Tag Archives: #sciencefiction

Fondazione

Posted on December 24, 2016 by d4vid

The Roman Forum is a hodgepodge of ancient ruins, some dating back to the 8th century B.C.E., in a small valley between the Palatine and Capitoline Hills. I have never felt such an overwhelming density of history.  There are artefacts … Continue reading →

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Silencio

Posted on December 24, 2016 by d4vid
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Stellari

Posted on December 22, 2016 by d4vid

An hour after getting out of the airport, I was checked in to my hotel.  An hour after that, I was watching Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.   (It seems to have become something of an annual tradition to leave … Continue reading →

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Loyalties

Posted on December 20, 2016 by d4vid

 It is part of the Rebel alliance and a cookie!  Take it away!

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Snowpiercer

Posted on November 21, 2016 by d4vid

It seemed like a sound plan.  A forty hour train ride from Chengdu to Lhasa so that our lungs to acclimate slowly. Turned out to be an ordeal. After Debbie went up and down the train from our soft sleeper … Continue reading →

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Shanshui IV

Posted on November 18, 2016 by d4vid

Visited the Shanghai Himalayas Museum (which, as it turns out, has nothing to do with the Himalayas.) I found the building itself quite Gaudiesque.  If not downright Gigeresque.   There was a multifaceted exhibit entitles “Humanistic Nature and Society: An Insight … Continue reading →

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Chomp

Posted on September 16, 2016 by d4vid

Singapore is famous for its street food.  And by “street food” I mean clean, well-regulated and inspected food shops clustered in specially-designated areas of the city.  (William Gibson didn’t title his 1993 article on Singapore “Disneyland with the Death Penalty” … Continue reading →

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Skid

Posted on August 4, 2016 by d4vid

I saw this road sign all over New Zealand.  (And this was the best picture you could get?  Well, I’m sorry for the potato quality, but if you don’t like it why don’t you go to New Zealand and spend … Continue reading →

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Gnarled

Posted on August 3, 2016 by d4vid

I reached the west coast of the South Island, looking out over the Tasman Sea.The landscape often struck me as looking like a particularly well-watered version of San Diego.  But then there were these strange, gnarled trees everywhere which made … Continue reading →

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Endor

Posted on July 26, 2016 by d4vid

In 1901, twelve hectares of California redwoods were planted in Whakarewarewa southeast of Rotorua.  Six hectares survived to this day.  Having spent hour after adoring hour wandering the redwood and sequoia groves back in California, I couldn’t help but think of … Continue reading →

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Tomorrowland II

Posted on June 8, 2016 by d4vid

I walked the northeast corner of the old Nanjing city walls.  I could see my towering hotel building in the distance, looking like a matte painting in a particularly trite science fiction flick. The city wall offered helpful advice.That’s fair, … Continue reading →

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Barsoom

Posted on November 10, 2015 by d4vid

Before Netflix.  Before DVDs.  Before motherfucking VHS, the only way to watch a movie over and over and over again was syndicated television on the weekends. For a certain generation (um, mine) that means that the movies you ended up … Continue reading →

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Cyberpunk

Posted on October 2, 2015 by d4vid

Fulfilling a lifelong cyberpunk dream of mine here in Kyoto:  staying in a Japanese pillbox hotel room.  Yes, that’s my tshirt on a hanger for scale.  My hair brushes against the bathroom ceiling.  Again, tshirt for scale.  The place is … Continue reading →

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Idiot

Posted on July 24, 2015 by d4vid

In my favorite William Gibson novel, PATTERN RECOGNITION, he posits that jet lag is actually one’s soul being “reeled in on some ghostly umbilical down the vanished wake of the plane” because souls “can’t move that quickly, and are left … Continue reading →

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Tomorrowland

Posted on June 6, 2015 by d4vid

Finally saw Tomorrowland. I have always loved Disneyland.  If you had asked me as a child what my favorite land at Disneyland was, I would probably have countered, “Can I maybe tell you my least favorite instead?”  If you had said no … Continue reading →

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