It was not called the Net of a Million Lies for nothing.

Pham Nuwen plunked himself down, stretching indolently.

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

Poor humans; they will all die.""Poor us; we will not.

Technical people don't make good slaves. Without their wholehearted cooperation, things fall apart.

Hexapodia as the key insight...I haven't had a chance to see the famous video from Straumli Realm, except as an evocation. (My only gateway onto the Net is very expensive.) Is it true that humans have six legs?

Sometimes the biggest disasters aren't noticed at all – no one's around to write horror stories.