Monthly Archives: February 2012
karaoke culture
Karaoke Culture is a sharp piece of commentary. As ever, Ugresic sucks you in with wit & mad charm; cheekily sandbags you with her ability to merge her observations of cultural events, venues & styles; engineers cheerful hit & run … Continue reading
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those who know gifco
Those who have failed to regulate the self. Those whose behaviours enact a medicating fiction. Those who flew to the Canary Islands on a cheap ticket in December 1991 & left the remains of their personality in the apartment hotel. … Continue reading
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whatever dances inside us
I thought I’d repeat this because writing has made it seem even truer than I thought last May– Don’t fauxthenticate. Don’t make a text that begs, “Believe in this, please believe in this.” Rationale is the sound of the stuffing … Continue reading
characters (3)
To this character, life is like window shopping: an inoculation against, or antidote to, the urge to spend. Emotional opportunities arrive as 3D flexible models, accessible from any angle & as easily subjected to a thorough examination as objects that … Continue reading
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in the mirror
Desirina Boskovich engages with “Black Houses” at Weird Fiction Review. & there’s a lot of reading here.
Filed under ghosts, science fiction
futile attempts at denial
Subtle new entry at Rejectamentalist Manifesto. & speaking of the weird, Eleanor Crook’s astounding sculpture here. (Thanks, Lara.) My favourite–if that’s the right word–is “Eustache”. I wouldn’t want Eustache within a mile of me at night. If I found that … Continue reading
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on board the arc
Margaret Atwood, Hannu Rajaniemi & Al Reynolds in the first issue of Arc, available Monday next.
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cheney at weird fiction review
I can recommend Matthew Cheney’s piece Stories in the Key of Strange: A Collage of Encounters, at Weird Fiction Review. More and more, Cheney says, he finds himself attracted to innovative writing that isn’t afraid to leave great gaps within … Continue reading
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seeing the future
I wrote an introduction to the Heyne edition of The Day of the Triffids, which begins roughly– “1949: John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris decided he would like to write something more relevant to his time. In turning away from … Continue reading
Filed under books & reviews, predicting the present, science fiction
