Arranged chronologically from 1955 through 2001, Dozois’ anthology Worldmakers: SF Adventures in Terraforming, is a tightly-themed collection of science fiction shorts. It’s a good overview of the terraforming subject’s treatment within the genre but the anthology seems to lack any stand-out stories – there are no great masterpieces in here. Which is not to say […]
Eclipse 1 is a good-not-great anthology of speculative (née “science”) fiction and fantasy (rather: “new weird”) short stories edited by Jonathan Strahan. My “good-not-great” may be stemming from my disappointment that there was more “new weird”/fantasy than there was science fiction 1 but there were still quite a few “big wins” in the pile that […]
iPhone 3.0 Software Walkthrough at The iPhone Blog (via DF) — part of the iPhone OS 3.0 round-up (tagged: iphone ) iPhone 3.0 software update Review at Macworld/iPhone Central (via DF) — part of the iPhone OS 3.0 round-up (tagged: iphone ) Instant Expert: Secrets & Features of iPhone OS 3.0 at iLounge (via DF) […]
The Big Idea John Joseph Adams at John Scalzi's blog ("Whatever") re: his new anthology, Federations. WANT. (tagged: scifi literature wishlist ) The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals at Ecstatic Days : …this bite-sized bestiary is the deciding vote on which fantastical creatures are kosher. Embarking on an undomesticated romp from A to Z, the […]
CSS – Contents and compatibility – mobile at quirksmode.org (tagged: webdev css mobile selectors compatibility work research todo ) Nearly 400-Year-Old Maryland Beer Finally Available in Stores Washington City Paper: 1634 Ale is produced by Brewer’s Alley in Frederick, which has brewed the beer exclusively from ingredients that were available to colonists in the early […]
China Miéville on Crime Novels Scalzi "gives the floor" to China Miéville re: his new novel. (tagged: literature essay todo ) Cover Story: Finger Painting at The New Yorker Blog — seen referenced/linked in multiple places already… Just plain "wow". Watch the video. (tagged: video iPhone illustration art ) First Look: Roxio Easy VHS to […]
In lieu of a actual substantive review, a few notes about George Saunders’ In Persuasion Nation: (1) A typical Saunders collection. This means you’re getting some delightfully weird prose but it also means you’re getting (more than?) a few tales oblique enough to blot out the sun. Which is not to comment on whether/not those […]
In lieu of a review of Stranger in a Strange Land (because what would be the point?), a few notes intead: (1) I can see why it’s considered a science fiction classic. On an intellectual level, I “get” that part. Hence getting shelved as “important”. Creating a character and a milieu and a plot to […]
50 Banned Books That Everyone Should Read at Online College Degree — because everyone loves a "banned books" list. (tagged: literature censorship ) 40+ Eye-Catching Mac Screensavers (tagged: Mac screensaver ) ECMAScript 5 Objects and Properties (tagged: ecmascript javascript dev work essay todo ) Woot : Unused Car Lots: Now What? Sure, we could just […]
The Art of Penguin Science Fiction via B² (tagged: design literature scifi art typography illustration ) Here & There via Warren Ellis — "a horizonless projection in Manhattan" (awesome) (tagged: design visualization art map ) Classic Illustrators by Name via the w00t blog — a Flickr collection of scans of classic "Golden Age of Advertising" […]