Far into the future, a human expedition awakens something from a deep space archive. Soon it consumes the tiny colony, infecting all the fleeing ships, a Blight on the known universe. Only a tiny cargo boat escapes, carrying with it a young family – and the only hope to stop it.
Saw William Gibson [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_gibson] promote his new book, Spook Country [http://www.amazon.com/Spook-Country-William-Gibson/dp/0399154302/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-1749533-1930824?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187140484&sr=8-1] , at the Union Square Barnes and Noble, where he read a scene set
I hit the elevator button the same moment as my iPod, starting up the giddy laughter and calm strums of Did You See the Words. As the metal doors close and we descend, I’m enveloped in a soothing aura of sound, matched with morbid words: Have you seen them,
The summer has been sweltering, goopy heat simmering in the subway stations, the stench of garbage piles permeating. I’ve tried to keep up with my reading (with the help of a 300-volume e-book torrent), despite wanting most of the time to pass out in a cold shower. Children of
In a town where everyone’s an individual, there’s a feeling that style trumps all. The distinctive New York Indy scene is one of weirdness, cacophony, jarring flavors and colors. It’s funny – in this place with such rational design, both naturalistic and geometrical, the cutting edge favors the