Comments for Space Canon http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon A Life In Science Fiction Thu, 13 Feb 2014 16:58:27 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on On The Boredom of Fantasy by Paul http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/2014/02/12/on-the-boredom-of-fantasy/#comment-12085 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 16:58:27 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/?p=978#comment-12085 Nice review. It seems relevant to point out also how much literature, since the 50s, has gravitated towards science fiction, placing what are implicitly unknowable objects, characters, and systems in what would otherwise be traditional novels as a way to point out things about the present. It seems pretty short sighted of Koestler to assume that the space age wasn’t actually going to change anything about the human condition.

]]> Comment on Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Griff http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/2009/06/13/flow_my_tears_the_policeman_sa/#comment-7598 Sun, 20 Oct 2013 01:28:51 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/2009/06/13/flow_my_tears_the_policeman_sa/#comment-7598 isn’t that kind of the point? the debate whether or not it’s even worth leaving The Matrix?

]]> Comment on J.G. Ballard, Social Media Prophet by dbcooper http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/2013/06/26/j-g-ballard-social-media-prophet/#comment-4828 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 11:57:47 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/?p=964#comment-4828 Congrats on the OMNI relaunch.

]]> Comment on J.G. Ballard, Social Media Prophet by K http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/2013/06/26/j-g-ballard-social-media-prophet/#comment-4771 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 02:49:03 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/?p=964#comment-4771 Dammit, am I the only one reading your essays? Because that would be a shame.

I read somewhere that you are the be the editor for an OMNI reboot. I can think of no one better qualified. Looking forward to it.

]]> Comment on Man of Earth by Graham Ruston http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/2013/04/12/man-of-earth/#comment-3538 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:28:30 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/?p=928#comment-3538 I don’t think Clarke really fits with the others – rather than immigrating into a developed nation, he emigrated from one (Britain) to a developing one (Sri Lanka), so his experience was completely different.

]]> Comment on Ubik by Jack Heald http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/2013/03/14/ubik/#comment-2954 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:42:21 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/?p=913#comment-2954 I was googling for techical documents relating to Canon’s “Universal Send” feature and Netaphor’s “Site Audit” application. This page was the 4th one down in the search. What a serendipitous occurrence! I am huge PKD fan, but had not read Ubik, nor – for that matter – had I ever heard of Space Canon. But now I’ve bookmarked it and will certainly return. All hail the Googleverse.

]]> Comment on We Can Build You by Josh http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/2012/12/20/we-can-build-you/#comment-2652 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:33:15 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/?p=863#comment-2652 Interesting, I’d like to read that. What would be your definition of an automaton, specifically in modern times?

]]> Comment on The Day of the Triffids by Deborah Mortlock http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/2012/05/28/the-day-of-the-triffids/#comment-1786 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:49:14 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/?p=721#comment-1786 i love this genre of novel. very stiff upper lip and lets get on with it then shall we :) war of the worlds was particularly like this. i refer to, the day of the triffids, all the time in my art. unfortunately not a lot of people know what the hell i’m talking about, lol.

]]> Comment on The Drowned World by Thore http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/2012/09/25/the-drowned-world/#comment-1767 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:12:21 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/?p=805#comment-1767 I remember reading this book when I was a teenager. Made an unforgettable impression. Been thinking about it lately; all the old sci-fi books about global warming must be re-read. The Drowned World seems the place to start. Great post.

]]> Comment on In The Beginning…Was the Command Line by Claire L. Evans http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/2012/08/13/in-the-beginning-was-the-command-line/#comment-1630 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 18:46:55 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/spacecanon/?p=766#comment-1630 Ha, I took that little sobriquet from the dust jacket of the book itself! I thought it was hilarious too!

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