Cory Doctorow’s novella is an amazing read. Bound together with his conversation with Terry Bisson, AND his Creativity VS Copyright address to the World Science Fiction Convention (2010), The Great Big Beautiful tomorrow is one hot package! In a nutshell, if you dig dark, craphound tales, this is your book. Transhumanism, the Carousel of Progress, wirehead cultists, and so much more. What happens when progress is replaced by change? When a boy must choose between immortality and sex? Turbo-charged, strange and sad all at the same time. Check out Matt Freidell’s (AKA The Glossary) fabulous trailer video!

paintwork : tim maughan

Paintwork is a superslim book, but there are so many ideas within its hundred or so pages. Sci-fi, with a good twist of cyberpunk, which makes me super happy. Tim Maughan writes about video gamers, street artists, robots, celebrities, and a future which is almost here. Paranoia, computers, and battles both on and off the screen. If you haven’t read it yet, what are you waiting for?

paintwork : tim maughan

Etta James – what can I say that hasn’t already been said a thousand times? An amazing voice, raunch set to overdrive, and so much more. Soul (and funk and R&B) music the way it should be…Thank you for the music, and how it makes me feel.