Author Spotlight
Author Spotlight: Grady Hendrix
Let’s face it: Crash landings are no one’s preferred method of parking. Mostly because you will die screaming if you crash land.
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Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Dissolving the Wall Between Art and Science
Science fiction fans have long known that art and science aren’t as deeply divided as they’re made out to be.
Author Spotlight
Author Spotlight: Carolyn Gilman
Galena came to me in a flash, fully formed and demanding that I should write about her. I have no idea where she came from, but I was not about to argue with her.
Nonfiction
Dividing Space by Zero
Anything with an escape velocity greater than the speed of light is a black hole. That’s the black hole’s defining characteristic: Gravity so intense nothing can escape.
Author Spotlight
Author Spotlight: K.C. Ball
I’m interested in the notion of sentient A.I., and got more and more into the character as the story developed. I tried to make him real and unreal, to give him attitude, particularly in his view of humans.
Editorial
Editorial, June 2011
Welcome to issue thirteen of Lightspeed! Here’s what we’ve got on tap this month … Fiction: “Snapshots I Brought Back from the Black Hole” by K.C. Ball, “Frost Painting” by Carolyn Ives Gilman, “Transcript of Interaction Between Astronaut Mike Scudderman and the OnStar Hands-Free A.I. Crash Advisor” by Grady Hendrix, “Recording Angel” by Ian McDonald. Nonfiction: “Dividing By Zero” by Mike Brotherton, “Dissolving the Wall Between Art and Science” by Graeme McMillian, “Six A.I. Types Who Annoy Us to Death” by Genevieve Valentine, “Feature Interview: Mary Roach” by John Joseph Adams & David Barr Kirtley.
Artist Showcase
Artist Spotlight: Randy Gallegos
I try to take in lots of art, whether in person at museums or books. I also find it important to keep up some with the rapidly changing world of my contemporaries.
Nonfiction
Whose Thoughts Are You Thinking?
Although it’s sensationalized, brainwashing has backing in fact. Over the years, plenty of techniques have been tried.
Author Spotlight
Author Spotlight: Alastair Reynolds
At the back of my mind I’d had an idea about how contact with the alien would lead to us becoming progressively more alien ourselves. All I did was bolt that notion onto a simple war story and “Scales” was born.
Nonfiction
When the Brain Sees God on a Toaster Pastry
What actually happens when a person sees a deity in an inanimate object, specifically not associated with a concomitant religious experience?
