Thanks karthur. Some of it is satire. Some of it qualifies as philosophy only because of the debasement of that term in the modern era. There's definitely variety.
Shell—I don't know. I think it's helped make a few things clearer. It's also made me both more hopeful and more pessimistic. The pessimism comes from how little from these books seems to have been applied to the world, and how much of it is still applicable because of that. Like, if Bush had just read a little bit of…
@Ann and Jeff VanderMeer: EEK—Tim—I mean the Pope guy, not you. Sorry. I got confused by the posting protocol. Cheers, JeffV
Tim: What a shrill shriek over something so harmless!
Adam Tredowski's Organic Rust—SF That's Falling Apart
An ethereal metal steampunk fish and a rusting steamboat-influenced factory structure suspended above an alien world are just two examples of Polish artist Adam Tredowski's
Hey—thanks for these. Good stuff! Two more days to enter.
Drool Over Our Alien and Predator Centerfolds, and Win Free Books!
Regardless of your preference for the drooly one or the clicky one, the Predator and Aliens franchises have entered the pop culture hall of fame. They've get the creep-out factor, the scare, and SF thrills from glimpses of the Predator home world and insight into Alien queen psychology. Both universes continue to…
Frank Wu: Kinetic, Surreal Fun
Welcome back to Jewels of Apator, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer's column about the intersection of art and the fantastic.
