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09-30-03: Lambshead
Proof Contest Giveaway, Bruce Sterling on Tech that Deserves
to Die, William Dietz, Brenchley & Bergstrom New
Releases
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A
Cure Worse Than the Disease:
Lambshead
Proof Contest Giveaway
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One of two proofs to
go!
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I have a couple of
proofs of the Thackery
T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and
Discredited
Diseases. I'm
giving them to the two best 300 word or
less essays/images/whatevers describing A
Cure Worse Than the Disease. Email them to
me by 10/3/03; the results will go up in a
special on 10/7/03, and be mailed out
shortly thereafter.
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Bruce
Sterling on Tech that Deserves to Die
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Bruce Sterling opines on the topic
of Technologies that deserve to
die.
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Bruce Sterling is an eloquent
spokesman for science fact as experienced by those
who tend to read science fiction. In a
column
over at Technology Review dot Com, he gives his
opinion about the ten techs that deserve to die,
which in order are...
1. Nuclear Weapons
2. Coal-Based Power
3. The Internal-Combustion
Engine
4. Incandescent Light Bulbs
5. Land Mines
6. Manned Spaceflight
7. Prisons
8. Cosmetic Implants
9. Lie Detectors
10. DVDs
You'll have to go to the column
to read his reasons; while you might disagree with
his choices or the reasoning behind them, you don't
want miss out on anything from one of our most
entertaining and thought-provoking writers.
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Chaz
Brenchley v 5
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Only one more to go; you
can probably start reading
them now with the confidence
that by the time you get ready
to finish the saga, the last
book will be out.
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Ah, the continuing story of
Chaz Brenchley's trilogy split into six books.
We're in the final lap now. here's book five,
and given the sprightly release schedule, I
think it's safe to say that you can start
reading v1 with the certainty that you'll have
v6 on hand by the time you get to v5, since as
we know, v5 and v6 comprise one volume in the
original release. We hope, unless the splits
were done very oddly. But at least
we don't have years to wait, as is too often the
case.
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Elaine
Bergstrom Offers More Vampires to a Vampire-Starved
World
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You might think this gal
is waiting for a shower,
Carrie-style.
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Now, I know that Elizabeth
Bergstrom is a good writer, but one must ask if
we really need another vampire novel at the
particular moment. Especially one that features
classy, buxom gals bathing in blood. But I read
the first part of this and she does have a nice,
compelling voice. Good writing can make up for a
lot of sins. If you're in starved for vampires,
now that Buffy's left the building, you can look
here to cure your thirst.
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William
C. Dietz back in Battle
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William C. Dietz is back
in battle with a new Legion of
the Damned novel
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Taking a vacation from the
subjugation of Earth and mid-word caps in
DeathDay and EarthRise, William C.
Dietz is back with another tale of the Legion of
the Damned. Rebellions, untrustworthy allies,
immigration problems. If we thought going into
space would cure all that, we're clearly
deluded. I'm with Sterling -- forget manned
space flight. Let's just stay here on Earth and
blow up one another, it's far more
cost-effective.
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