Author Archives: thuntroddenways

A World without Fanny Packs; or Variations on the Simulation Argument

Posted on November 9, 2013 by thuntroddenways

A World without Fanny Packs; or Variations on the Simulation Argument: Let’s say, hypothetically, that you’re living in some distant, chrome-plated future where humans have long since transcended their bare humanity. The Singularity’s come and gone, and it’s left mankind … Continue reading →

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Bundled in layers of fiction, cozy Cthulhu waits dreaming

Posted on September 23, 2013 by thuntroddenways

Somewhere at the top, there’s Lovecraft. He writes a story—a number he titles “The Call of Cthulhu”—and he sends it out into the world. There’s an author—Lovecraft—there’s a text—“The Call”—and there might even be a reader. If—you at home—if you’re … Continue reading →

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Expostulation and Reply

Posted on September 16, 2013 by thuntroddenways

“—Then ask not wherefore, here, alone, Conversing as I may, I sit upon this old grey stone, And dream my time away.” Did Romantics go the way of the French Revolution? Did they spiral into a poetic fervor so deep and … Continue reading →

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