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Commented on New publication dates (and audiobook news)
Hi Stross! Are your percentage earnings similar for audiobooks? Are they a good option for supporting you compared to the ebooks?...
Commented on Why I barely read SF these days
If I understand correctly, you are put off by run-of-the-mill SF because it does not put any effort into worldbuilding, relying instead on echoing current pop-culture to build a picture with a few strokes as possible... but the hardcore worldbuilders...
Commented on Crib Notes: Empire Games
Speaking of development traps, I have the impression that the USA and the Commonwealth are heading straight into Exploitation Colonialism. You extract resources from a place you don't care about and consume them. Research and development or financial innovation come...
Commented on Evolver
Bacteria that can feed en-masse on our plastic remains thanks to increasing temperatures. They will either undergo mass extinction after we're gone, or evolve to eat carbo -rich sources.... Such as wood. Wood might go extinct....

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)