Arc 1.3: Afterparty Overdrive by Sumit Paul-Choudhury


Arc 1.3: Afterparty Overdrive
Title : Arc 1.3: Afterparty Overdrive
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Language : English
Format Type : Kindle Edition
Number of Pages : 160
Publication : First published September 23, 2012

Futures and fiction from the makers of New Scientist.We're incredible. The lot of of us. The species. We've been throwing the wildest party this planet has ever seen, and right now we're at our most prosperous, most peaceable, most affluent, most healthy. True, our resources are dwindling, and our life-support systems are strained almost beyond repair. But not every party ends in tears, and the writers for this issue of Arc are determined to party past the current hangover. Welcome, then, to Arc's Neal Stephenson brings us to our feet; Broadway producer David Binder takes us to the new festival; Justin Pickard and Simon Ings find rough pleasure in the streets; Sumit Paul-Choudhury gets us onto the guest list for the singularity disco; and Christina Agapakis shows off her garden of biohacked delights.And this issue's original fiction edges us even closer to the future. open-source celebrities run amok in Lavie Tidhar's Changing Faces; smash-and-grab shoppers run amock in Tim Maughan's Limited Edition. David Gullen's tale of second-place spacefarers, All Your Futures, wryly celebrates humanity's Outward Urge, while Nan Craig's Scrapmetal drops a cyborg killing machine into Port Talbot.Each quarter, Arc explores the future through cutting-edge science fiction and forward-looking essays by some of the world’s most celebrated authors, alongside columns by thinkers and practitioners from the worlds of books, design, gaming, film and more.

Arc 1.3: Afterparty Overdrive Reviews

  • Chad

    I bought this primarily for the new short story from Tim Maughan, but the rest of the compilation impressed me as well. Arc (
    http://www.arcfinity.org/) is a quarterly release from New Scientist, and I enjoy the way the sci-fi & commentary gets packaged around a theme. I'll keep an eye for future releases, and might revisit the past ones too.

  • Jamie Perez

    This issue was underwhelming to say the least. Usually there are a few pieces that lift the collection... Not this time. A couple good-enough pieces, but nothing great. Skipping ahead now to their most recent issue to see if they found their stride along the way...

  • P D

    An intelligent anthology mixing short stories, essays, and an interview with Neal Stephenson. If you like scifi that makes you think but can't get through a longer book, this is a good start.

  • M.

    One outstanding story: "All your futures" by David Gullen. So excellent.

  • Missy W.

    Very good collection of science fiction short stories. If you don't live in the 'other half' of intellectual society, most of it won't make sense, but I found it refreshing.

  • Tac Anderson

    By far my favorite publication. This is a must read quarterly for any scifi fan.