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Interview: Richard K. Morgan on the Failures of Capitalism and the Success of Science Fiction • io9
“Sevgi Ertekin is representative of the potential of America, and there's a speech where she says, ‘I cannot believe we pissed this all away. ... We surrendered to the idiot dregs of our own society.’ For me, that's the mission statement of that that element of the book. It's a lament.”
fiction  interview  scifi  richard_k_morgan  society  america 
october 2008 by markpasc
Clarke Awards: Shockingly, Science Fiction Book Wins SF Book Award
wow, I had been waiting for the paperback, but Richard K. Morgan's Thirteen won the Arthur C. Clarke Award. Nice.
richard_k_morgan  thirteen  books  scifi  fiction 
may 2008 by markpasc
Clive Thompson on Why Sci-Fi Is the Last Bastion of Philosophical Writing
Clive Thompson takes a look at Cory Doctorow's novella, After the Siege -- a book, like most sci-fi's, are the only ones to tackle profound philosophical questions.
scifi  fiction  writing  philosophy  pop  science_fiction  cory_doctorow  literature  imagination 
january 2008 by markpasc
Twitch - An Early Peek At SciFi's Eureka
"Egads! After years of coasting along on Stargate and the occasional mini series SciFi's quietly gone out and built up a credible slate of quality original shows. Who knew?" Plus Matt Frewer!!
tv  scifi  omg  matt_frewer 
july 2006 by markpasc
/usr/bin/god excerpt
first excerpt from impermanently titled work-in-progress
corydoctorowunofficially  usrbingod  excerpt  corydoctorow  scifi 
february 2006 by markpasc

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