tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post497674064100132799..comments2023-10-24T03:46:41.971-07:00Comments on Contingencies: Technology and the novel....Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-39481452792598499352010-07-29T11:05:40.096-07:002010-07-29T11:05:40.096-07:00Hey OB.
I agree. The journalist's a bit...Bri...Hey OB.<br /><br />I agree. The journalist's a bit...British, but I think he suggests that many humans have in some sense become enslaved to technology (though it's a bit more complex perhaps). Even with the wonderful world of blogging that seems applicable. <br /><br />Ballard's writing examines that issue in an interesting manner, as with Crash (tho' probably a bit too much for Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-72294472529978165572010-07-28T19:58:12.543-07:002010-07-28T19:58:12.543-07:00J,
Thanks for the interesting read. We have neve...J,<br /><br />Thanks for the interesting read. We have never lacked for dystopias, it would seem.One Browhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11938816242512563561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-19016671022211604362010-07-27T19:07:21.324-07:002010-07-27T19:07:21.324-07:00I tried reading one of Bozonius's "script...I tried reading one of Bozonius's "scripts" a few years ago, until overcome by nausea. First off, you must realize this person (a dozen people or so actually mistake the hick for a creative of some type) was addicted to drugs for years--and steroids as well. <br /><br />Bozonius's like some thug from Tuscon, with no real college education, apart from a few nursing courses. He Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-74515448188230905052010-07-27T18:23:34.851-07:002010-07-27T18:23:34.851-07:00Defibrillators away!
Yo J perhaps you noted rec...Defibrillators away! <br /><br />Yo J perhaps you noted recent New Worlds posts with your nemesis "Byronius" indulging in some boring old clown-carney Pennywise schtick--""clowns, don't you hate 'em?""--with a rather bizarre "script" about some texas drunks and hicks. Really, Byro's narcissistic scribbling looks more like evidence of advanced Perezosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01875109580933192779noreply@blogger.com