You could have been forgiven for thinking that the new post-Singularity post-Soviet republic was being founded in Kensington with this year’s Guests of Honour - Ken Macleod, Charles Stross and Farah Mendlesohn.
Ken decided to give a talk on whatever came into his mind starting with a trip to New Zealand which introduced the theme of […]
Having just made my supper after my return from PicoCon last night, I saw bits and pieces of Primeval. Can I please have those minutes of my life back? Its obiously ITV’s attempt at encroaching on the Dr Who market but the budget could have been better spent on doing some research than CGI monsters. […]
I went to PicoCon yesterday (con report coming later) and a couple of the talks covered the notion of difference. Farah, one of the Guests of Honour, mentioned receivng an article for the journal Foundation and, when making suggestions for further reading to improve the article’s argument, being told “I don’t read books by men”.
This […]