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Here's a good essay about how to be a fan of problematic things. (Yes, it's from last year, but it's been making the rounds in the geekosphere lately.)
Some of you may be wondering why I enjoyed Sucker Punch but not Cryptonomicon, even though the problematic elements in Sucker Punch are far more in-your-face and lushly portrayed. All I can ( Read more... ) -
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If any of you have read David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest, you need to watch the video for "Calamity Song" by The Decemberists, right immediately this minute:
(I hope this works. [EDIT: Nope, it doesn't.] If it doesn't, here's a more direct link-- although the NPR story gives away the setup of the video.)
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I like H.P. Lovecraft, but man, come on
oh by the way
fun fact
HP Lovecraft is a HUGE FAN OF ADJECTIVES
the more syllables the better
sometimes it can make reading his writing very difficult
but luckily i discovered a trick
which is that you can replace almost every single one of his adjectives
with "spooky"
without any loss of meaningThis is the most awesome thing I've read today. The ( Read more... ) -
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So, this weekend I saw Sucker Punch. My review in brief: Take The Wizard of Oz, Marat/Sade, and "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," throw them in a blender, and pour the result into an anime. It's a visually stunning movie with a really awesome soundtrack and some very problematic elements to it (which hopefully I'll have the mental solidity to ( Read more... ) -
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If anyone's interested, these are my favorite works of art in the world, and the link is the best Internet presentation of it that I've seen. (Click and drag to pan the view.) -
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I finished reading N.K. Jemesin's The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms recently. I really liked it, despite the fact that for some reason I've never been able to get into Zelazny or Bishop or suchlike grand- court- of- gods- playing- chess- with- puny- humans- mwahaha novels before.
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Steampunk zeppelins are pretty cool, it's true.
But dieselpunk flying boats are much more awesomer.
(...hi, Internets! Still not dead! Just haven't had much to say on here!)