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 |
I'm continuing with the Elric Saga by Michael Moorcock. The third book in the series, "The Weird of the White…
Alan Garner's Treacle Walker was best of November for me, a short novel that was also surprisingly readable, given how…
I enjoyed a couple of good MG/YA fantasy books. The first is apparently some kind of Dutch classic--"The Cat Who…
"North Woods is a novel of terroir" love this!
I loved that title, although it does sounds like song lyrics. Apparently Damon Knight thought it didn't work.