What The Hell Con
WTH Con is an all-out geekfest with some very interesting events. Webcomics are prominently featured, and game designers are regularly in attendance. Last year I met ARG designer Ken Eklund, and in...
View ArticleCory Doctorow in Chapel Hill May 23, 1 pm
Cory Doctorow at Flyleaf Sun May 23rd 1pmread more
View ArticleSecret Origins
I just started a new monthly column at fandom site Forces of Geek. I'm looking at how speculative fiction has influenced information technology, starting with how Jules Verne invented the internet. Let...
View ArticleThe Cloud as Science Fiction: William Gibson, Twitter, Google, and Zero History
I recently had the good luck to interview William Gibson about his new book, Zero History, in which the social networking site Twitter plays a role as a plot point. Here's what Gibson had to say about...
View ArticleDesigner Babies: From the Pages of Science Fiction to a Fertility Clinic Near...
“Blue or hazel?”A pause.“Hmmm. I like the blue, but I dunno if I like it with the auburn hair. Could we see the dirty blonde again?”The fertility geneticist keys a few commands into his laptop, and the...
View Article7th Global Conference: Visions of Humanity in Cyberculture, Cyberspace and...
This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary project aims to explore what it is to be human and the nature of human community in cyberculture, cyberspace and science fiction. In particular, the...
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Call for Papers: Diversity in Speculative Fiction: Digital Comics
Call for PapersDiversity in Speculative Fiction: Digital Comics Panel Loncon 3, 72nd World Science Fiction Conventionread more
View ArticleWith a last name like Picard, I had to be a SciFi Nerd in the early 90s…. A...
I am serving as one of 5 HASTAC Scholars for Vanderbilt University during the 2013-2014 school year and am pleased to be partnered with Vanderbilt's Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy....
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