EBooks Brown Wrapper Revolution
There’s an ebook revolution going on right now but what you may not know is that there is a revolution inside this revolution and it’s a little naughty.
100 Simple Things You Can Do To Prevent Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive, degenerative disorder that attacks neurons in the brain, resulting in loss of memory, thinking and language skills, and behavioural changes as it destroys the cells in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex
Books of Life
Electronic publishing is a great boon to certain sections of the publishing industry, and to the public. Catalogs and telephone directories need constant updating. Real-time text-based news feeds with internal links put a wealth of information at a person’s fingertips. Specialized articles generated outside of Academe, which would even a few decades ago have remained in manuscript, unread and unnoticed, can reach a wide audience through the Internet.
There are problems, however, with relying on an essentially ephemeral medium to be the repository of timeless knowledge.
Artistic Freedom Under Fire
“It’s fabulous. I love it. No agent will ever touch it.”
Her explanation was that the book didn’t fit into any established category. It would be hard for an agent to create a snappy “elevator pitch” and harder still for a traditional editor to know how to work with it. It might be brilliant, but because it was so different it would be too much work (read, too much money) for the traditional publishing industry to embrace.
Infidel, The Book
I have tremendous respect and gratitude for Ayaan for what she has done and is doing, in the face of continuing threats on her life, for generously sharing her story with me, and with people around the world.
The Scientific Map Of A Human
Human genomics is one of those big waves of science and change that I have mostly tried to ignore, in the hopes that it will just wash over me and I will come up, sputtering but alive, after it crashes through.
Holidays and Short Stories
I set out to write a novel, but it fractured into episodes. I fought this disintegration for a long time, trying in vain to hold the pieces together, convincing myself that I had failed to live up to my vision. Then one day I realized it wasn’t me, … Read more →
Science Fiction and Why It’s Great – Part 5 – The Finale
Let’s face it. Science fiction is great. It covers a vast canvas of human thought, inspires some of our brightest minds to invent new technologies, and has the unique ability to laugh at itself. But who are the artists that shape this genre? Who … Read more →
Science Fiction And Why It’s Great – Part 4
Author Bennett Coles asks us to “embrace the silliness’ suggesting that science fiction can have fun and laugh at itself while remaining dignified and relevant.
Science Fiction And Why It’s Great – Part 3
Science inspires sci-fi writers, but what’s really neat is when the favour is returned.
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