Category: Announcements

My Worldcon 2012 schedule: Thursday, August 30, 4:30–6:00pm Hive Minds, Real and Fictional Hive minds are a commonly used trope to make aliens more foreign. What do hive minds look like in reality and how do they compare to the depictions in fiction? Carl Fink (moderator), Leo Korogodski, Ramez Naam, Tanglwyst de Holloway Friday, August 31, 10:30am–12:00pm Transhumanism and Space Exploration Discussion about how humanity can evolve in order to explore space. Geoffrey A. Landis, Karen Burnham (moderator), Leo Korogodski, Nancy Fulda, W A (Bill) Thomasson Friday, August 31, 1:30–2:00pm Reading: Leo Korogodski Sunday, September 2, 3:00–4:30pm The Future of…

Great news! Pink Noise: A Posthuman Tale has won in three categories in 2011 Indie Excellence Awards: Science Fiction Book Cover Design — Fiction Book Interior Design — Fiction

Pink Noise: A Posthuman Tale is in the top 10 books selected by SFSite as the Editor’s Choice Best Reads of 2010.

The Hugo Awards Nomination Period opened this month and will continue until March 26. But, unless you were a member of the previous year’s WorldCon, you must register for this year’s WorldCon by January 31 in order to be able to nominate for the Hugo Awards. So register soon! A full membership is not required; a supporting membership is enough. As a quick reminder, my Pink Noise: A Posthuman Tale is eligible for Hugo Awards in the Novella category.

Pink Noise: A Posthuman Tale placed second in the SFBook.com’s Book of the Year 2010 contest, after Mike Shevdon’s The Road To Bedlam and followed by Matt Forbek’s Amortals. Many thanks to the contest’s administrator and congratulations to all authors involved.

Pink Noise is chosen as the Book of the Month for December on SFBook.com. Voting for the Book of the Year among the twelve Books of the Month has begun: http://sfbook.com/sfbook-book-of-the-year.htm

Greetings from the 31st century! I’m Rina, a character from Pink Noise, a science fiction novella by Leo Korogodski. I’ll blog here about my world (your future and your present with a science-fictional “hindsight”), about the author (including his reviews of other stories, movies, and the like), and many other things—from “future history” to “software archaeology.” A quick note about this place—and about myself, for one reflects the other. I’m a personette, which means that I’m an aspect of my ship’s collective mind, an interface that our ship presents to the crew members. When we have a visitor, we give…