All his life he had lived by the law. Often his job had been to stop acts of revenge....And now revenge was all that life had left for him.

How to explain? How to describe? Even the omniscient viewpoint quails.

How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?

The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors.

Well, what do you know," Pham said. "Butterflies in jackboots.

I have come to kill you."The death's heads shrugged. "You have come to try.

I am suggesting that we recognize that in network and interface research there is something as profound (and potential wild) as Artificial Intelligence.