I'll be there. Metathere. Virtually there. Okay, not really there at all

If you're in Singapore in January and need something to do, drop by the "State of Play IV: Law, Games and Virtual Worlds" conference and say hi to sometimes-TDAOC-approved Neal Stephenson:

While the conference program for "State of Play IV: Law, Games and Virtual Worlds" is still being finalized, one of the highlights is an extemporaneous conversation about the future of virtual worlds, whose participants will include science fiction writer Neal Stephenson (who coined the term "the metaverse" in his book "Snowcrash"), journalist Julian Dibbell (author of "Play Money: Or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot") and science fiction author Cory Doctorow ("Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom").

Maybe he'll mention whether he's got any new writing projects in the works. Maybe for something under 3,000 pages. Maybe that would be nice. Or maybe he'll be delivering pizzas while Cory Doctorow goes for the world record in pogo stick endurance. That'd be gold.