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January 6, 2014

Flowers From Al 01





Here's part one of my 2003 short story "Flowers From Al," written with Charlie Stross for New Voices in Science Fiction, a Mike Resnick anthology. It's a pervy, weird story of transhuman romance.



Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com



John Taylor Williams is a audiovisual and multimedia producer based in Washington, DC and the co-host of the Living Proof Brew Cast. Hear him wax poetic over a pint or two of beer by visiting livingproofbrewcast.com. In his free time he makes "...

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Published on January 06, 2014 12:21

December 23, 2013

Christmastime daddy-daughter podcast with Poesy




Every year, there's a day or two between the date that my daughter's school shuts and the day that my wife's office shuts for Christmas holidays. Those are the official seasonal mid-week daddy-daughter days, and for the past two years, my daughter and I have gone to my office to record a podcast. Last year's was great, but I think we hit a new high this year (MP3).

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Published on December 23, 2013 09:42

Lawful Interception 04





Here's part four of a reading of my novella Lawful Interception, a sequel, of sorts, to Little Brother and Homeland. In addition to the free online read, you can buy this as an ebook single (DRM-free, of course!)



(Image: Yuko Shimizu)



Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com



John Taylor Williams is a audiovisual and multimedia producer based in Washington, DC and the co-host of the Living Proof Brew Cast. Hear him wax poetic over a pint or two of beer by visiting livingproofbre...

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Published on December 23, 2013 09:39

December 17, 2013

Play Little Brother Jeopardy! online




Don Liebold teaches High School English in Milwaukee, where he and his class read my novel Little Brother. He writes: "To celebrate finishing the book, we are playing Jeopardy tomorrow in class. Here is round 1, and here is round 2.



Those are tough questions! I missed a couple!

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Published on December 17, 2013 04:07

December 16, 2013

Lawful Interception 03






Here's part three of a reading of my novella Lawful Interception, a sequel, of sorts, to Little Brother and Homeland. In addition to the free online read, you can buy this as an ebook single (DRM-free, of course!)



(Image: Yuko Shimizu)



Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com



John Taylor Williams is a audiovisual and multimedia producer based in Washington, DC and the co-host of the Living Proof Brew Cast. Hear him wax poetic over a pint or two of beer by visiting livingproofbr...

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Published on December 16, 2013 23:35

December 10, 2013

Little Brother stageplay now available for local performances



Josh Costello is the playwright who created the award-winning, sold-out stage adaptation of my novel Little Brother. Now, he writes, "The stage adaptation of Cory's novel Little Brother was a big hit in San Francisco in 2012, and the script is now available for licensing. Want to see Little Brother on stage in your city? Playwright Josh Costello has posted information about licensing the script, along with video clips, photos, and reviews from the premiere. If you know folks in your local the...

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Published on December 10, 2013 09:03

Coming to Edinburgh tomorrow night

Tomorrow night, I'll be at Edinburgh's Pulp Fiction Books for a talk and signing! It's free to attend (but ticketed, due to limited space), and runs from 7PM to 8:30. Hope to see you!

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Published on December 10, 2013 04:34

December 9, 2013

Peak indifference to surveillance



In my latest Guardian column, I suggest that we have reached "peak indifference to spying," the turning point at which the number of people alarmed by surveillance will only grow. It's not the end of surveillance, it's not even the beginning of the end of surveillance, but it's the beginning of the beginning of the end of surveillance.




We have reached the moment after which the number of people who give a damn about their privacy will only increase. The number of people who are so unaware of t...

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Published on December 09, 2013 23:59

Lawful Interception 02






Here's part two of a reading of my novella Lawful Interception, a sequel, of sorts, to Little Brother and Homeland. In addition to the free online read, you can buy this as an ebook single (DRM-free, of course!)



(Image: Yuko Shimizu)



Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com



John Taylor Williams is a audiovisual and multimedia producer based in Washington, DC and the co-host of the Living Proof Brew Cast. Hear him wax poetic over a pint or two of beer by visiting livingproofbrew...

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Published on December 09, 2013 11:37

December 3, 2013

Lawful Interception 01






In this week's installment of my podcast, I break my long hiatus with the first part of a reading of my novella Lawful Interception, a sequel, of sorts, to Little Brother and Homeland. In addition to the free online read, you can buy this as an ebook single (DRM-free, of course!).



If you grow up in San Francisco, you grow up with a bone-deep sense of what it means when the ground starts to move: quake. The first quake I remember was just a little tremor, a 2.8, but whether it’s the big one or...

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Published on December 03, 2013 03:27