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Drink it, grow a beard, and become (all but) impervious to poison, getting shot, a bludgeoning and drowning. Super (Ras)Putin Power.

Yes. I've read Raft, Timelike Infinity and Flood and several of his short stories. Very entertaining hard SF author.

Go Flight.

Classics Science Fiction and Fantasy (mostly short stories) Various

I'll be looking at that for a while. I noticed he forgot to finish a title as well. Next to J.G. Ballard it says "The Crystal. I wonder what distracted him.

Even if they weren't going to buy the book anyway? What if some people read it free and then go out and buy something else from the author? I think eventually web sites will find ways to link very specific, tailored advertising to individual authors/books and a percentage of revenue from...

It would seem so unless those free e-books do something to increase the author's earnings in some other way and, judging by a glimpse at what Doctorow made around 2008-09, they just may. I mean Little Brother can be downloaded for free and he still got $2/book@100K copies? My favorite quote...

I wonder if Pournelle has even considered he might make more money by doing the same thing Doctorow does. Not that he necessarily would, but he might. Of course, he'd have to get one of his ever-present, author partners to agree I suppose. Cory Doctorow quoting Tim O'Reilly: From Jerry...

I've only read some of his short fiction but I heard this interview with him which explains his philosophy of giving away his work for free. It's a fascinating and progressive discussion on publishing, copyrights, Internet freedom, technology and the media. There's also a short story at the...

No, not yet. I'll check it out.

I'm about 3/4 through The Know-It-All: One Man's HUMBLE QUEST to Become the SMARTEST PERSON in the World by A.J. Jacobs and I've really enjoyed it. The author took a year out of his life to read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica end to end. Each chapter is a letter of the alphabet with random...

Not for that person anyway. And you're right it isn't. In fact I read this story first in an anthology about dystopias and after having heard good things about it from other people. Really provocative story especially for being so short. I've only read a few other things by Le Guin but all...

Wow. (About the poll) If you told these people that their head's were on fire they wouldn't believe you if the topic didn't fit mesh with their ideology.

Agreed. Add Wall Street as well for me. Red Dawn was fun too.

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Utopia comes at a price.

I think it's awesome. Sins really start to pile up after a while and who's got time for a full on trip to the confessional? Not me. Of course I don't have time for "apps" either but that's another discussion too.

It's early yet.

The Third Bear - Jeff VanderMeer The Glass Castle - Jeanette Walls The Shrinking Man - Richard Matheson

The Third Bear - Jeff VanderMeer Retribution Falls - Chris Wooding The Glass Castle - Jeanette Walls The Windup Girl - Paolo Bacigalupi Hothouse - Brian Aldiss The City & The City - China Mieville The Shrinking Man - Richard Matheson The Futorological Congress - Stanislaw Lem some...

Just got mine today, finishing up another one though and will start the book club one next week.