This was a valuable blog-lesson for me: ask and you shall (sometimes) receive. I was surprised and honored when Bruce Klein and Reason from FightAging emailed me a working draft. Similarly, the posts do not represent the publisher’s opinion, except in a deep belief that free speech is worthy in and of itself.Essays on Infinite Lifespans (2004) Edited by Immortality InstituteĬover: Tyrone Pow - Publisher: Libros En RedĬontact: & Reviews When I heard this summer that the Immortality Institute was publishing its first book, “The Scientific Conquest of Death: Essays on Infinite Lifespans,” I asked for an advanced copy to review for the Speculist. On the Bar, the publisher does not select what is allowed to be posted, and does not hijack an individual’s messages for their own purposes. This applies to posts at the Bar, or on social media, on their own websites, or indeed anywhere else. It is not Baen Books’ policy to police the opinions of its readers, its authors, its artists, its editors, or indeed anyone else. But we will not commit censorship of lawful speech. We take these allegations seriously, and consequently have put the Bar on hiatus while we investigate. That said, it has come to our attention that allegations about the Bar have been made elsewhere. We have received no complaints about the content of the Bar from its users. We do not endorse the publication of unlawful speech. Some conversations have been gone over so many times, they’ve been retired as simply too boring to contemplate again. The readers, editors, and writers post and interact on the Bar at their own desire. Baen Books continued that tradition with Baen’s Bar, a kind of virtual convention and on-line conversation that has been around in some form for over 20 years. When the modern form of SF began, with Hugo Gernsback and the other pulp magazines of the early 20th century, the publishers fostered that interaction through letter columns in the magazines and by encouraging science fiction readers to organize in clubs and meet in conventions. But those who enjoy it, take great pleasure in the dialogue. Science fiction has traditionally been a unique kind of intellectual pleasure, a process of glorious intercommunication and inspiration, with ideas flowing from scientist and engineer to writer and artist, to reader and viewer, back and forth, in a delightful mélange of shared thoughts, wild speculation, cautionary tales, reality checks, and the sheer fun of playing with boundaries and ideas. What is it we do at Baen Books? We publish books at the heart of science fiction and fantasy.

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