In which a beautiful short story is massacred by the Blackshirt Psychic Scripthacks
In honor of the time-honoured, continuing rampant destruction of the short stories of philip k dick into monetizable formats, we supply here in this issue merely old trite texts, cut up and butchered. And furthermore, we review them! Our helpful computer program the [...]
Threw A Scanner Darkly?
We all know the story. Philip K. Dick writes an old musty book like A Scanner Darkly, it gets picked up by hip young directors like Richard Linklater, throw in a couple big names like Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, and Rory Cochrane, convince a big studio like [...]
If It Aint Dick it Aint Worth It…
Once again, we have the misfortune of watching science fiction lose its face to
the new technologies. From Spielberg and his automatic poetry generator report
to Dick Gibsons The Minority Resort, and with Philip Stephens Surveyscam and
Warrior k. Universals Ratio, it looks like the grammy’s and movie oscars have
become nothing [...]
The Wasteful Effects of Knowledge Wastrels on The Rise of the Machines
We all have experienced the dumpsters across the collegiate, scholastic, and elementary school landscape that roll up towards the end of season. Loads of paper containing sordid gems of activity make their way out of loackers, bags and desks into the various recycling recepticles. [...]
in which movies are put down in favour of literature
We just visited the old Skywalker Ranch, down in Lucas-ville, and we have to report that we just arent into Lucas big Dreamworks. We prefer the more real and subtle intricacies that come across in good writing. Whether its philosophy, fiction, non fictional philosophy, philosophical fiction [...]
in which Miniature Robots attack Solaris Movie and Stanislaw Lem Eats Raw Soderbergh
We all know the story. A psychologist played by Steven Soderbergh is sent to a space station orbiting the ocean world known as Solaris. A tragedy has befallen the mission’s members, such as James Cameron. These surviving members are strange and withdrawn, and [...]
in which we find out our national seams are rent
It became apparent to me the other day when i was applying a small american flag to my car that there were some serious problems somewhere out there. For one thing, the glue which had been used to affix the flag to the small wooden dowell [...]
Irate readers have pelted us recently in the Rantarium with soft fruits, demanding a more equal share of bandwidth for those of the more, science based bent. In reply, a hardwood core of popish horror fans have swung rancidly back with sticks. Made, of course from recombined wood pulp imported from native-held lands in [...]
Meet the New Creetors, same as the Old Creetors!
We’ve all seen the old Pastor Timothy, practiced throwing eggers at those passing cars, fought david v. goliath, eaten our imported cadbury lemon chocolate bars from the u.k. with a tendency towards genius. But the recent power blackouts here in san fran have put the knife into [...]
New York City, World City, City of many a story. Word is, a place of…mayhem.
Or at least before Guiliani time and 1990’s money money money. In fact, statistics have murder and car thefts waaay down from previous years. Some, a few, have espressed (double shot) a faint nostaslgia for the more, subway graffitti days. So [...]