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Showing posts with label science fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label science fiction. Show all posts
slipstream
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or, πάντα ρέι· ουδέν μένει.
leaving syntagma square, athens, greece, on sunday, june 5th, 2011, the 12th day of protest. i went early and left early. it was so crowded -- a sea of people, as it's being described -- i felt overwhelmed.
i don't care if you're right -- i don't care if you're left.
i don't care if you cooked your taxes.
i don't care if you voted for the inept and the greedy
to get a job -- for your daughter, your lover, yourself.
i don't care about your small-time corruption.
i don't care what you did to survive.
it's nothing compared to what they've taken from you.
the guilt you feel about your transgressions
is part of the plan
to make you feel afraid,
to stop you from doing what's right.
i don't care if you have the perfect solution
or if you have one at all
as long as you have your priorities straight.
voting's not enough. not voting's not enough.
make yourself seen, make yourself heard.
more of my images from syntagma, perpetually updated.
the image is evidence of master thomas hawk's influence rippling through cyberspace.
©2011 helen sotiriadis
battlestar syntagmatica
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i shot this leaving the protest at syntagma square on june 1st 2011. imagery from the protests, here.
©2011 helen sotiriadis
the great debate: what is life?
oh, joy... enthralling, fast-paced, funny -- please listen to this discussion at TSN:
'richard dawkins, j. craig venter, nobel laureates sidney altman and leland hartwell, chris mckay, paul davies, lawrence krauss, and the science network’s roger bingham discuss the origins of life, the possibility of finding life elsewhere, and the latest development in synthetic biology.'
this discussion combines cutting-edge thinking with humor, science, star trek -- you name it, it's got it.
thank you, RDFRS!
'richard dawkins, j. craig venter, nobel laureates sidney altman and leland hartwell, chris mckay, paul davies, lawrence krauss, and the science network’s roger bingham discuss the origins of life, the possibility of finding life elsewhere, and the latest development in synthetic biology.'
this discussion combines cutting-edge thinking with humor, science, star trek -- you name it, it's got it.
thank you, RDFRS!
why you should read science fiction
two bits from literary saturday: science fiction is a genre that everyone should read by walter russell mead:
'science fiction is perhaps best understood by an alternative name for the genre: speculative fiction. it is fiction that asks questions about the human condition and the meaning of life by taking us beyond everyday life. we go to strange planets, far distant futures or even to our own past — in order to learn about who we really are. science fiction takes its readers to far off galaxies in order to help them understand life on earth more clearly.'
and
'we are locked into twentieth century institutions and twentieth century habits of mind. science fiction is the literary genre (ok, true, sometimes a subliterary genre) where the social imagination is being cultivated and developed. young people should read this genre to help open their minds to the extraordinary possibilities that lie before us; we geezers should read it for the same reason. the job of our times is to build a radically new world; speculative fiction helps point the way.'
read the rest...
via io9
'science fiction is perhaps best understood by an alternative name for the genre: speculative fiction. it is fiction that asks questions about the human condition and the meaning of life by taking us beyond everyday life. we go to strange planets, far distant futures or even to our own past — in order to learn about who we really are. science fiction takes its readers to far off galaxies in order to help them understand life on earth more clearly.'
and
'we are locked into twentieth century institutions and twentieth century habits of mind. science fiction is the literary genre (ok, true, sometimes a subliterary genre) where the social imagination is being cultivated and developed. young people should read this genre to help open their minds to the extraordinary possibilities that lie before us; we geezers should read it for the same reason. the job of our times is to build a radically new world; speculative fiction helps point the way.'
read the rest...
via io9
moveway
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i made a mistake while editing -- and my picture turned into the above... nevertheless, i decided that, while not a leading specimen of fine art photography, it was interesting enough to keep for a laugh.
but that's not the story here. the story lies behind the tentative description i keyed in last night, to caption my mistake:
i think i turned left when i should've turned right. this is just weird.
originally purple with yellow stamen.
'i turned left when i should've turned right'? what's steering a car got to do with anything?
well, it was my personal little giggle, an inside joke for a company of one, which no one else would understand, surely, as it's a reference to a dim memory of a short story i once read when i was a kid.
ok... still... so what?
well, this morning, my google reader's rss feed had, in the cool recommendations section, 3 items about a nine-day 100-km [60-mile for metrically challenged americans] traffic jam in beijing. [ah... beijing traffic -- i remember it well.]
the thing is, whenever i'm stuck in traffic, my mind escapes back to that elusive bit of science fiction.
so, this morning, since coincidence was slapping me in the face to conclusively satiate my curiosity and repair my failed memory, i embarked on a virtual search for the tale. it turns out others half-remembered this thing as well, because there is an actual page where people are discussing it and where was it from, and who wrote it, and does anybody else remember this?
so, i was triumphant in finding the great moveway jam, by john keefauver, originally published in omni magazine in 1979, with the description:
'for months they waited to be rescued from the mammoth traffic jam. then the copters came!'
uploaded in PDF format for your reading pleasure by the mysterious krewe du kat.
as i sleepily -- yet excitedly -- read this early this morning, i did a mental jig at locating the prized sentence:
'a little old lady, signaling for a right turn in ventura, made a left turn instead.'
are you still reading this?
©2010 helen sotiriadis
but that's not the story here. the story lies behind the tentative description i keyed in last night, to caption my mistake:
i think i turned left when i should've turned right. this is just weird.
originally purple with yellow stamen.
'i turned left when i should've turned right'? what's steering a car got to do with anything?
well, it was my personal little giggle, an inside joke for a company of one, which no one else would understand, surely, as it's a reference to a dim memory of a short story i once read when i was a kid.
ok... still... so what?
well, this morning, my google reader's rss feed had, in the cool recommendations section, 3 items about a nine-day 100-km [60-mile for metrically challenged americans] traffic jam in beijing. [ah... beijing traffic -- i remember it well.]
the thing is, whenever i'm stuck in traffic, my mind escapes back to that elusive bit of science fiction.
so, this morning, since coincidence was slapping me in the face to conclusively satiate my curiosity and repair my failed memory, i embarked on a virtual search for the tale. it turns out others half-remembered this thing as well, because there is an actual page where people are discussing it and where was it from, and who wrote it, and does anybody else remember this?
so, i was triumphant in finding the great moveway jam, by john keefauver, originally published in omni magazine in 1979, with the description:
'for months they waited to be rescued from the mammoth traffic jam. then the copters came!'
uploaded in PDF format for your reading pleasure by the mysterious krewe du kat.
as i sleepily -- yet excitedly -- read this early this morning, i did a mental jig at locating the prized sentence:
'a little old lady, signaling for a right turn in ventura, made a left turn instead.'
are you still reading this?
©2010 helen sotiriadis
ray bradbury excitement
i hardly noticed when i saw this posted somewhere a couple of days ago... but i finally paid attention on pharyngula and it was too good to not embed.
... careful... it's not safe for work....
... careful... it's not safe for work....
live long and marry
on io9, the science fiction explanation of why gay people must be allowed to marry is thought provoking, and features this awesome photo from wikipedia:
click image to source
... if you must marry, that is. i'm not a fan, myself.
©2010 helen sotiriadis
click image to source
... if you must marry, that is. i'm not a fan, myself.
©2010 helen sotiriadis
omnimeme
i was a big fan of omni magazine from the very first issues up until i moved back to greece and it wasn't readily available here. but up until then, i consumed them, voraciously.
i remember the covers very well -- the artwork was beautiful and arresting. this issue featured carl sagan's white dwarfs and green men and tales of ancient astronauts:
here's a sample of cool:
i remember the covers very well -- the artwork was beautiful and arresting. this issue featured carl sagan's white dwarfs and green men and tales of ancient astronauts:
here's a sample of cool:
©2010 toomanytribbles
STTNG: the outcast
it's not the gadgets or the effects or even the science itself.
science fiction, at its finest, shuffles parameters and extremes, in order to allow us examine aspects of ourselves. it doesn't have to be an elaborate production or thick tome -- short stories can do just as nicely.
to those that say that star trek is not good science fiction, i say bull.
©2010 toomanytribbles
science fiction, at its finest, shuffles parameters and extremes, in order to allow us examine aspects of ourselves. it doesn't have to be an elaborate production or thick tome -- short stories can do just as nicely.
to those that say that star trek is not good science fiction, i say bull.
©2010 toomanytribbles
the rikers
reunion with the rikers: commander will riker and counselor deanna troi, married, in space, with their wacky uncle data and their dog, worf.
this was fun to watch -- especially after hearing about the idea from marina sirtis at the awesome terraformers ii in greece. (she's hilarious. really.)
i really must get more of those pictures uploaded....
via io9
this was fun to watch -- especially after hearing about the idea from marina sirtis at the awesome terraformers ii in greece. (she's hilarious. really.)
i really must get more of those pictures uploaded....
via io9
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