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

happy mutants Landscape With Invisible Hand: Late Stage Capitalism, by way of a YA alien invasion novel Cory Doctorow

happy mutants John Varley's "Irontown Blues" – noir doggy science fiction from one of the field's all-time greats Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Fully Automated Small Screen Luxury Communism: Amazon is making a TV show out of Iain Banks's Culture novels Cory Doctorow

science fiction Charlie Stross on the sorry state of science fictional worldbuilding Cory Doctorow

solar energy World's cheapest electricity is Mexican solar power Mark Frauenfelder

books Four Futures: using science fiction to challenge late stage capitalism and Thatcher's "no alternative" Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Kirkus just gave me an AWESOME Christmas present: this starred review for WALKAWAY Cory Doctorow

clint eastwood Rare trio of life size posters from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly offered this weekend Jake Moon

happy mutants Augmented Reality is a Massively Multiplayer Online world Raph Koster

happy mutants Science fiction's Radium Age: prewar stories of postscarcity, peace and justice Cory Doctorow

art The story of Traceroute, about a Leitnerd's quest Thomas Kaestle

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

yanss James Burke on the coming age of scarce scarcity and abundant abundance David McRaney

happy mutants Neil Gaiman: How I learned to stop worrying and love the duplicator machines Neil Gaiman