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Paul G Di Filippo

Paul Di Filippo sold his first story in 1977, and has sold another 200 since, many of which are assembled in a dozen collections. He lives in Providence, RI, with his mate of 36 years, Deborah Newton, a chocolate-colored cocker spaniel named, with total lack of imagination, Brownie, and a calico cat named Penny Century.

The Lifehack

Copiously shedding data in the form of novel proteins in his sweat, Chester Inkley entered the public atrium of Megablast Microbiomics in a panic. The first person to see him, an attractive young receptionist named SueEllen Glanders, remained remarkably self-composed at his…

Domotica Berserker!

Here's what a Mortenson Domotica house printer looks like. Maybe you've seen a hydraulic gantry crane at a shipyard? A quartet of enormous vertical wheeled legs forms the corner posts of an open rectangular framework. The legs are connected at their tops by four beams at right…

Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing

Nearly all biohackers agree on one thing concerning the infamous Twaddle virus: it was elegantly scripted. Contagious via mere touch or aerosol dispersal (a sneeze, a cough), the synthetic infection was able to cross the blood-brain barrier within hours of contact with a human…