Want to know what this, or any other, website sounds like converted into music? Sure you do. And now, thanks to WebPlayer, you can. You’ll need Shockwave to run the application, and the results aren’t exactly what I’d call toe-tapping, but it’s an interesting experience nonetheless. (Found via Metafilter.)
Day: July 18, 2002
“And I decided there are two things science fiction does: it takes things which are comfortable and familiar and makes them really strange, or else it takes things which are strange and impossible and finally makes them feel comfortable, to a certain extent.”
So says Kelly Link in this month’s issue of Locus, and it’s one of the simplest and, I think, best definitions of the genre I’ve ever read. If you haven’t read the stories in Link’s debut collection, Stranger Things Happen, then you’re missing out on one of the best writers working today. Some of her stories are even available for free here, if you’re short of funds or don’t want to take my word for it. Go, read, enjoy!