Resources

This page provides resources and information for both players and gamemasters for running Eclipse Phase campaigns.

Delicious News and Links

An updated list of tech news and other interesting internet resources can be found on our delicious.com bookmarking page. Links are tagged with different categories, organized on the right side of the page:

• http://delicious.com/infomorph

Transhumanism and Accelerating Technologies

Explore the science, politics, technology, and philosophies behind Eclipse Phase. This page lists resources on transhumanism and other topics highlighted the in Eclipse Phase. Game masters might find these resources valuable in enhancing play and creating stories in the Eclipse Phase Universe.

• Transhumanism on Wikipedia
• Accelerating Future
• Accelerating Studies Foundation
• Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics
• Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
• Foresight Nanotechnology Institute
• Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
• Institute for the Future
• Kurzweil - AI/Accelerating Intelligence News
• Lifeboat Foundation
• Open the Future
• Sentient Developments
• Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
• Smart Mobs
• Transhumanist Declaration
• Transhumanist FAQ
  
• Transhumanist Network
• World Transhumanist Association

Politics and Economics

Eclipse Phase explores a number of political and economic models that are not widespread today, but which have potential in the future. These sites will provide you with more information on these ideas:

• Anarchism on Wikipedia
• An Anarchist FAQ
• Anarcho-Transhumanism
• Cognitive Liberty on Wikipedia
  
• Democratic Transhumanism
• Free Culture
• Gift Economy on Wikipedia
• Morphological Freedom on Wikipedia
  
• Nanosocialism on Wikipedia
  
• The Politics of Transhumanism
• Post-Scarcity Economy on Wikipedia
• Techno-Progressivism on Wikipedia
  
• Transhumanist Socialism

Sci-Fi Writers to Watch

Eclipse Phase borrows heavily from a genre of science fiction that is in turn influenced by several key writers. Here's how you can follow these authors and/or find out more about them and their work.

• Ian Banks (Culture universe)
• David Brin (Uplift universe)
• Peter Hamilton
• Ken Macleod
• Richard Morgan
• Alistair Reynolds (Revelation Space universe)
• Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars trilogy)
• Bruce Sterling (Schismatrix and Holy Fire, among others)
• Charlie Stross
• Vernor Vinge
• Peter Watts

Keeping in Touch

Aside from this website, there are a few ways to keep in touch with Posthuman Studios, Catalyst Game Labs, and the creators of Eclipse Phase:

• Catalyst Game Labs main website
• Catalyst Game Labs on Twitter
• Posthuman Studios temp website
• Rob Boyle's Professional Site
• Rob Boyle on Twitter
• Brian Cross on Twitter
• Adam Jury's Personal/Professional Site
• Adam Jury on Twitter
• Lonesome Robot (Jack Graham)
  
• John Snead's Professional Site
• John Snead's Livejournal
• Contributor Bios

Ordering Eclipse Phase Stuff

All EP books and merch can be ordered via the Catalyst Game Labs online store. Note that we are not yet taking pre-orders for the core EP book.

•  Battleshop

Creative Commons Information

The text of Eclipse Phase books and this website are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. What this means is that you are free to copy, share, and remix the text under the following conditions: 1) you do so only for noncommercial purposes; 2) you attribute Posthuman Studios; 3) you license any derivatives under the same license. Note that Eclipse Phase artwork is covered by standard copyright, not a Creative Commons license.

• Creative Commons