A beautiful portrait of Judith Merrill, followed by remarkable insights on the past, present and future of our self-sustained high-tech dystopia.

"So, sure, our own policymakers may have felt cornered. Maybe they were cornered. But it wasn’t like the speed of technology outran the policymakers. The policymakers made bad choices that had the foreseeable and foreseen effect of creating the situation we’re in now."

https://thewalrus.ca/cory-doctorow-on-why-the-internet-feels-so-broken/

#sff #monopoly #corydoctorow #regulation #judithmerrill

Titelbild von Josh Kirby für
"SF The Best of the Best, Part 1", Anthologie hsg. von Judith Merrill
Mayflower, 1970
(AmeS)

#sciencefiction #Dell #JudithMerrill #JoshKirby

Titelbild von Richard Powers für
"S-F The Year's Greates Science Fiction and Fantasy", Anthologie hsg. von Judith Merrill
Dell B103, May 1956
(AmeS)

#sciencefiction #Dell #JudithMerrill #RichardPowers

Titelbild von Richard Powers für
"5th Annual Edition: The Year's Best SF", Anthologie hsg. von Judith Merrill
Dell F118, January 1961
(AmeS)

#sciencefiction #Dell #JudithMerrill #RichardPowers

Titelbild von John van Zwienen für
"6th Annual Edition: The Year's Best SF", Anthologie hsg. von Judith Merrill
Dell 9772, June 1962
(AmeS)

#sciencefiction #Dell #JudithMerrill #vanZwienen

Titelbild von Three Lions für
"9th Annual Edition: The Year's Best SF", Anthologie hsg. von Judith Merrill
Dell 9775, May 1965
(AmeS)

#sciencefiction #Dell #JudithMerrill #ThreeLions

Innen-Illustration von Ed Emshwiller für
"Mars Child" 3. Teil von Cyril Judd
aus Galaxy, July 1951

#sciencefiction #GalaxyMag #CMKornbluth #JudithMerrill #EdEmshwiller

Innen-Illustration von Ed Emshwiller für
"Mars Child" 3. Teil von Cyril Judd
aus Galaxy, July 1951

#sciencefiction #GalaxyMag #CMKornbluth #JudithMerrill #EdEmshwiller

Innen-Illustration von Ed Emshwiller für
"Mars Child" 3. Teil von Cyril Judd
aus Galaxy, July 1951

#sciencefiction #GalaxyMag #CMKornbluth #JudithMerrill #EdEmshwiller

Innen-Illustration von Ed Emshwiller für
"Mars Child" 2. Teil von Cyril Judd
aus Galaxy, June 1951

#sciencefiction #GalaxyMag #CMKornbluth #JudithMerrill #EdEmshwiller