Tag Archives: Science Fiction

2140: The Market is a Failure

Posted on July 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

“Hang with me. Follow what I’m saying. We live in a world where people pretend money can buy you anything, so money becomes the point, so we all work for money. Money is thought of as value.” “Okay, I get … Continue reading →

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2012: The Cube

Posted on July 7, 2017 by corvusfugit

Artwork by Francesco Lorenzetti. I guessed at the date. (source) See more cubes here.

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1927: Death to the Machines!

Posted on July 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

     This program for the London premiere of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis in 1927 includes a comparison, in parallel columns, of the novel and the screenplay, both of which were written by by Lang’s collaborator (and wife) Thea von Harbou. The … Continue reading →

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1895: A Forest of Colossal Fungi

Posted on June 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Along the chamber through which we now passed I saw by the mellow light great pillars, capped with umbrella-like covers, some of them reminding me of the common toadstool of upper earth, on a magnificent scale. Instead, however, of the … Continue reading →

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2040: Better Get Ready

Posted on June 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jack Kirby: 2001, A Space Odyssey Vol 1, No. 5 (April, 1977) (detail). From this gallery.

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2393: A View from the Future

Posted on May 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

Once the financial capital of the world,  New  York  began  in  the  early  twenty-first  century  to  attempt  to  defend  its  elaborate and expensive infrastructure against the sea. But that infrastructure had been designed and built with an expectation of constant … Continue reading →

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2016: Mind of My Mind

Posted on May 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

John Jude Palencar: Mind of My Mind (2016) (source)

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