“Orderly Revolution”
Hmm, I’m getting a strong sensation that someone is about to send me the manuscript of the Bachmannomicon. Don’t you?
Fri, March 27 2009 » Polis » 1 Comment
Van Vogt bridge
More stories soon. Until then, “fans are Slans” interant archon Claude Degler: In the weeekly sheets the Cosmic Circle program reached full form: Don Rogers [his pseudonym] answered a positive “Yes!” to the old question, “Are fans slans?” He proposed to contact cosmic-minded mutants everywhere, using radio prograns and other publicity to this end. The [...]
Thu, March 26 2009 » Fiction » 1 Comment
A Few Notes on Reading The Best of A.E. Van Vogt (1976)
1. The intro has this: Spinrad seriously believes that the dissidents of the 1960s–presumably including the LSD and marijuana imbibers–are the only individuals on our planet who are living meaningful lives. And we’re off! 2. The first story, “Don’t Hold Your Breath”, has to be one of the most disjointed, disturbing (bad disturbing, not good [...]
Tue, March 24 2009 » Fiction » 2 Comments
Mon, March 23 2009 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Maps by Touch
Research on weird maps led me to this: “…wood was, and is, the most distinctive medium used by the Greenland Eskimos in mapmaking. Blocks are carved in relief to represent the rugged coastline of Greenland with its fjords, islands, nunataks and glaciers, the shapes of the various islands being linked together with rods. In order [...]
Thu, March 19 2009 » ?!?!? » 2 Comments
Racefail and Revision
0. I had started to write some notes for a blog post about the political and art a few weeks ago, but after slowly catching up on Racefail09, it seems depressingly abstract. So here’s for something a little more concrete. 1. I’ve found a lot of the dismissal of the racefail discussion itself, in some [...]
Wed, March 11 2009 » Fiction, Polis » 1 Comment
Poetry in Unexpected Places
I’ve had this old cigar box ever since we moved into my wife’s grandmother’s old house eight years ago (has eight years really passed? anyway), and I had happened to just now look at the label on the side: Sept. 1880 Union-Made Cigars This Certifies, that the Cigars contained in this box have been made [...]
Tue, March 3 2009 » Polis » No Comments
Jack Spicer Essay: question
Throwing this out there–I have a very rough draft of an essay on Jack Spicer’s Holy Grail sequence. Is there anyone out there who would be able to take a gander at it and give me some constructive feedback? It’s been a looong time since I’ve written any poetry criticism. So if you’re familiar with [...]
Sun, March 1 2009 » Poetry » No Comments
