Links for 10-03-2007
Neuromancer in comic form, Nick Mamatas shares the wisdom, authors earn peanuts…
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1 – Rudy Rucker’s Transrealist Manifesto
Does what it says on the tin – an old piece, but as yet new to me. Warning – link to PDF file.
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2 – ‘Grease monkey’ satellite set for space tune-up
“A ‘mechanic’ satellite designed to refuel and repair a partner in space is set to launch on Thursday. The feats would be the first of their kind and will lay the groundwork for future autonomous robotic missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond.”
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3 – Clarkesworld: A Rejection Letter
“I like you [Writer], so I’m going to spend some time on this one. The moment your protag was thrilled to meet the [most important religious guy], I knew he was dead as fuck.” Writing tricks from Uncle Nick.
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“While the process of designing and printing magazines has been revolutionised in a single generation of digitalisation, the financial model behind the making of magazines has barely changed.” Ahem.
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5 – Authors suffering financially for their art
“The top 10% earned 50% of the total income earned by writers in 2005-06, compared to the bottom 50% who earned less than 10% of the total.” Ouch.
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6 – Science Fiction after 1950
Add the word ‘free’ at the front of the title, and you have a description of what this page is linking too. Great resource.
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7 – Neuromancer – from prose to comics to cyberspace
“…a site which has taken the long out-of-print graphic novel adaptation of the award-winning novel [...] published by Epic Comics in the late 1980s.” Mmmm – it *looks* 80s, too.
