Debatable at best.

Did anyone else read this as a kid?

Consider Phlebas.

Wouldn't mind seeing some Charles Stross on the list. Dude does Singularity lit better than just about anyone.

I think it's her gun. It makes me think of a Tuscan Raider weapon. In the first shot it's clipped onto that rivet under the windscreen. She's removed it by the next shot. Possibly to shoot something?

This is what Guild Wars 2 players did before the game implemented its own LFG system. There was a website where you could create a group ticket for the dungeon you wanted, and others could search for it.

Oh my. Dr. Oppenheimer has been very naughty indeed.

This is, like ... Darwinian. We are going to spawn the Doomsday of aimbots, mark my words.

You'll still have to unlock the high-level armours before you can wear them, and people are still going to gravitate towards those models because they're more prestigious.

For a second I thought it was going to say they'd cast him as Dum Dum. That would have been amazing.

Why would you monsters set the Culture up to go out in round one!?

Apparently the money actually came from "Williamstown, Kentucky."

I don't see any other stories mentioning "Williamburg" at all. What's the source on that?

No interest in saying goodbye to Canadian fans, I guess :(

Maybe Stan Lee is The Watcher.

For sale: baby shoes. Baby included.

Featured very prominently in Rainbow's End.

Fallout Online?

It doesn't even make good porn. You've gotta lead up to the hot stuff, son. But no, straight out of the gate it's all "calibrate my junk, Shepard."

Here's a tip: if you're writing what amounts to fan fiction, but would still like to be taken seriously as an author, maybe don't make the first actual bit of content in your book (following the 9 pages of introduction) a scene where two of the main characters gasp and sensuously fondle each other's bare chests.