Via Boing Boing: Because of the Cold War emphasis on dystopias, Cold War writers like Philip K. Dick, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Samuel R. Delany had to find radical new ways to express their inexpressible hopes about the future, claims Jameson. At this moment of neoliberal triumphalism, he suggests, we should take these writers […]
Today’s indietits.com puts us right back on schedule re: being shocked by the simplest things. And in the spirit of the month, no less. (For John. Definitely for John.) And no, I’m not participating. But that’s because I’m still neck-deep in my “serious” project that I unfortunately started before 01-Nov. currently playing: Lush “De-Luxe”
A has update her site a little. Burned it down, started fresh. Can’t say that I hold it entirely against her. The Google panopticon scares the living shit out of me too some days. I’ll save my admiration for that irony for another time. This weekend I’ll turn 26 and am kind of flat about […]
Via Boing^2: a neat little site dedicated to sci-fi writers. Feels very “right on time” as I get nearer to wrapping up that first draft of my project… currently playing: Science Dept. “Repercussion”
TIME Magazine lists their top 100 novels of all time. Well, top 100 English-language novels of all time. From 1923 to the present. I’m pleased to report that several of my all-time favorites made the list. What surprised me were the authors that made duplicates to the list. For example, Saul Bellow’s The Adventures of […]
Reflecting on John’s recent post (one of the comments, to be specific), it dawned on me that I’d never cast my perfect true-to-point cinematic version of Neuromancer. How sloppy of me. Armitage/Corto – John Turturro (though Gary Oldman and Christopher Walken are close runners up for this role…) Case – Jason Lee (think about it, […]
Hat’s off to dystopianethic for signing up for NaNoWriMo. I’d do it myself but at about 180 pages, I think I should finish what I’ve started. (Since apparently, I can’t use my existing work for the November fun…) Which I guess is OK. In the spirit of the season though, I’ll vow to write every […]
Even without Cory’s story, I think I would still say “I have to have this!” about the Future Washington anthology. Short stories about a future District of Columbia? Hells yeah!
Kurt Vonnegut hits 82. One of the great authors artists of our time. This one’s for you Kurt: *
Neat new fiction on Futurismic: “Changing The Tune“ Neat article on Kuro5hin: “Which is the Better Classroom?” – – re: the home-school debate Fun National Geographic News article: “The World in a Glass: Six Drinks That Changed History“ currently playing: white noise in my skull