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science fiction Philip K. Dick: "If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others" David Pescovitz

books Deluxe edition of Philip K. Dick’s Ubik John Struan

facial recognition Ant-facial recognition tech at the Hong Kong protests was an art project Thom Dunn

happy mutants The Bleeding Edge: a terrifying, enraging look at the corrupt, deadly world of medical implants Cory Doctorow

guns How to destroy an AR-15 David Pescovitz

science fiction Talking Walkaway on the CNet book-club podcast Cory Doctorow

restaurants Moby Dick's Restaurant lease blocked due in part to its "offensive name" David Pescovitz

Business Warner Bros angry that someone other than the MPAA is running an illegal internal movie server Cory Doctorow

reality Is this "base reality"? Probably not, say some Andrea James

music The design of extreme heavy metal logos David Pescovitz

happy mutants Medusa's Web: Tim Powers is the Philip K Dick of our age Cory Doctorow

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Philip K Dick Philip K. Dick was right: we are becoming androids Jesse Walker

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