“When Apollo 11 landed on the moon, NASA’s plan was to continue manned lunar missions through Apollo 20. But history … More
Author: tezby
Total inversion
“Talk of the changing relationship between the speculative genres and the mainstream surely predated Bruce Sterling’s now-canonical 1989 essay on … More
Vacant stare
“One of the odder, more complicated moments in the history of architectural symbolism will arrive Monday with the formal opening … More
Historic home of the future
A 1952 issue of Popular Mechanics has an article about Robert Heinlein’s 1,150-square-foot home in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which he … More
Nothing here now but the recordings
Why closed-down stores? The idea went back to 2005 when I drove weekly past a large closed supermarket on the … More
A Cartographic Anomaly
Speed, immensity, dreaming
“George Lucas, according to his biographer, Dale Pollock, wanted to recapature the romance of space that had been kindled in … More
The Rapture of Science
Sydney-based artist Sam Leach has curated Extropians, a new show at Sullivan & Strumpf Fine Art. The exhibitions brings together … More
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