Links for 24-11-2006
New UK SF fiction mag, major labels say ‘DRM is dead’, virtual tour of CBGBs, build a fileserver for $80…
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“The question the politicians should be asking is not, “how should the US disengage from Iraq”, but “how can we prevent the inevitable coming collapse of Iraq from spreading to its neighbours”?” Charlie Stross on the Middle East.
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“Hub is the UK’s newest bi-monthly SF Genre magazine, focusing on new writing from the world’s best established and emerging writers.” Can they pull it off in a sparse market? Go buy an issue and give them a chance.
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3 – YourSpace“The tag line is ‘Books by the Greats, Covers by You’, and throughout the rush to design the (back) covers, get the right paper, and tell people about them, we’ve had a really great time.” Buy a Penguin classic, do your own cover.
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“…the major labels have decided to abandon [DRM]. They haven’t announced it yet – but it’s coming soon. In the wake of the Sony BMG Rootkit debacle, and in the light of the competitive advantage logic, it makes perfect sense.”
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“It starts off as a small blob over Ukraine, but then spreads. Constantly changing shape and colour, it curls its way round most of Europe.” Animated map of the spread of Chernobyl fall-out. Scary.
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“At a United Nations meeting last month, a bespectacled Swede made a small, barely noticed announcement that nevertheless represented a pivotal moment in the history of the internet.” Use all the identifiers you like!
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360degree panorama pictures of the recently-defunct US punk mecca.
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Interview with the webmaster of Ballardian.com and co-author of a book on micronations (I’ve read it; worth a look). Of interest to anyone with an interest in alternate or parallel realities.
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Mere weeks after The Android’s Dream hits the shelves, Scalzi sells the unwritten (indeed, un*started*) sequel to Tor. Is there any stopping the man?
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Hal Duncan sells a short story to Interzone, and one ‘pirate shanty’ to Farrago’s Wainscot. Congratulations are in order.
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Does exactly what it says on the tin.
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