Disneyland with the Death Penalty We sent William Gibson to Singapore to see whether that clean dystopia represents our techno future. By William Gibson

Features Electrotecture Imagine architecture that changes as information flows through it. By Kristin Spence

Love Over the Wires Wired's first short story is a modern romance via email. By Paulina Borsook

Mediasaurus Today's mass media is tomorrow's fossil fuel. Michael Crichton is mad as hell, and he's not going to take it anymore. By Michael Crichton

Out of Control A trialogue on machine consciousness with Mark Pauline, Manuel De Landa and Mark Dery. By Mark Pauline, Manuel De Landa and Mark Dery

The Desire to Be Wired Will we live to see our brains wired to gadgets? How about today? By Gareth Branwyn

The End of the Party Line Russian phone service stinks. In desperation, Russians are turning to outside forces: MCI, Sprint and AT&T - and a burgeoning patchwork of homegrown computer networks. By George Lawton

The Intelligent Island We asked Sandy Sandfort to tell us whether technology will ultimately liberate the Intelligent Island. By Sandy Sandfort

Use Your Illusion Kit-bashing the cosmic matte. By Rudy Rucker