God, that's cheesy: breaking an interview like that into trivial chunks, released weekly. My respect for technologyreview just plummeted. In addition, the open

God, that's cheesy: breaking an interview like that into trivial chunks, released weekly. My respect for technologyreview just plummeted. In addition, the opening question: "Why is most contemporary science fiction so debauched?" was answered long ago by Stephensons lexical neighbor Ted Sturgeon with his law. No further response necessary, though Stephenson politely gives one.