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We’re kicking off our brand new book selection, Blindsight, by Peter Watts! We don’t have too many Quick Burns today… mostly just GoT news. Would you expect anything less?
QUICK BURNS
OMG GAME OF THRONES STARTS APRIL 17
Map of the free cities.
CALENDAR
4/12/2011 After the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughan
4/12/2011 “All the Lives He Led, Frederik Pohl (Tor)
4/19/2011 “The River of Shadows by Robert V.S. Redick
4/21/2011 “The Dragon’s Path by Daniel Abraham
4/26/2011 “Will Super Villains Be On the Final? Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
4/28/2011 “Titus Awakes by Mervyn Peake and Maeve Gilmore
5/3/2011 “The Inheritance by Robin Hobb
BARE YOUR SWORD
The Kingkiller Chronicles > Penny Arcade Comic
Novels About People Playing Videogames
Geek Smackdown: George R.R. Martin disses on Lost
sword and laser question ( sales credit)
BOOK KICK-OFF
Blindsight by Peter Watts
From Wikipedia: Blindsight is a hard science fiction novel by Peter Watts, published by Tor Books in 2006. On 29 March 2007, it was nominated for the Hugo Award in the Best Novel category. The novel deals with a crew of astronauts investigating an extraterrestrial entity and explores the nature of identity and consciousness. The title refers to blindsight, a neurological condition with implications for philosophy of mind.
The Chinese Room scenario features prominently in the book.
EMAILS
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Does Steve Jobs hate Eric Schmidt?, iPhone supply chain indicates delay, Libyan rebels roll their own cell network, and more.
Guest: Nilay Patel
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54:04
BitTorrent breaks TOR security, Cisco drops Flip, say hello to IE10, dial a phone with your mind, and more.
Guest: Darren Kitchen
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50:57
We start by talking about movies and end dissecting the makeup and causes of ethnic neighborhoods.
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Continue Reading »Hosts: Tom Merritt and Scott Johnson
The proxy war will rage but we’ll find water on 581g, and get plenty of online music and education.
Guests: Dale Chase and Int 80
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Running time: 51:14
Continue Reading »GeoHotz settles but Anonymous doesn’t, Zebras become scannable, Navy blows things up with lasers, and more.
Guest: Tim Stevens
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46:55
Best Buy seems to lie a lot, Sarah Lane ousts Wozs, TJ Maxx hacker claims gov’t made him do it, and more.
Guest: Peter Ha
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49:43
Facebook open sources data centers, FCC forces phone carriers to roam, Geminoid robot weirdness, and more.
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35:58
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Tom Merritt
We talk to blogger, journalist, and science fiction author, Cory Doctorow.
Guest: Cory Doctorow
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Continue Reading »YouTube gets more TV-like, Toyota gets more Ford-like, Motorola Xoom sales not Apple-like enough, and more.
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Running time:
39:10
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