Month: April 2007

sorta crosspost from a comment i made on warrenellis.com in regards to this post at lurkingrhythmically.blogspot.com.

cyberpunk
cypherpunk
steampunk
heliumpunk
clockpunk

“punk” is used to create subgengreas of science fiction, and it’s getting a bit worn. (and methinks i’m not alone)

what better way to kill a meme than by overusing it? let’s come up with a punk definition of the whole periodic table! either cite examples of relevant works or come up with your own.

i’ll start with lithiumpunk:
in a society that has become so obsessed with individual endevours that people have been transformed into raving lunatics, everyone is on downers to treat their mania – going to work means not using the anti-mania drugs for a week or so, reverting to a naturally occuring state of frenzy wherein you become a different subject under the law. (basically becoming a shark in feeding frenzy and not responsible for your moral actions)

typical quote: Stephens gag reflex was well honed; the rising bile forced back, as he clamoured alongside four other manii towards the customer. -Four more hours, he thought dimly, “four more hours and then he’d be on lith for a week.”

The periodic table is here: wikipedia.org

update:
as erin pointed out, the link to her homepage was fucked up. now linking to the blog at lurkingrhythmically.blogspot.com.

hanna is putting together an exhibition called “i don’t remember my lovers but i remember how i touched them,” showing who has slept with whom on a giant mindmap.

the recording is from the work in progress, and i thought that editing the names out would make it more poingant.

hanna is putting together an exhibition called “i don’t remember my lovers but i remember how i touched them,” showing who has slept with whom on a giant mindmap.

the recording is from the work in progress, and i thought that editing the names out would make it more poingant.

hanna is putting together an exhibition called “i don’t remember my lovers but i remember how i touched them,” showing who has slept with whom on a giant mindmap.

the recording is from the work in progress, and i thought that editing the names out would make it more poingant.

hanna is putting together an exhibition called “i don’t remember my lovers but i remember how i touched them,” showing who has slept with whom on a giant mindmap.

the recording is from the work in progress, and i thought that editing the names out would make it more poingant.

the kochler implants that people have been tinkering with for while are really neat (implanting electrods to supplement a sense – lost vision for example) and i’ve been interested in the subject. occasionaly i’ve asked my friends which senses they’d like to have if they could pick and chose, and beyond the obvious ones (better hearing or vision) they are an unimaginative lot. i’d like to sense air currents. this isn’t of much use unless you’re flying or skydiving, but i imagine it would be cool.

wired has a very nice article summarising some of the development and innovation in the field. read it here: wired.com article