what's new, 2005

December 2005

30th • science • Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen • Darwin's Watch
28th • SF TV • Battlestar Galactica • mini-series
27th • SF TV • The Legend of the Rangers
26th • SF film • Minority Report
24th • SF • Connie Willis • Miracle
23rd • language • Michael Quinion • Port Out, Starboard Home
22nd • SF TV • Hex • season 1
22nd • SF • Elizabeth Bear • Worldwired
18th • SF film • Muppet Wizard of Oz
18th • SF • Eric Garcia • Anonymous Rex
14th • SF • Donna Andrews • Access Denied
11th • SF • Marjorie Phillips • Annabel and the Blue Hills
9th • philosophy • Martin Hollis • Trust Within Reason
6th • SF • Kristen Britain • First Rider's Call

November 2005

27th • SF TV • Shoebox Zoo • season 2
27th • SF • Annabel and the Blue Hills • sequel news
22nd • SF • Steven Gould • Reflex
14th • SF • David Weber • At All Costs
10th • biology • Franklin M. Harold • The Way of the Cell
9th • SF • Robin McKinley, Peter Dickinson • Water
8th • SF • J. D. Robb • Midnight in Death
7th • SF • Laurell K. Hamilton • Incubus Dreams
3rd • detective • Stephanie Barron • Jane and the Stillroom Maid

October 2005

29th • Z patterns • full paper: "Diagram Patterns and Meta-patterns to support formal modelling"
27th • SF • Tanya Huff, Alexander Potter • Women of War
16th • SF • Robert A. Heinlein • For Us, The Living
15th • SF film • Serenity
15th • NSC • full paper: "Journeys in Non-Classical Computation I"
7th • SF • Elizabeth Bear • Scardown

September 2005

30th • SF • Elizabeth Bear • Hammered
18th • SF TV • Stargate Atlantis • season 1
18th • SF • Dennis Danvers • Circuit of Heaven
12th • SF • J. D. Austin • Meet the Thradons!
11th • computers • Gordon Laing • Digital Retro
7th • NSC • full paper: "Rule Migration"
7th • NSC • full paper: "Artificial catalysed reaction networks for search"
4th • SF • Julie E. Czerneda • To Trade the Stars

August 2005

28th • SF TV • Stargate SG-1 • season 8
27th • NSC • full paper of "Emergent Properties do not Refine"
27th • security • full paper of "Breaking the Model"
27th • NSC • abstract: "A simulation environment for emergent properties"
24th • SF • J. D. Robb • Survivor in Death
20th • SF • Justina Robson • Silver Screen
11th • SF • Charles Stross • Iron Sunrise
3rd • SF film • The Fantastic Four
1st • business/chaos • Dee Hock • Birth of the Chaordic Age

July 2005

31st • SF con • Paragon2: Eastercon 2005
28th • SF • Jasper Fforde • The Big Over Easy
25th • SF • Stephen Goldin • A World Called Solitude
23rd • maths • Marcus du Sautoy • The Music of the Primes
20th • SF • Elizabeth Ann Scarborough • Channeling Cleopatra
17th • SF • Diana Wynne Jones • Deep Secret
15th • SF • Wil McCarthy • Lost in Transmission
9th • SF TV • Angel • season 5
9th • SF • Judy-Lynn del Rey • Stellar 3
7th • computers • Rodney Brooks • Robot
6th • NSC • abstract: "Artificial catalysed reaction networks for search"
2nd • SF • Ken MacLeod • The Sky Road

June 2005

28th • SF • Dave Freer, Eric Flint • Rats, Bats and Vats
24th • SF film • Robots
22nd • NSC • abstract: "Rule Migration"
19th • SF TV • Doctor Who, 9th Doctor
18th • SF • Diane Duane • Wizard's Holiday
17th • security • full text of "Formalizing Anonymity"
14th • privacy • David Brin • The Transparent Society
8th • SF • Charles Sheffield • Resurgence
4th • NSC • abstract: "A generic framework for population-based algorithms"

May 2005

29th • SF • Marion Zimmer Bradley • Ghostlight
29th • SF film • The Incredibles
28th • SF film • Revenge of the Sith
22nd • SF TV • Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
22nd • SF • Sharon Lee, Steve Miller • Low Port
21st • NSC • abstract: "An architecture for modelling emergence in CA-like systems"
21st • NSC • abstract: "Penrose Life: ash and oscillators"
21st • NSC • introduction: "Journeys in Non-Classical Computation I"
17th • SF • Tanya Huff • Smoke and Shadows
15th • NSC • abstract: "Conceptual Frameworks for Artificial Immune Systems"
8th • SF TV • Xena • season 6
3rd • SF • Annabel and the Blue Hills • sequel news
2nd • SF • Stephen Goldin • Assault on the Gods
1st • SF • Mercedes Lackey • Exile's Valor

April 2005

30th • SF • Mercedes Lackey • Exile's Honor
25th • Z • abstract: "Retrenching the Purse: Finite Sequence Numbers"
25th • Z • extended abstract: "Retrenchment and the Mondex Electronic Purse"
22nd • SF • Alastair Reynolds • Redemption Ark
2nd • SF • Jo Walton • Tooth and Claw

March 2005

30th • cognition • Andy Clark • Natural-Born Cyborgs
24th • detective • Laurie R. King • The Game
20th • SF • Sharon Lee & Steve Miller • Balance of Trade
19th • Z/OO • full paper of "Formal Proof from UML Models"
12th • SF • Jim Theis • lost ending of the infamous The Eye of Argon
10th • computers • Hans Moravec • Robot

February 2005

27th • SF • Philip E. High • Butterfly Planet
26th • computers • Linus Torvalds • Just for Fun
21st • SF • Charles Stross • Singularity Sky
20th • SF • Tara K. Harper • Wolf's Bane
13th • NSC • music from "Growing Music: musical interpretations of L-Systems"
13th • NSC • abstract of "Emergent Properties do not Refine"
13th • security • abstract of "Breaking the Model"
12th • SF • Laurell K. Hamilton • Cerulean Sins
12th • SF TV • Charmed • season 6
5th • NSC • full paper of "Towards a Conceptual Framework for Artificial Immune Systems"

January 2005

30th • detective • Carole Nelson Douglas • Catnap
22nd • NSC • full paper of "Evolving quantum circuits and programs through genetic programming"
22nd • NSC • full paper of "Acquiring a Debt Worth Repaying"
16th • SF • Elizabeth Moon • Phases
9th • SF TV • Children of Dune

what's new 2004