, best-seller lists. I love them all. There’s so much good fiction out that it’s impossible to be aware of it all. So lists really help. We should start a list here! But until we do, SFSignal does a great job linking to various SF lists as demonstrated.
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Steampunk Motorcycles
Wow this is a pretty amazing collection of steampunk motorcycles… I have always wanted a Trike myself.
Enoc
Cyberpunk Poetry?
I guess it makes sense and someone has had to do this at some point… Check out this article over at the Poetry Foundation..
Enoch
New Book – The Electric Church by Jeff Somers
Caught this review at blogcritics.org for a new book by Jeff Somers – The Electric Church. They are saying “The Electric Church, the latest book from Jeff Somers, is a gritty, cyberpunk masterpiece in the tradition of Snowcrash and Neuromancer.” Sounds good to me – ordered it at Amazon
Enoch
Steampunk Interview
One of my favorite blogs is Gizmodo. They have an excellent interview with Rich Nagy who is the “top creator of custom Steampunk objects” around today. Check it out.