On Wednesday, author David Brin announced that Vernor Vinge, sci-fi author, former professor, and father of the technological singularity concept, died from Parkinson's disease at age 79 on March 20, ...

I always thought "the singularity" was a wonderful sci-fi concept to explore, but hardly a likely outcome, let alone inevitable. I mean, in physics we really try to avoid or resolve singularities, ...

I have long flirted with the idea that I’m an audiophile, though I don’t typically spend thousands of dollars on either headphones or speakers, and I only sporadically indulge in lossless audio. True ...

A real loss. Glad to hear he was at least comfortable. A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky are really unlike anything else I've read; they really don't hold your hand, and I can see that ...