How awesome is this cover for the forthcoming UK edition of Rapture of the Nerds?
Way, way awesome.
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10:16 am Fri
Jan 25, 2013
Rapture of the Nerds, the UK cover
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Revealed! The cover of RADICALIZED, my next book of science fiction
On March 19, Tor Books will release my next book, Radicalized, whose four novellas are the angry, hopeful stories I wrote as part of my attempt to make sense of life in our current moment.
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Hannu Rajaniemi's Summerland: a midcentury spy thriller, with the afterlife
Hannu Rajaniemi is the Finnish-Scottish mathematician and science fiction writer whose debut, 2012's Quantum Thief was widely celebrated; now, in Summerland, Rajaniemi delivers new kind of supernatural historical spy procedural, set in a 1938 where the afterlife has been discovered, colonized and militarized.
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China has a very Orwellian reason for banning typing "1984" on social media, while allowing people to read Nineteen Eighty-Four
Chinese internet users can't type the numbers "1984" into social media, but Chinese bookstores freely sell copies of Orwell's novels, including Nineteen Eighty-Four, as well as other books whose titles are banned on social media.
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The Twist Plus World Charging Station adapts to fit outlets in 150 countries
It’s a rude awakening for that rookie vacationer abroad when they try to plug in their gear for the night. Veteran jet-setters know that outlet shapes can vary wildly from country to country, which necessitates that most boring must-have for any world-traveler: A sackful of clunky power adapters. Awkward problem, elegant solution: The Twist Plus […]
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Learn Ableton Live front-to-back with this online bundle
Looking for a career in music behind the boards, either as a music producer or DJ? It’s a good bet that you’re going to be working with Ableton Live. Each new iteration of this powerful workstation gives the user more tools to create, and it’s just as well suited for the task of meticulous track […]
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Create flawless front-end designs with this UI / UX bible
The graveyard of failed startups is littered with concepts that just got lost in translation. At its core, that’s what great front-end design is about: Making an app or website usable, translating its best ideas smoothly to the user. It’s a skill so broad there might be no one book or course that covers it […]
