D&D in Second Life, participatory panopticon redux, pre-order Marusek collection…

• 1 – Scripted Dice Roll Themselves: D&D Comes to SL
  “…pen-and-paper (or tabletop) Dungeons & Dragons … seems to be experiencing a resurgence in popularity in a curious place: the original fantasy game is catching on in the fantasy world of Second Life.”
  (tags: roleplaying gaming worlds synthetic reality virtual metaverse Life Second paper pen RPG D&D Dragons Dungeons)
• 2 – Deriviative Works
  “I found the book difficult to follow and the characters failed to engage me. Does that make the book a bad one? No. Just a book that wasn’t for me.” Interesting reflections on genre labelling.
  (tags: sf scifi fiction science works derivative labelling genre literature books)
• 3 – Participatory Panopticon Draws Ever Closer
  ‘Life caching’ with your Series 60 mobile phone, plus the iPod breathaliser … the world gets weirder and more wired as the days fly past.
  (tags: ubiquity technology breathaliser iPod caching life pictures phone mobile panopticon participatory)
• 4 – The Birth and Death of Genre?
  “Not even the best TV drama can really compete with a really great work of fiction.” Katherine Kerr muses at DeepGenre.
  (tags: development decline future crime fantasy sf scifi science genre history literature fiction)
• 5 – Story Collection Pre-Order
  Put your name down for the forthcoming shorts anthology from David Marusek. w00t!
  (tags: literature writing sf scifi fiction science collection story short Heads Counting Marusek David)
• 6 – New Bush Space Policy Unveiled, Stresses U.S. Freedom of Action
  “U.S. President George W. Bush has authorized a sweeping new national space policy, green-lighting an overarching national policy that governs the conduct of America’s space activities.” When the world just isn’t enough…
  (tags: interference exploitation control action freedom government policy space Bush US)