Comments on: Full Text Of The Grim Meathook Future Thing http://zenarchery.com My mom's favorite blog. Yours too, I hear. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:54:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Why I am Occupying the Port of Houston | approximately 8,000 words - Kit O'Connell's Homepage http://zenarchery.com/full-text-of-the-grim-meathook-future-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-2551 Why I am Occupying the Port of Houston | approximately 8,000 words - Kit O'Connell's Homepage Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:54:23 +0000 http://www.zenarchery.com/?page_id=1180#comment-2551 <p>[...] communicate. Yet many of those same developments can lead to horror, to what some have called the Grim Meathook Future, as repression, corruption, war and poverty grow until our world becomes a [...]</p> [...] communicate. Yet many of those same developments can lead to horror, to what some have called the Grim Meathook Future, as repression, corruption, war and poverty grow until our world becomes a [...]

]]> By: Wazza http://zenarchery.com/full-text-of-the-grim-meathook-future-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-2523 Wazza Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:00:09 +0000 http://www.zenarchery.com/?page_id=1180#comment-2523 <p>Semtex is an explosive; the gun referred to in the same sentence is the Kalashnikov. The two are commonly associated with asymmetrical warfare.</p> <p>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischerspooner</p> Semtex is an explosive; the gun referred to in the same sentence is the Kalashnikov. The two are commonly associated with asymmetrical warfare.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischerspooner

]]> By: The Pursuit of Meaningfulness and the Grim Meathook Future: Reflections on Toni Morrison’s Commencement Speech | text2cloud http://zenarchery.com/full-text-of-the-grim-meathook-future-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-2445 The Pursuit of Meaningfulness and the Grim Meathook Future: Reflections on Toni Morrison’s Commencement Speech | text2cloud Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:28:14 +0000 http://www.zenarchery.com/?page_id=1180#comment-2445 <p>[...] The full text of The Grim Meathook Future Thing may be found here. [...]</p> [...] The full text of The Grim Meathook Future Thing may be found here. [...]

]]> By: Nick http://zenarchery.com/full-text-of-the-grim-meathook-future-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-2339 Nick Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:37:40 +0000 http://www.zenarchery.com/?page_id=1180#comment-2339 <p>You should explain your allusions. I enjoyed this piece but I don't know what Simtex guns or Fischerspooner are.</p> You should explain your allusions. I enjoyed this piece but I don’t know what Simtex guns or Fischerspooner are.

]]> By: WildeGeek http://zenarchery.com/full-text-of-the-grim-meathook-future-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-2335 WildeGeek Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:09:18 +0000 http://www.zenarchery.com/?page_id=1180#comment-2335 <p>See "Player Piano" by Kurt Vonnegut. In it, the future is highly bifurcated between the hip and tech-savvy 5%, and the 95% who are labeled the, "reeks and the wrecks".</p> See “Player Piano” by Kurt Vonnegut. In it, the future is highly bifurcated between the hip and tech-savvy 5%, and the 95% who are labeled the, “reeks and the wrecks”.

]]> By: Is this a news report or a trailer for a motion picture? | Lost in Transliteration http://zenarchery.com/full-text-of-the-grim-meathook-future-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-1735 Is this a news report or a trailer for a motion picture? | Lost in Transliteration Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:17:32 +0000 http://www.zenarchery.com/?page_id=1180#comment-1735 <p>[...] also: full text of the original grim meathook future thing, which seems more appropriate now than ever. And oh, by the way, we’re running out of [...]</p> [...] also: full text of the original grim meathook future thing, which seems more appropriate now than ever. And oh, by the way, we’re running out of [...]

]]> By: Paolo Bacigalupi’s Ship Breaker Wins the Printz Award « Genreville http://zenarchery.com/full-text-of-the-grim-meathook-future-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-1689 Paolo Bacigalupi’s Ship Breaker Wins the Printz Award « Genreville Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:21:53 +0000 http://www.zenarchery.com/?page_id=1180#comment-1689 <p>[...] his work. Many SF readers appreciate more optimistic futures, and decry trends in what Josh Ellis calls “grim meathook [...]</p> [...] his work. Many SF readers appreciate more optimistic futures, and decry trends in what Josh Ellis calls “grim meathook [...]

]]> By: More Wikileaks thinking http://zenarchery.com/full-text-of-the-grim-meathook-future-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-1655 More Wikileaks thinking Wed, 22 Dec 2010 21:44:24 +0000 http://www.zenarchery.com/?page_id=1180#comment-1655 <p>[...] DislikeContactFrequently Asked QuestionsDark MiracleGoodiesWallpaperRed State SoundsystemMediaLyricsFull Text Of The Grim Meathook Future Thing « Wikileaks [...]</p> [...] DislikeContactFrequently Asked QuestionsDark MiracleGoodiesWallpaperRed State SoundsystemMediaLyricsFull Text Of The Grim Meathook Future Thing « Wikileaks [...]

]]> By: SF and Prediction - IRRUMABO VOS ET PEDICABO VOS http://zenarchery.com/full-text-of-the-grim-meathook-future-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-1529 SF and Prediction - IRRUMABO VOS ET PEDICABO VOS Fri, 08 Oct 2010 06:33:48 +0000 http://www.zenarchery.com/?page_id=1180#comment-1529 <p>[...] in reality future is boring. If you take prediction seriously, you only end up with Grim Meathook Future. Future is a lot like Europe:”they got the same shit over there that we got here, but [...]</p> [...] in reality future is boring. If you take prediction seriously, you only end up with Grim Meathook Future. Future is a lot like Europe:”they got the same shit over there that we got here, but [...]

]]> By: Lost in Transliteration » Quick Hits http://zenarchery.com/full-text-of-the-grim-meathook-future-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-1375 Lost in Transliteration » Quick Hits Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:17:56 +0000 http://www.zenarchery.com/?page_id=1180#comment-1375 <p>[...] future, with stuff followed by more stuff followed by more stuff. This is, in essence, the basis of the grim meathook future, which still contains the best description I’ve ever heard of the future: “it holds [...]</p> [...] future, with stuff followed by more stuff followed by more stuff. This is, in essence, the basis of the grim meathook future, which still contains the best description I’ve ever heard of the future: “it holds [...]

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