Sep 18, 2009 5:32 AM

Jon Evans writing in WIRED UK

*I'm a fan of this guy's remarkable novel, INVISIBLE ARMIES.

*Now here he is in WIRED UK, and that's some pretty good stuff.

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2009-09/18/from-dragons-to-smartphones-in-one-leap.aspx

*The dragon of Favela Chic raises its multicellular head, and starts to look at its streets.

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