Category Archives: Technology and Culture

Uncanny Valley Digest: Karl Schroeder’s Stealing Worlds

Posted on 18 June 2020 by

A spunky burglar is on the run for her life after helping her now-murdered father rob a corrupt ecological securities firm. Schroeder’s virtual worlds detective caper, set in the near future, is a young adult primer on the implications of … Continue reading →

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Uncanny Valley: Science Fiction Summer Reading Group

Posted on 10 June 2020 by

Grab your gear, reader, summer’s on! Join us for another sunbaked expedition into the Uncanny Valley, with your intrepid hosts, David Gill and Suhail Rafidi. Continue reading →

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Beowulf and the Fate of Music

Posted on 24 October 2018 by

Before medieval European civilization developed anything as novel as a “book,” “scroll,” or “codex,” there was the mind of the storyteller. The storyteller was given a special seat by the fire, fed for knowledge, and oft given full attention. The … Continue reading →

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