The Tech World’s Greatest Living Novelist, Robin Sloan, Goes Meta
In which Robin Sloan writes Moonbound—a science fiction book about science fiction—and our writer writes his way into total insanity.
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Culture, Culture / Books, Culture / Digital Culture, Culture / Tech Culture, dial-up, Tech Industry, Tech NewsAI Killed Images. Legacy Russell Knows How We Can Revive Them
Read more: AI Killed Images. Legacy Russell Knows How We Can Revive ThemThe author of Black Meme has ideas for how to protect digital culture from the rise of generative AI. It starts with embracing slow media.
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There’s Nothing Revolutionary About ‘Morning After the Revolution’
Read more: There’s Nothing Revolutionary About ‘Morning After the Revolution’Former New York Times tech reporter and media entrepreneur Nellie Bowles’ book Morning After the Revolution bills itself as a bold contrarian missive but serves up lukewarm dogma.
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What Happens When a Romance Writer Gets Locked Out of Google Docs
Read more: What Happens When a Romance Writer Gets Locked Out of Google DocsIn March, an aspiring author got a troubling message: All of her works in progress were no longer accessible. What happened next is every writer’s worst fear.
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Culture, Culture / Books, Culture / Digital Culture, Culture / TV, Physics Problems, Tech Industry, Tech News
Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’ Adapts the Unadaptable
Read more: Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’ Adapts the UnadaptableFor their next trick, Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss are tackling a complex piece of Chinese science fiction. This time, they know how it ends.
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I Found Frank Herbert’s ‘Dune’ Script. ‘Dune: Part Two’ Is Better
Read more: I Found Frank Herbert’s ‘Dune’ Script. ‘Dune: Part Two’ Is BetterIt’s hard to imagine a weirder film version of Dune than the one David Lynch released in 1984, but Frank Herbert found a way.
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The Willy Wonka Event’s Lead Actor Speaks Out: ‘It Was Just Gibberish’
Read more: The Willy Wonka Event’s Lead Actor Speaks Out: ‘It Was Just Gibberish’Paul Connell, who portrayed “Willy McDuff” at Willy’s Chocolate Experience, talks to WIRED about the Unknown, jelly beans, and an impossible vacuum cleaner trick.
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Lots of People Make Money on Fanfic. Just Not the Authors
Read more: Lots of People Make Money on Fanfic. Just Not the AuthorsNext year, SenLinYu’s Harry Potter fic Manacled will disappear from Archive of Our Own. They don’t want to take it down, but it’s the only way to keep others from profiting off of the work.
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The Story Behind Elon Musk’s Tweet Restriction Fiasco
Read more: The Story Behind Elon Musk’s Tweet Restriction FiascoLast summer, Elon Musk began rate-limiting the number of tweets users could see on Twitter. Here’s the real reason why.
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I Found David Lynch’s Lost ‘Dune II’ Script
Read more: I Found David Lynch’s Lost ‘Dune II’ ScriptIt was only about halfway done, but the script David Lynch wrote for the sequel to his 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel, Dune, was still better than Dune Messiah.
