Comments on: Against the Day http://www.virushead.net/vhrandom/2006/09/03/against-the-day/ Mutating bits of contagious discourse, because language is a virus. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:43:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Heidi http://www.virushead.net/vhrandom/2006/09/03/against-the-day/#comment-25150 Heidi Fri, 29 Sep 2006 02:35:53 +0000 http://www.virushead.net/vhrandom/2006/09/03/against-the-day/#comment-25150 Alternative history? Hmmm. Probably not, at least not in the way that is usually understood. I would call it more of a constructive/critical analysis - a kind of play or reframing that blows apart certain kinds of expectations. He is able to create different ways of thinking in the midst of the reading experience - not just spaces within which readers might think about different experiences. His work invites interpretation, and resists it. Google him to see the explosion of attempts. Here's a tidbit for you, an odd conjunction from Gravity's Rainbow. At whatever location this one guy has a sexual liason, the very spot is hit by a V2 rocket within hours. How is this possible? The maps align. War, sex, technology, targeting, cultural codes. Discuss amongst yourselves the possible explanations and implications. Alternative history? Hmmm. Probably not, at least not in the way that is usually understood. I would call it more of a constructive/critical analysis - a kind of play or reframing that blows apart certain kinds of expectations. He is able to create different ways of thinking in the midst of the reading experience - not just spaces within which readers might think about different experiences. His work invites interpretation, and resists it. Google him to see the explosion of attempts.

Here’s a tidbit for you, an odd conjunction from Gravity’s Rainbow. At whatever location this one guy has a sexual liason, the very spot is hit by a V2 rocket within hours. How is this possible? The maps align. War, sex, technology, targeting, cultural codes. Discuss amongst yourselves the possible explanations and implications.

]]> By: darkman http://www.virushead.net/vhrandom/2006/09/03/against-the-day/#comment-16265 darkman Wed, 06 Sep 2006 14:57:01 +0000 http://www.virushead.net/vhrandom/2006/09/03/against-the-day/#comment-16265 I have never heard of him before. Is his writing what you would call alternative history? I get the same exitment when I hear of a new Harry Turtledove novel coming out. http://www.sfsite.com/~silverag/turtledove.html I have never heard of him before. Is his writing what you would call alternative history?

I get the same exitment when I hear of a new Harry Turtledove novel coming out. http://www.sfsite.com/~silverag/turtledove.html

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