derekcfpegritz
Derek C. F. Pegritz
derekcfpegritz

Technically, you are correct—but I meant "right" in the sense of the "correct" or, perhaps more accurately, "the better" side of the Appalachians! :)

The header graphic totally makes this article. :)

OMG OMG OMG. Meridian and Lichdom look AMAZING.

OMG OMG OMG. Meridian and Lichdom look AMAZING.

OMG OMG OMG. Meridian and Lichdom look AMAZING.

There are still other webmail services than Gmail?

I've never had any reason to unlock my phone, but now I'm damn well going to do it ON PRINCIPLE.

Philip K. Dick prettymuch *nailed* that prediction in A Scanner Darkly.

Because Jaron Lanier is a ridiculous hippie who ceased to be relevant well over twenty years ago.

A typically inhumane Chinese response to any human health issues. Of course, remember, these are the people who eat powder of ground-up baby and tiger penises to increase their virility.

Very Bosch-/Breughel-influenced. I dig the crowheaded people the most!

F'real. How the hell can posthumans who can literally travel *outside of the Universe itself to observe the Big Bang* lose to a bunch of whiny, love-drunk humans playing around with assorted treknobabble junk?

Great Filter, my butt. I'm betting money on all truly advanced civilizations going virtual.

How the HELL is Ready Player One *not* on this list?! Or, for that matter, Iain Bank's The Hydrogen Sonata?

O. M. G.

At the rate I'm going, my gigantic post-Singularity novel won't be done until the post-Singular era, at which point it will be completely and utterly outdated in every possible way.

This is going to be GLORIOUS! I loved the book, and this looks like an amazingly accurate adaptation!

What dingdong put the mapping of an average human connectome all the way past 2063? I'm betting on 2030-40.

This looks like a shitty SyFy Channel movie...save that the make-up FX and creature design are FARRRRRR better than anything the SyFy Channel could ever *hope* to crank out!

I have but one question, Mr. Naam: where do I sign up as an alpha/beta tester?