Absolute Sterling Shatner Jackson

Bruce Sterling interview (with Cory Doctorow, Paul Di Filippo, Richard Nash, Ted Striphas, Matthew Battles, Marianne de Pierres, Giuseppe Granieri, John Sundman, Nils Gilman, Giuliana Guazzaroni):

Ted Striphas: Beyond the fact that neologisms can make for lively writing, why push the limits of language this way? 

Bruce Sterling: I know that can sound like "pushing" language, but from my point of view, social change reveals gaps in language.

 Sterling references this article from Atlantic Monthly (wiki):  "As We May Think" by Vannevar Bush

Seth Abramson stands up for Peter Jackson and The Hobbit, backing up his thoughts from the "canon," so to speak.

Below absolute zero?  Nature magazine

Captain Kirk to Commander Hadfield (William Shattner)

Free ebooks, interviews, 2001

Free Kate Wilhelm story

Free 40k ebook of interviews with... 

Bruce Sterling, Ted Striphas, Richard Nash, Kassia Krozser, Brian O'Leary, Joe Wikert, Piotr Kowalczyk, Joanna Penn, Joel Friedlander, Ken Liu, Jacob Appel, Rhys Hughes, Kaaron Warren, Jamie Todd Rubin

Charles Stross's theory of reviews

Samuel Delany 1990 interview

After posting on the 2001: A Space Odyssey analysis, someone pointed out this movie trailer recut for the modern blockbuster:

Writing links with unicorns

Literary Science:  fMRI and other studies show a similar connection between reading and real-life experiences.  A correlation exists between reading and empathy.

More Lit Sci:  activating brain.

Turkey City:  Lewis Shiner and Bruce Sterling relate classic problems with speculative works.

Sheryl Hoyt:  Self-publishing article.

New writing podcast:  Hide and Create with David Dalglish, Diana Rowland, Jordan Ellinger and Joshua Essoe

TED Hour:  Getting Ideas

Lab lit -- fiction and essays about science

North Korea says unicorns are real.