Mark W. Tiedemann

Cultural box checked, at long last. Saw Zardoz last night. Finally. After hearing about it for decades, it was not quite what I expected. At times I thought Connery should have gotten an Oscar nod for keeping a straight face throughout. Very Sixties New Wave.

Well, I tried. Again. I have a complete Debussy collection. I love Debussy. This past month I decided to play the whole thing, straight through. Got about six or seven tracks into the Songs and had to stop. Operatic style singing just...hurts my ears. Something must be wrong with me.

The Undoing Six months, and the world is rearranging itself. I had conversations with people about this, what would happen, why this is a Bad Thing. A few of them actually told me I was overreacting. My mother…

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Autumnal Summations: Dhalgren Part Six The final section of Dhalgren is also the most difficult to parse. Not because the action is hard to follow, but because of its presentation. Delany has interleaved marginal notes alongside the mai…

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Dahlgren’s Dasein, Part 5 “Dasein possesses a logos, not to be understood in the usual way as reason or language, but as an ability to collect and remeber the manifestations of Being, which constitute the World…Dasein…

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Morning Music: Le Mer, Debussy, Jean-Francois Heisser & Georges Pludermacher, Pianos, 1991

The Tyranny of Population Politics I venture with trepidation upon a subject in many ways I have no stake in. Except, we all do, and maybe not for the obvious reasons. For some time now there has been growing concern over the popula…

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500: Dhalgren Part Four Having reached 500 pages, I would like to make the case for Delany’s main subject.  In this middle section of the novel, we see Kid undergoing changes that, in some cases, are disturbing…

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Understanding the Dangers of Contemporary Conservatism Explore the harsh realities behind current political actions and how they impact governance and public welfare in this insightful analysis.

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Morning Music: Fictionary, Lyle Mays, 1993

How The West Was Shot: Dhalgren Part Three Throughout Dhalgren Delany plays with resonances and echoes that sometimes slip past without conscious impact. One of the repeated devices is the insertion of an authorial voice from time to time, …

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Morning Music: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune, Debussy, Michel Benoff & Jean Philippe Collard, pianos, 1963

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The Next Landscape: Dhalgren Part Two A hundred or so pages on we begin to see how Dhalgren is science fiction as opposed to a form of magic realism (sans magic). The extraordinary advent of two moons in the briefly cleared sky above B…

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Stuff I have stuff all over the house. In boxes, corners, closets, on shelves. Everywhere. Like most people in this culture. We define ourselves by our stuff. George Carlin once did a brilliant bit about…

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Morning Music: Le Triomphe de Bacchus, Debussy, Christian Ivalde & Noel Lee piano, 1990

The Illusion of Choice: How We Enabled a Broken System Explore the impact of the Big Beautiful Bill on society, highlighting the struggle against political conformity and the plight of the homeless.

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Last day of June...last day of old routines...very excited.

Histria Books Releases Compass Reach, a Bold and Visionary Sci-Fi Epic by Mark W. Tiedemann – HISTRIA BOOKS Histria Books is excited to announce the release of Compass Reach, a powerful new science fiction novel by acclaimed author Mark W. Tiedemann. Published under the Histria SciFi & Fantasy imprint, dedi...

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Exploring the Layers of Samuel R. Delany's Dhalgren Explore the complexities of Samuel R. Delany's _Dhalgren_, a dense novel that challenges perceptions and demands deep engagement from readers.

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Cargo lifter, Compass Reach

Some people will destroy everyone's ability to seek out and get help rather than admit they themselves needed it or benefited from it.

So, I took a step toward actual adulthood this morning. I threw out a bunch of old shoeboxes.

Morning Music: Estampes, Debussy, Yuri Egorov piano, 2002

Fargo, freerider from Compass Reach

Morning Music: Unorthodox Behavior, Brand X, 1976

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