Ian Banks new novel Transition is now available as a free podcast on iTunes. This is great news for Banks fans, and for scifi in general. Many thanks to Orbit Books for releasing this as a podcast the same day as the hardcover publication. Now that’s a company which understands Web 2.0.
Related posts
No related posts.
Tags: Announcements
The basic argument of an atheist is “If there is a God then prove it, where is the evidence? I can’t see him, I’ve never seen a miracle, there is no evidence of supernatural powers or beings.” Replace those words with aliens and you get the exact same argument. Anyone who argues against the existence [...]
Tags: fermi paradox
Work published in 2008 from Israel claims detection of element #122. If true the implications are stunning. The only possible method of generating element 122 is by artificial nucleosynthesis, a technical feat beyond the capability of modern day humans.
While subsequent study may have disproven the theory this opens up a new method of proving the [...]
Tags: Uncategorized
Scifi pessimists say – we’ll never be able to feed 8 billion people.
Scifi optimists invent algae which can fix nitrogen from the air, generate fertilizer, and live in a symbiotic relationship with roots of food plants in airborne greenhouses.
Scifi pessimists say – global warming will kill us all.
Scifi optimists invent CO2 scavenging algae which generate [...]
Tags: commentary