News Worth Reposting:
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Are We Alone - Encore Presentation "When Machines Rule "
Every year, computing machines become more powerful, a fact that hasn't escaped the notice of anyone who occupies an office. Many experts now agree that within a few decades, your laptop will be smarter than you are. Not only that, but your computer will be in touch with its byte-busting brethren. When that happens, the machines will "wake up. But what takes place next? Can we stop the machines from turning us into protoplasmic peons in a world in which they are the top intellectual dogs? Seth and Molly go to the Singularity Summit in San Francisco, and talk to some far-sighted humans who are preparing for the next generation of brainiacs - and they won't be your offspring!
Guests:
- Eliezer Yudkowsky - Research fellow and co-founder of the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
- Everett Sherwood - Former research member at Motorola Labs
- Brad Templeton - Board member, Foresight Nanotech Institute, and Chair, Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Charles Harper - Senior Vice President, John Templeton Foundation
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Next Steamcon Meeting! - Sunday July 27th at 3:00 - 4:45 P.M. at the Capitol Hill branch of the Public Library. 425 Harvard Ave. E. Seattle WA
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GUD Magazine - Special offer for NWSFS News Blog readers!
For the entire month of July, GUD Magazine ( http://www.gudmagazine.com/ ) will be offering 50% off for the PDF versions of Issues 0 and 1 for readers of the NWSFS Blogs. Go to: http://www.gudmagazine.com/subs/subscribe-nwsfs.php
Headlines From SF News Sites:
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Apex Book Company: Jennifer Pelland reading, signing, and discussion
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io9: Your Fleet Is No Match for Space Cthulhu [Concept Art], MTV's New Cartoon Brings You Cutting Edge Of 1960s Animation [Invincible], You've Got Comic-Con Questions, and We've Got Answers [San Diego Comic Con], Dr. Horrible's Freeze Ray Will Stop the World [Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog], Psychic Powers And Volcanic Conspiracies In New 4400 Book [The 4400], Home Ec in Outer Space with Andy Astronaut and Mandy Martian [Retro Futurism], You Won't Need A Mad Science Degree To Follow J.J. Abrams' Fringe [Fringe], Bunny Highlander: There Can Be Only One [Bunny Scifi], Brightest Supernova In History Has Turned To Velvety Goodness [Space Porn], You Killed Dr. Horrible! [Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog], The Spirit Trailer Tries Too Hard To Get Some [The Spirit], Abrams Upset At Comic-Con's Lack Of Trek [Star Trek], Find Out What The Prisoner Remake Is About [Morning Spoilers], Welcome Your New Robot Over... Oh, Never Mind [Robot Underlords], Heroes Webisodes Feature Hugs Of Death [Heroes], The Moon Rocket Project NASA Doesn't Want You to Know About [Space Porn], Rediscover Classic SF Tales with Planet Stories [Planet Stories], Thomas Disch's Tragic Love Poems Live On [Thomas Disch], Heroes' Peter Writes Drugged-Out Comic Book Vanity Project [Rest], Giant Cassette Tapes Will Crush the MP3 Revolution [Retro Futurism], Rare Disease Bonding is the New Social Connector [Mad Medicine], & New Concept Art Shows The Batcave Under Bruce's Penthouse [The Dark Knight]
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MurkyDepths.com NEWS: Murky Depths' artist in London exhibition
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RevolutionSF: Comics Screed : Bill Finger, Marvel Apes, Doctor Who, Invincible (News), Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (Review), Love Story 2050 (Review), & Trailer Probe : Outlander, Max Payne (Feature)
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Science Fiction Awards Watch: Full Results for Campbell and Sturgeon
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Science Fiction Buzz: Review: Stargate Atlantis - Search & Rescue
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SciFi Scanner: Site of the Week - Alien Experience, How Future Batman Installments Can Live Up to The Dark Knight, Daily Scan: 07.15.08 - Take a Chance on Middleman, the Trailer for Wolverine vs. Hulk, Masters of SciFi - Space Chimps Director Kirk DeMicco Calls for an Animation Armistice, SciFi Power Ranking - July 14, 2008, & Daily Scan: 07.14.08: Don't Expect Christopher Lee in The Hobbit, Working Out at the Jedi Gym
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SF Signal: REVIEW: Mirrored Heavens by David J. Williams, Question: Do Endings Matter?, SF Tidbits for 7/15/08, GIVEAWAY: The X-Files and Stargate: Atlantis DVDs Reminder, Classic SF Trailer: Kronos, REVIEW: The Carhullan Army by Sarah Hall, Tube Bits for 07/14/2008, & SF Tidbits for 7/14/08
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SFScope: Free anime evening in Kansas City, Robert Lloyd Parry performing MR James stories to scare and delight, Zak Sally and Nate Denver to tour West Coast, singing and signing, BOOM! Studios serializing six comics online for free, Kelly Gay sells new urban fantasy series to Pocket, Staff change at JABberwocky Literary Agency, Lazy Dragon Con to feature "Jaws" and Yesterday Was a Lie, Derek Gunn offers chapters of second Vampire Apocalypse novel; first being shopped for film, Apex Digest moves to the web, raises rates, publishes new issue, Bertelsmann selling book clubs to private equity firm, Top Box Office Grossers: First Week of July, & International Horror Guild Nominees Announced
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The Website at the End of the Universe: Pre-release Batman hype generates a blizzard of bat-stories, & Buzz Aldrin blames sci-fi for lack of space progress
Selected Blog Updates:
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Alethea Kontis - "Tea in Space: The Sugar Queen"
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Alex Bledsoe - "Winter Passing: between the reaching and the touching"
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The Crotchety Old Fan - 376 Pulp Magazines, & AMC to the Rescue?
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Cynthia Leitich Smith - "Author Interview: Shana Burg on A Thousand Never Evers", "Michigan Memories: Alma Mater, Playhouse, Faerie Doors, and Scholars ", & "Tantalize Available from Walker Books Australia and New Zealand; Giveaway"
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Dark Horse Comics - "Don’t miss R. Black at Current Comics!", & "Dark Horse Comics featured on Apple.com"
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David Louis Edelman - "SciFi.com Compares “MultiReal” to Herbert, Spinrad, Bester, Egan, Etc… ", & "The Jump 225 Jumbo Mega-Bonanza Summer Giveaway, Week 3 "
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David Thorpe - "Trash these posters!"
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Echelon Press, LLC - "Authors Trapped in CAPTCHA Hell"
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Fantagraphics Books - "Zak Sally Tours West Coast in August"
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Fran Friel - "Sharpen the Blade...er, the Pencil - Writing Class "
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Geralyn Beauchamp - "AND THE NOMINEES ARE", & "OH THOSE CLIFF HANGER ENDINGS!"
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Heather S. Ingemar - "Things that Go Bump" release date revamp
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Holly Cupala - "My first interview!"
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Karina L. Fabian - "Orphan Sock Blog"
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kelleyeskridge.com - Why are we so scared of naked people?
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Louise Bohmer - Lachesis Publishing - "Sage Advice from WD: Don’t Be a Writing Diva", "Our Jodi Lee and Ginger Thang / Report from LeeAnn Burke on Open House", "Stone Masters and Brushed Back Now Available at Target.com & Other Online Outlets / Updates", & "Esoteric Free Reads X-Post: So, What Comes After ’The Black Act’? "
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Matthew Peterson - "Honorable Mention at the Hollywood Book Festival!"
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Melissa Marr - "dressing Keenan"
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Minnette Meador - "Baring my Soul to the World at Large..."
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Minnette's Worlds - Real or Imagined - Muse-ical Rants
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Morpheus Tales - "Myspace.com Blogs - A new magazine is born - Joseph D'Lacey MySpace Blog", & "Morpheus Tales 1 - More Opinion"
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Nicola Griffith: Ask Nicola - Young Adult adventure, redux, Anglo-Saxon porn
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Planet Pride - "A Discouraging Outlook for Centauri A Planets", "Tethys: Leading Hemisphere", & "Newest Dwarf Planet (and Plutoid): Makemake"
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PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME (aka Jaret Ferratusco) - "Holding the door open for nothing and nobody."
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Robert J Sawyer's Blog - Hangin' with Gar and Judy, Nice to be appreciated, & My San Diego Comic-Con Scheudle
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Sherrilyn Kenyon - "TWO MAJOR NEWS ALERTS!"
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Shroud Magazine - "The Shroud Link on Amazon"
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Steampunk - "Events, Books and more steampunk in the news."
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The Smoking Poet - "The Smoking Poet Call for Submissions - Fall 2008"
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Willie Meikle - "Shiny New Review"
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Yasmine Galenorn - "Bone Magic, Deadliest Catch & InuYasha: the Band of Seven", & "Autumn Dreams"
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