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a blog by Paul Graham Raven
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24JUN22 / accessions
Jagannath is a book-group read; Tidbeck is a local legend, works for Malmö’s library service. I’ve heard a lot about Palmer without, somehow, ever having read any of her stuff. And Fifty Figures is a contributor copy for the trophy shelf, which will presumably see me introduced at sf-centric events as “Bruce Sterling scholar” for…
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after the smoke has cleared
Well, it’s been a minute, hasn’t it? Futures Brought to Life in Vienna (on which more anon) seems like it happened aeons ago, but it also somehow seems like between now and then I’ve achieved next to nothing of note. This, to be clear, is entirely a matter of appearances, an effortless self-deception; I’ve done…
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this means nothing to me
Aaah—Vienna. Sight for sore eyes after a delayed night-train. So you enjoy the earworm, while I go enjoy the sunshine for a bit.
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ut på spåren igen
Going to Austria, BRB. Talking at the Futures Brought To Life symposium, with various other veterans of what was once the Weird Futures scene. Livestreams will be available, apparently, if you’re not in town.
Who is Paul Graham Raven?
“… who, with raving lips uttering things mirthless, unbedizened, and unperfumed, reaches over a thousand years with [his] voice, thanks to the god in [him].”