Behold! I have a new "Loving the Alien" column posted at Futurismic.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
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"A stunning survey of the latest evidence for intelligent life on Mars. Mac Tonnies brings a thoughtful, balanced and highly accessible approach to one of the most fascinating enigmas of our time."
--Herbie Brennan, author of Martian Genesis and The Atlantis Enigma
"Tonnies drops all predetermined opinions about Mars, and asks us to do the same."
--Greg Bishop, author of Project Beta
"I highly recommend the book for anyone interested in the search for extra-terrestrial artifacts, and the political intrigues that invariably accompany it."
--David Jinks, author of The Monkey and the Tetrahredron
"Mac Tonnies goes where NASA fears to tread and he goes first class."
--Peter Gersten, former Director of Citizens Against UFO Secrecy
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4 comments:
here is an unbelievable oddity of japanese 50's sci-fi:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warning_from_Space
Toonies: what do you think of these guys?? Prof. Rucker just can't seem to get away from them....
Rucker has a thing for underwater life. Can't say I blame him, as many of them epitomize the pop-culture conception of the "alien."
Behold!
Um, is that like, "Behold! Something fantastic has arisen!" (as a precursor to some wondrous discovery or invention being announced)
Or, like in the beginning of "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," where the mad scientist pronounces "Behold!" to his hapless lab assistant just before, for example, removing his assistant's brain for dramatic effect?
(I hear there is a difference in emphasis between each usage of the term, but that it is entirely up to the user of same, depending on which context applies.)
Heh. Behold! Yeah, I like that. 8^}
Seriously, I thought your column on "Listening to the greys" was one of your better, more expansive discussions of the stereotypical grey memette, as another of the ontological metaphors we may be hanging our post-cold war fear-based "future hats" of concern and anxiety upon. But, then, I don't think they're real, either, so what they do signify, and mean, within the collective mythic consciousness is of some curiousity and need for a more definitive answer as to what "they" might be or be originated by, if not by ourselves.
Glad you liked it!
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