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If those pesky computer scientists can prove God exists, is Cthulhu and the rest of the elder gods just around the corner? http://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/2013/10/godels-god/...
Commented on On Syria
Oh, one last good read before I'm off... http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-30/dont-show-obama-report-about-who-really-behind-syrian-chemical-attacks enjoy....
Commented on On Syria
Ohhh, the war drums are beating again and Obama is using John Kerry as the drumstick. For those of you that might also want to consider a second opinion, try the website zerohedge.com (not spamming, just some very interesting reads)...
Commented on The Northern Wild: How to Save New York?
For the engineering types out there, I found this a particularly good read. Being an engineer, I always prefer an engineering approach. http://rps3.com/Pages/Burt_Rutan_on_Climate_Change.htm As for cities,no thanks, Been there, done that. I prefer my 20 wooded acres out in the...

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j.g.hall42 commented on I have a new book cover
I'm the president of the Oxford University SF society. Hopefully Charlie won't mind if I give details of his talk tomorrow, in case anyone here is interested. The talk will be tomorrow (Wednesday) evening in the Okinaga Room, Wadham College, Oxford. Doors open at 8pm. Non-members are welcome, admission £2....
Dan commented on I have a new book cover
Just pre-ordered! Bummed that I won't get it for a year, though. The conundrum over pricing seems to me to reflect the concentration in the market. If there were a little more competition or some more easily evolving digital exchange -- kind of like a currency exchange -- it would become clear what the pricing should be very rapidly, seems to me. Just a little blurb of a five-second thought....
pukeko60 commented on I have a new book cover
Charlie: pre-ordered. As a book. Unfortunately, from the US site: the UK and commonwealth versions are much nicer. In fact... I am looking forward to how you make vampires are creepy as you made unicorns....
Dynomoose commented on I have a new book cover
I shot over to amazon to preorder, only to find that I'd already done so. In other news, even hearing the word 'unicorn' gives me a case of the creeps. I have a daughter who is turning eight this weekend. Do you have any idea how impossible it is to avoid unicorns with a girl that age????...
Graeme Livermore commented on I have a new book cover
Please don't mention unicorns again, they've got wings as well these days in various plastic pastel shades. [shudder]. I am reliably informed they are called Alicorns by my 5 year old....

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Common Misconceptions About Publishing—a series of essays about the industry I work in.
How I Got Here In The End —my non-writing autobiography, or what I did before becoming a full-time writer.
Unwirer—an experiment in weblog mediated collaborative fiction.
Shaping the Future—a talk I gave on the social implications of Moore's Law.
Japan: first impressions — or, what I did on my holidays
Inside the MIT Media Lab—what it’s like to spend a day wandering around the Media Lab.
The High Frontier, Redux — space colonization: feasible or futile?
“Nothing like this will be built again”—inside a nuclear reactor complex.
Old blog—2003-2006 (RIP)

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