Author Archives: desertfox0613

In opposition to the earlier blogging groups who talked about the differences between House of the Scorpion and the other science fiction novels we’ve been reading this semester, I’m talking about the similarities therein. The most prominent factor to be … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Of course Sarasti gets to stay behind.  Of course the expendables get to go into the horrific electromagnetic deathtrap that is Rorschach.  We’re all crammed into the shuttle looking like fat people trying on too-small sweaters, but at least we were … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This line came at the end of a long paragraph talking about the history of Multiple Personality Disorder, now known as Multiple Core Complex, and what “ancient” (modern day) scientists believed was the stem of the problem.  I really enjoyed … Continue reading → Continue reading →

What the hell is this thing?  It looks like some sort of half-breed between us and the squids.  And it talks like its my age…and that is not something a little baby should be doing.  I’m used to the squids, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Is it just me, or did everyone else miss the part of Lilith’s Brood where they explain just what the hell is going on?  I’m more than 20 pages in and I only have a loose understanding of what all … Continue reading → Continue reading →

We3 gets into that debate that has been popping up persistently throughout the semester: what does it mean to be human?  Something that really caught my interest after reading We3 was just how much more relatable the We3 (is that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I don’t know why, but I feel really like Neuromancer is very at home in Japan.  It could be that since modern day Japan is constantly on the forefront of technology (http://www.mobilemag.com/2011/08/04/japanese-robot-can-think-fetches-ice-for-your-drink/) and as the technology evolves into neuron splicing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I just finished Frankenstein and it hit me like a blow to the head how the monster’s creation and Victor Frankenstein’s death play against each other in a really striking way. Looking at the original “birth” or creation of the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

So, i had certain expectations getting into Frankenstein.  The first thing I expected was a lot more lightning bolts.  I had the classic image of a dungeon turned laboratory so cemented in my head from years of the movies and … Continue reading → Continue reading →