Daily Archives: February 18, 2007

Small con – BIG ideas: thoughts from PicoCon

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 … Continue reading

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Primeval – its certainly a soup

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 … Continue reading

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Reading others – isn’t that what we are supposed to do?

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 … Continue reading

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