Tag: sci fi
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The Ritual – A Sketch, A Poem, An Anthropology
As the sun dipped beneath the mountains, they would gather in hushed anticipation. A single bell would chime, resonating into the darkening sky as twinkle sparkling little stars gave rise. That’s when they came. To plant themselves. Into flat beds Aloft on legs… …seated upon cushions, they communed with the essence of their surroundings, absorbing…
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“Mind Over Matter: How Humanity’s Collective Consciousness Became Their Undoing” — A Speculative Fiction
The MindNet: A Critical Analysis of Humanity’s Greatest Achievement and Ultimate Downfall” is a thought-provoking essay that offers a unique and humorous perspective on the rise and fall of the MindNet, a vast network of interconnected human minds. Written by the Galactic Historians, an alien race that stumbled upon Earth and was intrigued by the…
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It’s the Apocalypse… Again: Fandom and Fantasy in HBO’s “The Last of Us”
[[A critical analysis on the works of various apocalypse stories, including the new HBO series The Last of Us.]] The apocalypse story is a popular genre in media, with a wide range of works depicting different versions of a world-ending event. These stories can take many forms, from the zombie of George A. Romero’s “Night…