On 'Mockingjay': Is It YA That Makes You Stupider or Smarter?
YA novel about a kid liberating a dystopian future society reminds me of the Tripod Trilogy by "John Christopher." Really good British YA sci-fi-ish:
"Humans are controlled from the age of 14 by implants called "caps", which suppress curiosity and creativity and leave the recipient placid and docile, incapable of dissent.""
Posted on August 24, 2010 at 1:44 pm
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On John Callahan, 1951-2010
I also was an intern at Willamette Week. (Hi, Seth.) You always knew when John had faxed in a new cartoon (he always faxed it, I think) because the EIC would be wandering around the office flashing the paper to anyone he came across and asking, "Do you get this?" I usually didn't, but eventually realized that was the point. Callahan was one of the two or three things still truly weird about Portland. RIP.
Posted on July 28, 2010 at 10:02 am
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On Why Did Web Gross-Out Culture Die?
Cat-dumping/drowning women are the new gross-out Internet things.