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A look back at age 12
A recent comic from Tom The Dancing sarcastically theorized that popular culture was at a qualitative peak when the subject was twelve years old. I will turn this theory into a subjective survey on my experience on the year I was … Continue reading
Comicon 2010: News of World War Z
Let me put something out there at first, I loathe most recent cultural narratives about zombies and pity my hipster peers who cite The Zombie Survival Guide as a favorite book. Much of the cultural prestige of a zombie invasion … Continue reading
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io9 interview with Ken Macleod
This is an interesting discussion, also given that I just finished reading the Cassini Divison from Macleod. It was a good, if a little short, novel on how fleshy humans cope after the technological singularity. A flashback character in Ken … Continue reading
Who Fears Death by Nnendi Okorafor: African post-apocalypse literature
Amazon.com: Who Fears Death Post apocalypse fiction from an African perspective, fascinating.
The Sony Reader Pocket
I recently bought an e-reader, the Sony prs-300, from suggestion of Charles Stross. This is the first time I have had a portable reader since a handed-down Palm PDA in freshman year. Since receiving a generous monthly stipend in graduate … Continue reading
RIP Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn passed away on Wednesday at age 87. Zinn was a popular activist and author of People’s History of the United States, a frequently updated review of history from the perspective of groups traditionally unrepresented in popular national consciousness. People’s History … Continue reading
New MIA Single: Space Odyssey
Space is hip this year. I’m a bit apprehensive that the hip artists who appropriate space themes this year haven’t read books in the space opera canon and appreciate rich media about the cosmos. I’m afraid Hipsters may play it … Continue reading
January 2010 seems to love comics
The first month of the year seems to be obsessed with comics and cartoons. In full disclosure, I enjoy short-form comics only occasionally. However, the short form seems to be getting all the attention right now. Earlier this month, an illustrator … Continue reading
Best of the decade in list
Music Jesu — Silver Jesu — Conquerer Old Year – Jesu Deltron 3030 Textures — Polars VNV Nation — Judgement The Farthest Star – VNV Nation Lustmord — The Place Where The Black Stars Hang Aldebaran Of The Hyades – … Continue reading
Best of 2009 In List
A lot of good stuff is being released in December, so the list will change between now and the new year. Albums The Prodigy — Invaders Must Die Isis — Wavering Radiant Brother Ali — Us The Empire Shall Fall … Continue reading
