For my fellow entropy fetishists:
The (WU)ltimate 33-Part Guide to Abandoned Places
"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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(Includes my essay "The Ancients Are Watching.")
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3 comments:
Oh man! I was just looking at this last night! I've got to get a different blog just to post links. Take a look at the Kowloon city story. I never knew...
"entropy fetishists"
Heh! Good one. One question the interest in abandoned places raises is just why or what is it about such places that draws attention to them in the first place? Some of the questions raised are, why is this space abandoned now? What happened, what is its history? What use could or should be made of it now? What failed or changed? The why of it.
I'm sure there are several reasons why, but one that may be subconscious is a premonition about the consequences of the present in the future, illustrated today by such abandoned sites from the past. Foreshadowing in 3D concrete spaces. My premonition is that there will be many, many more such spaces soon.
Sadly beautiful, a dystopian premonition, a vision of achievement and failure that penetrates the illusion of our permanence and questions our dominance.
Michael
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