The Collapse of the Ancien in Thailand
When thinking about Thailand’s next act, about the royal drama revolving around the banished-capitalist Thaksin and the prince, I couldn’t lose the image of Falstaff and Prince Hal.
I’ve been thinking a lot about the difference between giving a shit and giving a fuck. Or not giving a fuck, I guess.
[Cynan Jones] endeavor[s] to “put the complex into the simple,” to borrow Empson’s definition of the pastoral. Certainly no creature is simpler than a sheep.
The Essence of Jargon – Alice Becker-Ho
Slang words may have multiple origins and equivalents, taking sometimes-meandering paths to their final meaning.
We yearn to be free of a sordid history, to exist undeterred by a fetid past, but the irreality of what we have learned and witnessed encroaches upon our daily being. But, listen. You are here. You are now. And you have a story to choose how we will be.
A plethora of images that fiction has already implanted in our memories would no longer be just images: from earth-based private flying vehicles to cheap interplanetary human transport.
However, it’s not long before Björn discovers a problem with the room: he is the only one who can see it.
Turtleface and Beyond – Arthur Bradford
He’s like Buster Keaton, but without the rubbery grace and stoic sobriety.
Seveneves reflects on the destruction of life on Earth, the construction of a human habitat in space, and the eventual revival of and return to planet.
Another Man’s City – Ch’oe In-ho
In-ho’s great challenge is to dream up the sinless man.