By: Joshua Glenn

Ringtone: “Minnie the Moocher”

By: Joshua Glenn

Crowd­sourcing, in­direct col­laboration, Second Life…

By: Matthew Battles

Gary Kasparov, cyborgs, and the allure of intelligent machines.

By: Joshua Glenn

Here it is: the first episode of “Parallel Universe: Pazzo,” HiLobrow.com’s Radium Age Science Fiction podcast, recorded every month (as of January ’10) at Pazzo Books, here in Boston. Below, you’ll find an introduction to […]

By: HILOBROW

Here’s the 6th and final reading from the first episode of “Parallel Universe: Pazzo,” a monthly science fiction podcast sponsored by HiLobrow.com and hosted by Pazzo Books. The first episode was taped on January 15th; […]

By: HILOBROW

Here’s the 5th reading from the first episode of “Parallel Universe: Pazzo,” a monthly science fiction podcast sponsored by HiLobrow.com and hosted by Pazzo Books. The first episode was taped on January 15th; it’s not […]

By: HILOBROW

CONTEST: HiLobrow.com readers are INVITED TO SUBMIT a short-short (250 words maximum) story about a troubled/troubling superman or -woman. JUDGES: The stories will be judged by HiLobrow.com editors Matthew Battles, author of several SF stories […]

By: HILOBROW

Here’s the 4th reading from the first episode of “Parallel Universe: Pazzo,” a monthly science fiction podcast sponsored by HiLobrow.com and hosted by Pazzo Books. The first episode was taped on January 15th; it’s not […]

By: HILOBROW

Here’s the 3rd reading from the first episode of “Parallel Universe: Pazzo,” a monthly science fiction podcast sponsored by HiLobrow.com and hosted by Pazzo Books. The first episode was taped on January 15th; it’s not […]

By: Peggy Nelson

The theremin is a perfect instrument: it plays all the notes. Not only those we discretely declare, but every tone in between. Such a surfeit anchors it firmly in the uncanny valley — too much […]

By: HILOBROW

Here’s the 2nd reading from the first episode of “Parallel Universe: Pazzo,” a monthly science fiction podcast sponsored by HiLobrow.com and hosted by Pazzo Books. The first episode was taped this past weekend; it’s not […]

By: HILOBROW

This weekend, we recorded the first episode of “Parallel Universe: Pazzo,” a monthly science fiction podcast sponsored by HiLobrow.com and hosted by Pazzo Books. We’re still deciding how and when we’re going to make the […]

By: Peggy Nelson

Should we throw out the babes with the bathwater? After unplugging them of course. But perhaps the uncanny devil is in the details. Maybe all Barbarella needed was a little grounding; she needed to lure […]

By: Joshua Glenn

According to an AP story today, “the world’s first sex robot” is now for sale from True Companion, a Lincoln Park, N.J.-based company. For $7,000 to $9,000, you can take home the Roxxxy, a high-end […]

By: Joshua Glenn

Ringtone: “Swinging on a Star”