I will never stop thinking that matter transmitters are interesting. As further evidence of this, my first academic publication, a chapter in a book called Travel & Imagination, is coming out in April. I received the cover and publication date this week. The title of my chapter is “MT Promises: Science Fictional Travel Technologies and […]
This d-mat scenario scares me more than any other, because nature will always find a way to make things nasty for us, given a chance. You’d be surprised how often d-mat booths are struck by lightning. I know that doesn’t answer your question, but I’ll get there. They assure us the booths are safe, but […]
I’m often asked this. Twinmaker, Troubletwisters and the Books of the Cataclysm all feature twins (identical, fraternal and mirror, respectively). Then there are the books that feature duplication of people, one way or another in Geodesica, Orphans, The Resurrected Man, The Fixers, Astropolis . . . it never ends. So why? This is a question […]
Here it is! Kudos to Balzer + Bray for such a wonderful successor to Twinmaker, and thanks to the photographer, the model, everyone who had anything to do with it. I am excited! Blurb is next. Watch this space. Happy Valentine’s Day!