Digital Rapture: The Haiku Contest Comes to the World Science Fiction Convention

[Keith Davis]

The doorbell ringing
Hot cheese and pepperoni
The pizza is here
On Aug 7, 2012 2:13 PM, "David Morris" <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> My entry:
>
> Silicon Savior
> Synapses moving metal
> Bones now obsolete
>
> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:02 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> http://tachyonpublications.blogspot.com/2012/08/come-singularity-there-will-be-such.html
> >
> > Is the Rapture of the Nerds just around the corner?  Or is the Vingean
> > posthuman technological Singularity the biggest myth since Y2K?  You
> > know—and you can prove it in verse.
> >
> > Post or email (tachyon at tachyonpublications.com) us a haiku that is
> > either pro- (it's totally gonna happen) or con- (as if!) Singularity.
> > There will be two winners, one for each argument.  Attendees at Chicon
> > 7, the World Science Fiction Convention, will be treated to A FREE
> > LUNCH with James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel, the esteemed editors
> > of Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology.
> >
> > At Worldcon, the winners and the editors will meet and try to convince
> > one another; Jim believes (sort of) and John says no way.  If you win
> > but will not be attending Chicon, you can designate a friend to defend
> > your position (or eat your lunch).  Winners and top three entrants
> > will also receive a copy of Digital Rapture signed by the editors and
> > several contributors and will be immortalized (until the Singularity)
> > on Tachyon’s Facebook page.
>
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