Penguicon Reading List

Many of the Penguicon panelists referenced extra reading materials over the weekend. I wrote many of them down, and I hope to read what I can. Unfortunately, I can’t seem to find enough time to read these days, but I hope to get better at that.

Here’s the list, broken down by the panel or presentation where they were mentioned:

Life Extension: Good News, Bad News, Weird News - Christine Peterson

• RealAge.com
• Kronos Optimal Health Center
• Fantastic Voyage - Ray Kurzweil

Constructed Languages - Matt Arnold, Ron Hale-Evans, Catherine Devlin

• Esperanto.net
• Lojban.org
• LangMaker.com
• Speedwords

The Future of Spyware - Bruce Schneier and Charles Stross

• RealNightmare.org
• "Say Everything” - New York Magazine

Posthuman, A Lousy Marketing Concept - Christine Peterson, Jason Ahlquist, Karl Schroeder, Ron Hale-Evans

• Extropic Art Manifesto
• Citizen Cyborg - James Hughes
• Lady of Mazes - Karl Schroeder
• Consciousness Explained - Daniel Dennett
• Blindsight - Peter Watts
• Beggars in Spain - Nancy Kress

Design Better Airport Security with OSS Methods - Christine Peterson and Bruce Schneier

• The Mesh and the Net - Martin Libicki
• The Transparent Society - David Brin

Limited Female Roles in Fantasy, Comics, & Sci Fi - Sarah Monette, Elizabeth Bear, John Scalzi, The Ferrett, M. Keaton

• Grass - Sheri S. Tepper
• Raising the Stones - Sheri S. Tepper
• Among the Cedars - Hannah Wolf Bowen

Technology As Legislation - Karl Schroeder, Charles Stross

• Pacific Edge - Kim Stanley Robinson