Have you ever experienced the frustrations and difficulty of a long-distance relationship? My wife and I did during the first few years of our courtship. And let me tell you, there’s few things worse than to be in love with someone and not be able to see them. And even in this age of high-tech […]
True Skin: A Cyborg Short
Hello again all. You know that feeling you get when you sense that you’re getting swept up in a trend? Well, it seems that the trend of making futuristic and predictive videos has captured me in its wake. The latest comes from Vimeo, courtesy of N1ON Productions, and is entitled True Skin. The concept is […]
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Crashland – Chapter 16, Now Available At Story Time!
Alright! It’s been many weeks, but I finally got back to Crashland! I had been hoping to tackle it while on vacay up in Comox, but like many of my projects, it just didn’t happen. But back in my home, where I get most of my writing done, I back on that horse and updated […]
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First Concept Art for the Neuromancer Movie
Some recent news on the Neuromancer front: In addition to Mark Wahlberg and Liam Neeson being confirmed as the leading actors, who will be filling the roles of Case and Armitage, some rather interesting concept art has been revealed. Apparently, the art is the work of Amro Attia, a designer who has worked with director […]
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Crashland – Chapter 15, Now Appearing At Story Time!
Hello all! After another brief hiatus, thing at Story Time are on the move once again! My apologies for anyone who actually follows Crashland, but due to multiple obligations, I find it takes me longer to update this story these days. Nevertheless, chapter 15 is now available and ready for your votes. Last time, Holden […]
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New Movie: Elysium!
Yet another cool aspect of the recent Comic Con was the trailers for new movies previews that fans were treated to. One such movie was Neil Blomkamp’s (director of District 9) new film, entitled Elysium. According to IO9 magazine, the movie stars Matt Damon in the lead role and is scheduled for release in 2013. […]
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The Future is Here!: VR Contact Lenses
Not long ago, it was Google introduces eye pieces that could project augmented reality into a person’s visual field. Known as Google Glasses, they sure seemed futuristic, didn’t they? And yet, it seems someone else has gone a step farther. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (aka. DARPA) own researchers, based in Washington’s Innovega iOptiks. The […]
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Happy Canada Day!
Hello and welcome to my Canada Day post! As it is the True North’s national birthday – commemorating the day when the original provinces came together and agreed on Confederation, the first act of national building and quasi-declaration of independence – I thought it fitting that I do a post honoring Canada’s contribution to the […]
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Relaunching an Idea: Apocrypha!
by storiesbywilliams on January 5, 2013 in Future, Ideas, Novels, Science, Technology and tagged apocalypse, apocalyptic, apocalypticism, BosWash, cascadia, climate change, crashland, cyberpunk, dystopian, future, grim5next, hunluan, mega cities, Nanjing Peninsula, pappa zulu, post-apocalypse, science fiction, social commentary, speculative fiction, Taiheiyo Belt, technological singularity, technology, the blue banana, the Gangetic Plain, worlds undone, yuva
Recently, I began to seriously contemplate revisiting an old idea. Not just any old idea, mind you. This was an idea that went back to 2008, to the point where I first decided I wanted to move away from far-reaching, distant future speculative writing. It was also my first real stab at social commentary, predating […]
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