Iain Aschendale

Commented on 21st Century: a complaint
Okay, I don't like fantasy much, but I do like SF. The problem comes when lazy writers, like these 21c morons, refuse to keep internal consistency. I liked the Mars Rover season, but they told us right from the start...
Commented on CMAP: Short stories, what are they good for?
Very interesting read. I grew up reading Clarke, Asimov, and Spider Robinson short stories, "Tales from the White Hart" and all the Callahan's books spring immediately to mind, so the short form seems very natural for SF to me. I...
Commented on An age-old question
Leaving aside the Malthusian apocalypse that would result, if you want to see what your life will be like with a vastly extended/near immortal lifespan, just look at Prince Charles. I'm not British, so I'm going to make absolutely no...

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)