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SF Author Robert J. Sawyer Looks at 2014

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the flying-cars dept.

Alex writes "Canadian science fiction author Robert J Sawyer takes a positive look at a typical day in 2014 for Backbone Magazine, looking at where both scientific and sociological advances of the next decade will take us. Sawyer is a multi-Aurora, Hugo, and Nebula award winner, and was one of the first major authors to use a website to promote his work. Readers might associate some of these innovations and ideas from his fiction."

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  1. Associate 'with', not associate 'from'. by kahei · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    I mean really.

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  2. Books vs Website by Shinglor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    His books may be about the future but his website looks like it was designed 5 years in the past./p.

  3. Re:Minor quibbles by b-baggins · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    From drudgereport.com:

    The Kerry campaign calls on a publisher to 'withdraw book' written by group of veterans, claiming veterans are lying about Kerry's service in Vietnam and operating as a front organization for Bush. Kerry campaign has told Salon.com that the publisher of UNFIT FOR COMMAND is 'retailing a hoax'... 'No publisher should want to be selling books with proven falsehoods in them,' Kerry campaign spokesman Chad Clanton tells the online mag... Developing...

    I don't seem to recall Bush making that demand for Fahrenheit 9/11

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