Comments on: Futures of the Recent Past http://grandtextauto.org/2006/12/08/futures-of-the-recent-past/ A group blog about computer narrative, games, poetry, and art. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:44:40 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: scott http://grandtextauto.org/2006/12/08/futures-of-the-recent-past/comment-page-1/#comment-101813 scott Sun, 10 Dec 2006 00:53:19 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/?p=1381#comment-101813 Wow -- that's brilliant, though of course it makes you want to read the after-the-crash-till-9/11 chapters as well. It occurred to me recently, walking down a hill in the rain on the way to a norwegian EXAM, that I was thinking about existentialism for the first time in years (sort of like, gee whiz, when I was twenty-one, finishing college, would I ever think that I'd be walking in the rain down a mountain confronting fear of failure in an old style European exam conducted in a fucking church, what happened to my future [this is not an unpleasant wonderment but a relatively pleasantly perplexed or mystified one] and how can it rain for seven weeks straight in the dark anyway? existence precedes essence kind of way). Also, I thought about the recurring motif of stones in sartre's road and beckett's pocket, for no particular reason other than the mountains. And of course I thought of Kafka. And this cartoon made miss Gillespie's typewriter. I wonder how much Flaherty's life has changed since 1978, after all. Wow — that’s brilliant, though of course it makes you want to read the after-the-crash-till-9/11 chapters as well.

It occurred to me recently, walking down a hill in the rain on the way to a norwegian EXAM, that I was thinking about existentialism for the first time in years (sort of like, gee whiz, when I was twenty-one, finishing college, would I ever think that I’d be walking in the rain down a mountain confronting fear of failure in an old style European exam conducted in a fucking church, what happened to my future [this is not an unpleasant wonderment but a relatively pleasantly perplexed or mystified one] and how can it rain for seven weeks straight in the dark anyway? existence precedes essence kind of way). Also, I thought about the recurring motif of stones in sartre’s road and beckett’s pocket, for no particular reason other than the mountains. And of course I thought of Kafka. And this cartoon made miss Gillespie’s typewriter.

I wonder how much Flaherty’s life has changed since 1978, after all.

]]> By: michael http://grandtextauto.org/2006/12/08/futures-of-the-recent-past/comment-page-1/#comment-101812 michael Sat, 09 Dec 2006 23:17:55 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/?p=1381#comment-101812 The first few panels really reminded me of high-school in the early 80s. My friend Paul and I were totally into Omni, hacking on his TRS-80, the movie Altered States, and generally imagining some cool cyberdelic future that was just around the corner... Later I was totally into Reality Hackers/High Frontiers/Mondo 2000. Paul created <a href="http://futurehi.net/" rel="nofollow">Future Hi</a>, and I'm doing my Expressive AI thing, so I guess we both, to some degree, kept the faith. The first few panels really reminded me of high-school in the early 80s. My friend Paul and I were totally into Omni, hacking on his TRS-80, the movie Altered States, and generally imagining some cool cyberdelic future that was just around the corner… Later I was totally into Reality Hackers/High Frontiers/Mondo 2000. Paul created Future Hi, and I’m doing my Expressive AI thing, so I guess we both, to some degree, kept the faith.

]]> By: andrew http://grandtextauto.org/2006/12/08/futures-of-the-recent-past/comment-page-1/#comment-101807 andrew Sat, 09 Dec 2006 07:11:44 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/?p=1381#comment-101807 That was pretty great. God, I forgot about <i>Mondo 2000</i> until now. That was pretty great.

God, I forgot about Mondo 2000 until now.

]]> By: Brad http://grandtextauto.org/2006/12/08/futures-of-the-recent-past/comment-page-1/#comment-101801 Brad Sat, 09 Dec 2006 02:20:13 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/?p=1381#comment-101801 It must be something in the air. I sought out and re-read TGIAW no more than an hour before reading this post. Well, I guess that's my freaky coincidence for this week. It is very good, isn't it? And if anything, it seems better eight years later. It must be something in the air. I sought out and re-read TGIAW no more than an hour before reading this post. Well, I guess that’s my freaky coincidence for this week.

It is very good, isn’t it? And if anything, it seems better eight years later.

]]> By: Ashley http://grandtextauto.org/2006/12/08/futures-of-the-recent-past/comment-page-1/#comment-101791 Ashley Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:43:44 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/?p=1381#comment-101791 Thanks for the link--I, too, thought it held up well. Enjoyed it enormously. Thanks for the link–I, too, thought it held up well. Enjoyed it enormously.

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