"Where are we headed as a human race? Are some future visions naturally compatible, exerting a magnetic force on history? Technological-posthuman-utopia? Matrix-limbitic stimulation-simulation? Clean coal-steampunk-ecotopia? Chip flint-hunt buffalo?"

"The post–scarcity singularity is the new, hot, meme in science fiction. Writers such as Cory Doctorow, Charles Stross, and Ken MacLeod are credited with writing good, economics–based, science fiction based on a post–scarcity model. Can we really get there from here? Do these works and others deal with racism, sexism, and classism by conveniently defining them out of existence?"

"Many beginning writers are taught such rules as "Never use adverbs" or "Avoid using fancy synonyms for 'said.'" While these rules may help writers avoid overwriting their prose, the rules can also hamper writers from developing their own unique voices. Are these rules a hinderance or a help? Which rules can be bent or broken effectively? What are the best ways to apply these rules, both to your own writing or to someone else's?"