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In This Issue: Daryl Gregory, Melanie Rawn, William Campbell Powell, and more!
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Afterparty and the Desktop Drug Revolution
by Daryl Gregory
Hey, kids! Now you can build a drug factory in your own home!
Or soon, anyway. I believe we’re teetering on the edge of a new era in designer drugs. There are several technologies in play that could converge to democratize drug design and manufacture in the same way that Macs and inkjet printers democratized the production of art—and created thousands of really bad newsletters.
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The Magic of Theater
by Melanie Rawn
Given that the subject of my novels (the Glass Thorns series) is a theater troup who use their magical abilities to enhance their performances, I am often asked the question: “How would your own favorite play work with the magic system you created for your Glass Thorns series?”
Answer: Well, here’s the thing. My favorites are pretty much anything by Shakespeare and Euripedes, Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw, Lion in Winter, Long Day’s Journey into Night, and so on.
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Oxted: Building Families Since 2017
by William Campbell Powell
Rossum’s Universal Robots. U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc. Marionettes, Inc.
There’s a long line of robot corporations in the literature, producing menials, helpers, even substitutes for humankind. Let me introduce you to Oxted Corporation. Of course, they manufacture conventional robots in chrome finish, with glowing red eyes. They’re a bit clunky, almost comical. Oxted also produces some more sophisticated models, to service a rather unusual market...
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