Via
zotz comes
this mad thing.
This section especially reads a lot like the Ballard short story that was purely the index to a fictional biography. There's a good SF novel in 'cryptarchy', and unfortunately several already published rubbish ones.
Elsewhere,
thunderbox stokes the steam elephants.
(Mithering about the bondage-and-discipline hoops one had to jump through when submitting a MS to the skiffy mob.)