http://www.ballardian.com/ballardian-world-news-memories-of-the-space-age Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:27:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.ballardian.com/ballardian-world-news-memories-of-the-space-age/comment-page-1#comment-648 Rick McGrath Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:02:21 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/ballardian-world-news-memories-of-the-space-age/#comment-648 this "story" is yet another example of the media-endorsed myth that the mentally disturbed are also criminals... if she was in a JGB story, the only way out of her predicament had to be the interception of the other woman, and then, the relief of anxiety by....? sorry, only The Man can deliver that concept... my point, however, is the reaction of the media -- from network news to late-nite TV comics, her activities were characterized as imaginatively criminal... and crazily infantile... Lisa Nowak... just another character from the atrocity exhibition? what I want to know: what are the long-term psychic effects of weightless sex? this “story” is yet another example of the media-endorsed myth that the mentally disturbed are also criminals… if she was in a JGB story, the only way out of her predicament had to be the interception of the other woman, and then, the relief of anxiety by….? sorry, only The Man can deliver that concept… my point, however, is the reaction of the media — from network news to late-nite TV comics, her activities were characterized as imaginatively criminal… and crazily infantile… Lisa Nowak… just another character from the atrocity exhibition? what I want to know: what are the long-term psychic effects of weightless sex?

]]> http://www.ballardian.com/ballardian-world-news-memories-of-the-space-age/comment-page-1#comment-647 FJ Torres Sat, 10 Feb 2007 03:34:20 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/ballardian-world-news-memories-of-the-space-age/#comment-647 I did! It was titled 'Come in Zebra Three", a mash up uf Starsky and Hutch + Concrete Island.... I did! It was titled ‘Come in Zebra Three”, a mash up uf Starsky and Hutch + Concrete Island….

]]> http://www.ballardian.com/ballardian-world-news-memories-of-the-space-age/comment-page-1#comment-646 Simon Sellars Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:35:31 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/ballardian-world-news-memories-of-the-space-age/#comment-646 you should have entered our pastiche competition. you should have entered our pastiche competition.

]]> http://www.ballardian.com/ballardian-world-news-memories-of-the-space-age/comment-page-1#comment-645 FJ Torres Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:38:46 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/ballardian-world-news-memories-of-the-space-age/#comment-645 "Later, as she stared at the cell's ceiling, Lisa Nowak would recall the infinite void of space and the abandoned boxes of adult nappies..." Sorry. Bad pastiche. But I could not help myself. “Later, as she stared at the cell’s ceiling,
Lisa Nowak would recall the infinite void of space and the abandoned boxes of adult nappies…”
Sorry. Bad pastiche. But I could not help myself.

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