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The Big Idea: Daniel H. Wilson
Posted on August 1, 2017 9 Comments
Think the idea of robots is a relatively new one? It doesn’t have to be, and in The Clockwork Dynasty, author Daniel H. Wilson gives some thought to the idea of what it would be like if the idea were something other than on the cutting edge of modern civilization. DANIEL H. WILSON: In 1928, […]
The Big Idea: Daniel H. Wilson
Posted on June 12, 2014 7 Comments
Look out! It’s a robot uprising! Yeah, okay — but what then? That’s what Daniel H. Wilson was wondering in Robogenesis, his sequel to the massively successful novel Robopocalypse. Does he have answers? Find out below. DANIEL H. WILSON: Recently, I was talking to an older engineer-type gentleman at a cocktail party and trying to […]
Reminder: I’m at Engadget Expand This Weekend + at RT Booklovers Convention in May
Posted on March 13, 2013 6 Comments
Remember that if you are in the Bay area this weekend and yearn to hang about with techies and nerds and people who are some variation of both, that I will part of the Engadget Expand conference taking place at Fort Mason, in San Francisco. And specifically, here is what I’ll be doing on Saturday: […]
The Big Idea: Joe Monti
Posted on December 3, 2012 4 Comments
It sometimes amazes people, in this increasingly digital age, how much book covers still matter. They do: They are literally the icons representing the words within. As co-editor of the anthology Diverse Energies, Joe Monti has some definite ideas about covers, and how they have an impact on readers (and the sales that hopefully follow). […]
The Big Idea: Daniel H. Wilson
Posted on June 7, 2011 24 Comments
The robots are coming! The robots are coming! But when they get here with their shiny artificial intelligence-y brains, will they really want to wipe us out, as we apparently expect from most of our movies? What will we do if they do? What will we do if they don’t? Writer Daniel H. Wilson thinks […]
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