But it's not a one-way street. I read a few years ago that six of the top ten forest insect pests in China were from North America.
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Reader's Department: IN TIMES TO COME
Our September issue features “The Last Temptation of Katerina Savitskaya” (which some readers may recognize as a follow-on to Henry G. Stratmann's “The Paradise Project,” though that's not a prerequisite). Confront two people with a very big, very mysterious artifact, and they may react to it quite differently, depending on their characters and backgrounds. If it offers new powers, they'll have to decide what to do with them—but there's one decision they can't make....
Edward M. Lerner's fact article, “Follow the Nanobrick Road” is an update on where nanotechnology, which you may have first read about here some twenty years ago, is now, and where it seems to be going. It has evolved from a grand vision of a forested panorama in which we weren't yet close enough to see individual trees, to a vigorous field of research in which many scientists and engineers are hard at work among those trees. Not surprisingly, things look different at such close range, and the forms of nanotech we can expect in the next couple of decades are not the wildest hopes and fears that sprang from the initial vision—but they're no less fascinating and full of potential. Lerner's article is a “report from the front,” based on his visit to the 2007 conference on “Productive Nanosystems: Launching the Technology Roadmap,” which brought together many of the foremost researchers making it happen.
We'll also have stories by Stephen L. Burns, David W. Goldman, and Bill Gleason; a timely poem by Geoffrey A., Landis; and last but by
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Reader's Department: UPCOMING EVENTS
by Anthony Lewis
6-10 August 2008
DENVENTION III (66th World Science Fiction Convention) at Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO. Hotels include Adam's Mark (party hotel), Hyatt Regency. Guest of Honor: Lois McMaster Bujold; Artist Guest of Honor: Rick Sternbach; Fan Guest of Honor: Tom Whitmore; TM: Wil McCarthy. Membership (until further notice; see website): USD 175; supporting membership USD 40; child (until 12 as of 6 August 2008) USD 45. This is the SF universe's annual get-together. Professionals and readers from all over the world will be in attendance. Talks, panels, films, fancy dress competition—the works. Nominate and vote for the Hugos. Info: www.denvention3.org; [email protected]. Denvention 3, Post Office Box 1349, Denver, CO 80201 USA.
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22-24 August 2008
BUBONICON 40 (New Mexico SF conference) at Wyndham-Sheraton Airport Hotel, Albuquerque, NM. Guest of Honor: David Weber; TM; Daniel Abraham; Guest Artist: Bob Eggleton. Membership: $30 until 1 May 2008. Info: www.bubonicon.com/, NMSF Conference, PO Box 37257, Albuquerque, NM 87176
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26-28 September 2008
CONTEXT 21 (Ohio conference focused on speculative fiction literature and genre games and films) at the Midwest Hotel & Conference Center, Columbus, OH. Guest of Honor: Tanya Huff; Editor Guest of Honor: Paula Guran; Horror Guest of Honor: Brian Keene; Science Guest of Honor: Jeannine Davis-Kimball. Membership: $35 until 15 August 2008; workshops extra. Info: www.contextsf.org/; [email protected]; PO Box 163391, Columbus, OH 43216
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3-5 October 2008
ARCHON 32 (St. Louis, MO area SF conference) at Collinsville Gateway Center, Collinsville, IL. Guest of Honor: Laurell K. Hamilton; Artist Guest of Honor: John Kovalic; Fan Guests of Honor: Rich & Michelle Zellich; TM: Vic Milan. Registration: $55 until 15 September 2008; $60 thereafter and at the door. Info: archonstl.org/32/index.php; (636) 230-9481.
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3-5 October 2008
FENCON V (Dallas/Fort Worth area SF conference) at Crowne Plaza North Dallas, Addison, TX. Guest of Honor: Gregory Benford; Music Guest of Honor: Three Weird Sisters; Artist Guest of Honor: Real Musgrave; Fen Guest of Honor: Gerald Burton; Special Guest: Jay Lake; ORAC Special Guest: Doris Egan. Membership: $35 until 1 September 2008; $40 at the door. Info: www.fencon.org/; P.O. Box 701448, Dallas, TX 75370-1448.
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30 October-3 November 2008
WORLD FANTASY CONVENTION at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Guests: David Morrell, Barbara Hambly, Tom Doherty, Todd Lockwood; TM: Tad Williams. Membership: Attending USD/CAD125 (GBP62/ AUD146) until 30 April 2008 (limit of 850), Supporting: USD/CAD35 (GBP17/AUD41); additional for Awards Banquet USD/ CAD50 (GBP25/AUD58). Info: www.worldfantasy2008.org/; [email protected]; World Fantasy 2008, c/o The Story Box, 1835-10 Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta T3C 0K2 Canada. n
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