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Slush
Everyone talks about slush, but no one does anything about it. Except read it. Very reluctantly.
From The Heart's Basement
The Conventional Wisdom
Kurt Vonnegut called the phenomenon "Foma" . . . myths whose falsity was well understood but which we had quietly agreed to treat as if they were true.
Salvos Against Big Brother
Spillage: or, The Way Fair Use Works in Favor of Authors and Publishers
In my last essay, I said I would continue to explore the way in which fair use benefits authors and publishers. In fact, I went so far as to say that "fair use has always been the author's best friend" and I made the following two claims:
What's New in The Future And You
August 2007
The Future And You is an award-winning audio podcast about the future which may be downloaded and enjoyed, or even copied and shared, for free.
Events
- Dragon*con
- Fri, Aug 31, 2007
- Fen Con
- Fri, Sep 21, 2007
- Context
- Fri, Sep 28, 2007
- World Fantasy Con
- Thu, Nov 1, 2007
- Windy Con
- Fri, Nov 9, 2007
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An Ocean is a Snowflake, Four Billion Miles Away Full StoryThorby had kept up his resistance training, but he'd been on Boreas for most of a year so he'd worried about agravitic muscular dystrophy. |
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At the Watering Hole Full StoryResplendent in a spatter-pattern robe, K'reediscranth turned two eyes and four ears heavenward. |
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The Lord-Protector's Daughter Full StoryMykella's bootsteps echoed dully as she descended the stone staircase to the lowest level of the Lord-Protector's palace. |
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Creation: The Launch! Full StoryDon't call me Ishmael. |
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Last Things: Cold Comfort in the Far Future Full Story...the use, however haltingly, of our imaginations upon the possibilities of the future is a valuable spiritual exercise. |
