Tag Archives: rant

Reblog Tango: Denarration

Posted on 11 January 2012 by Our Friend, The Admin

There’s been a few things that have appeared on my Tumblr dash that have me thinking about a concept that I’ve been poking around the edges of for some time. I call it denarration: the state of being without a narrative, … Continue reading →

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A Moral Argument for Hard Science Fiction

Posted on 24 November 2011 by Our Friend, The Admin

Madeleine Ashby has a piece on the Tor website entitled A Moral Argument for Hard Science Fiction. The main take-out quote: All too often in fiction, we choose to batter our science and technology in a thick coating of McGuffin and … Continue reading →

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Are we really living in the 21st Century?

Posted on 30 October 2011 by Our Friend, The Admin

Because I don’t think we are. Consider this. Most of our cultural systems are modified versions of millennia-old relics that were most likely invented to ensure survival in a desert while explaining where the jungles went. After all, they were … Continue reading →

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No Just No: The Film of the Advertisement

Posted on 8 October 2011 by Our Friend, The Admin

I saw this while checking which teams were playing tonight and when: 18:30Family Movie: Paddle Pop BeginsPaddle Pop Begins follows the journey that Paddle Pop Lion has taken to become the hero that he is today – A lion who … Continue reading →

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