- by Amelia G in Books, Headline
Today, Slashdot asked the question: Ask Slashdot: What’s the Most Depressing Sci-fi You’ve Ever Read? For me, it was The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. Ray Bradbury brilliantly presented how the banality of evil could be exhibited wherever mankind ended up. The minor mundane awfulness of humans, even in what should have been fascinating circumstances, […]
August 10, 2012 /
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- by Amelia G in Headline, Trappings
I follow cyberpunk, cool-hunting author William Gibson on Twitter. The other day, he tweeted, “It would be so cool if the 1% dressed exclusively in steampunk Prada. Even just for a week.” I retweeted his post and asked, “Who do I know who’d rock this too?” I’m pretty sure I know a lot of people […]
June 25, 2012 |
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- by Amelia G in Books, Headline
2012 is just barreling along already, so it is time to share my top literary picks for 2011. The Panama Laugh by Thomas S. Roche Best zombie novel ever. Thomas S. Roche‘s sorta first novel The Panama Laugh is a really great read. The book is equal parts old school men’s adventure and modern cutting […]
February 29, 2012 |
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- by Amelia G in Music
I first came across Guns n’ Roses’ Appetite for Destruction when I was a teenage metal DJ on the radio in Connecticut. A little background explanation: I got into doing this gig partly because I’d gone to high school overseas and the American overseas high schools I attended were woefully behind the times when it […]
June 25, 2008 |
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- by Amelia G in Blue Blood
Corporate Goth is a familiar expression in East Coast cities where people tend to separate their playtime from their workdays. I was living and working mostly in Washington, DC and Baltimore when I founded Blue Blood in print. I did primarily contract design work and most of the companies I worked for were conservative federal […]
April 8, 2008 |
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