(2003-01-16) Sterling On Doctorow

I assume you've heard about Cory Doctorow's Down And Out In The Magic Kingdom, now available for purchase or free download (got it on my pilot right now). Here's a great Bruce Sterling quote from the Well discussion. And it was timed brilliantly. SF (SciFi, not San Francisco) is genuinely politically relevant again. It is in a position to say things that genuinely hurt people's feelings by spelling out the unspeakable in terms that cannot be denied.