Where is society going? What will the future look like?

In a number of prevoius blogs I've discussed where our relationships with intelligent machines may be taking us.  Now I would like to look in general at how society might develop in the future, first here on Earth and then later perhaps on other worlds.  In this first blog I start to ask why, despite modern communications, we continue to grow our cities?  Where is this going?  http://wp.me/p3ycbY-13l

My top 5 science fiction inventions

This weeks blog looks at some of my personal favourite science fiction inventions.  What would yours be?  http://wp.me/p3ycbY-13e

5 more reasons why writers should blog

A few months a go I wrote 5 good reason why writers should blog.  Well, after many more blogs I've written 5 more reasons why I think writers should blog: http://wp.me/p3ycbY-136  
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Robots, androids and intelligent machines - what next?

In Sept 2013 I wrote a blog on this subject asking the question 'do we want them to look human?' I suggested the answer was 'no'. But, perhaps it's not that simple?  This weeks blog: http://wp.me/p3ycbY-12O

What happens when robots and machines are smarter than us?

Well I'm back on one of my favourite subjects,
our relationships with intelligent machines.  So what will happen when they become smarter than us - which the surely must?  This weeks blog:  http://wp.me/p3ycbY-12E

Is e-publishing changing the length of a book?

I think sometime in the 1970's it became the trend for science fiction stories to get longer and longer.  As if size equated to value. In a lot of cases this was not a good thing.  It seems that e-publishing may be reversing this to some extent.  My bog: http://wp.me/p3ycbY-12w

'If it doesn't move the story along, take it out,' - good advice or not?

This week I take a look at a piece of advice that's often given out to writers, especially new writers: 'If it doesn't move the story along, take it out.'

I say don't ignore it, but do treat it with caution.

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