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Category Archive: sci-fi
Nov 23
How to Live Without Humor
On November 17 the New York Times published, How to Live Without Irony, an article by Christie Wampole. Rather than think about the piece –I’m bored of arguments and humans– I outsourced the job to a machine. I used my computer’s ‘find and replace’ function on certain key words in her essay. (Irony to humor, sincere to …
Nov 09
Owl Pellets: Bioterror, Predator Vision, Mine Dolphin, See Thru, Cybercrime, Surveillance and Sci Fi
Bioterrorism examined in lecture at Marshall: Using 3D printers, people should be able to hack DNA and create viruses, attacking life in much in the same way hackers and cybercriminals can attack computers. DARPA wants to equip soldiers with Android phones for ‘Predator vision’: Attach a camera to their head, let the watch the output …
Nov 05
Massive Make-Believe Mushrooms in Mumbai
From Design Boom’s DIY submissions, a nifty piece of sci-fi that captures what the future of biotech may look like. Tobias Revell, a british interaction designer, has documented the dharavi slums of mumbai, india, showcasing how genetically modified mushrooms have revitalized the poverty stricken city in the ‘new mumbai’ of the future. Originally from amsterdam, highly …
Oct 30
Orson Welles Meets H.G. Wells
Just a terrific conversation between film-maker Orson Welles and author H.G. Wells. It was recorded shortly after Orson’s War of the Worlds, which was based on H.G.’s book of the same name. Frustratingly, the above clip cuts out with 30 seconds remaining. You can listen to the entire thing here or go directly to the …
Oct 15
Aurora Award Pin Arrives
My Aurora pin arrived by mail on Friday. The Prix Aurora Awards are the Canadian version of the Hugo. My book, Technicolor Ultra Mall, was short-listed for best novel. While it didn’t win, it was quite an honour to be nominated. And congrats to Robert J. Sawyer, who did win, for the third novel in …
Oct 09
I Have a Short Story in Tesseracts 16 (Now For Sale)
Tesseracts 16 is now for sale. (My short story, “The Ghost in the Meme,” is the first one in the book.) You can also buy Tessercats on Amazon. (If you’re in Toronto, I recommend Bakka Books. They’re good people, know their shit and are a cornerstone of Canadian science fiction.) Anyway, about the Tesseracts series . …
Oct 09
Technicolor Ultra Mall Review in Coilhouse
M1K3Y has reviewed Technicolor Ultra Mall for the well-known and much-loved Coilhouse. A sample: Come for the ultraviolence, stay for the science-fictional mind-juice. This is a masterfully written must-read for anyone trying to understand just how this world of ours could all go horribly wrong(er). You can read the entire review here.
Sep 18
Science Fiction Heroines as Saints
I’d like that in stained glass. You can see all seven here.
PURCHASE
"This ultra-sharp, darkly satiric, hyper-speed novel is set in a world where multi-level mega malls serves as city states and everything on the outside lies in ruin. On the lower red levels, gang violence and media saturation and bio-tech designer drugs rule. During the weekend, slummers from the green levels leave their safe lives of jobs and families to partake in risky, sometimes deadly, fun on the red levels. And on every level, TV and advertisements literally penetrate the mind. Death is easy and life cheap, until that life is your own or your beloveds. Extreme stylization, great characters, and a high-level of intensity is maintained throughout. This is a whip-smart, truly violent novel that has at its core a still very human pulsing heart."
