Links for 17-04-2007
Clarke Award shortlist dissected, Greg Bear interviewed, robot sex club tout…
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1 – Shortlist Overview: The 2007 Arthur C. Clarke Award, reviewed by Farah Mendlesohn
Farah Mendlesohn takes the gloves off before tackling the Clarke Award shortlist.
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“I go back to the 1960’s when Analog was publishing these kind of stories [..] there was a real confluence of what we would call techno-thrillers in sf back then [...] and I think Tom Clancy regards himself as a bit of a science fiction writer, too.”
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3 – Robot employed as sex club tout
“In the Minami area of Osaka [...] a humanoid robot dressed in a “sailor suit” high school uniform now works the street as a tout for an adult information center that navigates potential customers to local sex clubs.”
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