SFWA joined several other organizations in correspondence to the U.S. Copyright Office, sending this letter expressing the concerns they have with the potential uses of AI.
The British Library was the victim of a cyberattack. (This article may be behind a paywall.)
For Jim Butcher fans Tor.com offers an excerpt of his latest, The Olympian Affair.
In the Old and Lost Things department, it’s possible a long-missing model of the Enterprise from Star Trak has been located.
November 8th, 2023. Marion Deeds | World Wide Wednesday | no comments |
In the near future, after a long bloody war between pro-life and pro-choice armies, the United States amended the constitution to ban abortion but allow parents to “retroactively abort” a child between 13 and 18 years old as long as the child was “unwound” in a process that allows the child’s parts to be given to others, like organ donations. In this way, the child isn’t actually killed, but lives on, a technicality that appeases both sides.
You’d think that few parents would opt to unwind their child,
November 8th, 2023. Kat Hooper´s rating: 4 | Neal Shusterman | Audio, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | 4 comments |
The geography is confusing me--how does one get to a village in Tibet by ship? And even the northernmost part…
Oh, this sounds interesting!
Locus reports that John Marsden died early today. Marsden authored the 7 book series that started off with the novel…
Mmmmm!
I *do* have pear trees... hmmm.