Friday, December 31, 2010

South Park Yaoi Fanfiction



John Brunner published in 1968 science fiction novel set in 2010 and by chance I've read this year. Hugo Award winner, 1969, sorry about the translation made by the editorial acquis (which I have), it is probably better translation published in 2002 by the Factoria editorial ideas.

early twenty-first century, the planet Earth is a bomb ready to explode. The population has reached unimaginable levels, therefore it is necessary to promote law Eugenic , such as mandatory birth control and forced genetic manipulation. With these premises Brunner builds its future history.

In the literary field on Zanzibar All has an unusual structure somewhat disconcerting. This narrated on four themes: "The things that happen", "Context", "Continuity" and "Displaying close-ups." It consists of small episodes of each of the axes that are interspersed:

  • " Continuity "is the backbone to tell a story, understood as the main characters that happen a number of interesting things.
  • " Things that happen "are flashes on the society, some episodes of this axis are a hodgepodge of newspaper headlines, ads, TV news, etc.. Others are purely experimental literature.
  • " Context" is a mixed bag with room completely disparate things: poems, scripts for TV news (some have things we've already known for the other axes) or commercials .
  • " Displaying close "tells intimate stories of several characters, some of them also appear in" Continuity "but what counts in this theme is related only tangentially to the main story, its main purpose is to enrich the characters.
I refuse to end this post without copying the words of Chad Mulligan Context (17) The burden of debt :

"" Yes, my name is Chad Mulligan. Very good . I will speak of the poor. Do you know where to find the poor? No, do not go out into the street like an idiot to find a person who wears dirty rags and sleep on the sidewalk. Until a few days this person would be me, and I have a few million dollars.

And it does not go to either India or Bolivia or to find a poor Benini. Just go exactly the distance to the nearest mirror.

A guy who lives as I have done over the past three years, homeless and without even a suitcase, is not necessarily poor, as I said. But free from the things that block the perception of truth has a chance to review the situation and weigh it. A things you can do is what has changed and what is not, in this new century our magnificent.

Things have risen slightly above average, six times "are, among other , your typical income, the cost of food and clothing, the pijadas without which you have the impression of being a nobody-a holographic TV, for example-and the overall cost of rentals and accommodations.

But what is up more, more more? Things like water. Did you know you pay eleven times more for water of what was paid for fifty years, and unable to spend more because there is none?

My friend, do not have to go to India or Africa to find people on the verge of poverty. You are. Our resources are stretched so as to get one more glass of water for anyone to drink two instead of one costs more than eleven times in 1960. You can live without TV, you can live without a telephone, but without water? Aha! We will not starve, but if you want to enjoy a proper diet for your height and your muscles without precedent, you pay six times more than your grandfather, but probably nine or ten times.

clear? There is the knowledge necessary to make possible all these things, but as we are so close to bankruptcy at the global level, your home does not contain almost anything that your grandparents did not immediately recognize, and who could not be used without being told how, and , which is more likely to complain of the stench of garbage is not removed from the streets and even your scent, because in his time the water was cheaper and could shower and even bathe as many times as they wished. "

If you want more details of this book you can read the PDF file Juan Carlos Pereletegui or Severian Blog.

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Lcd Tv Price Drop For Christmas

Silk

Silk by Alessandro Baricco, is a story told as a short novel "?," Long story?, "Story?, that everyone decides if I can say that they are 125 pages of fat and wide point margin.

"Hervé Joncour was thirty-two years.
bought and sold.
Silkworms. "

Thus the narrator introduces the protagonist and the story begins. And that is ? because of the desire itself is whimsical, soft, passionate, fanciful, or many other adjectives as we think of.

Silk is a story of desire of a man not hesitate to return to make thousands of miles to get that instant while magic is the story of two women with a surprise ending.

But we also talk about the monotony of life with Baldabiou counterpoint, a character that goes almost unnoticed, the only one able to live off the uncle found when chance gives the prearranged signal while the rest remain wedded to their horses.

quick read, I read on the way Valencia-Madrid-Valencia in the "comfort" of a multivan of Wolsvagen, got me forget the 8 hours spent in the "fregoneta."

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Overdue Dental Recall Letters

Eating

Group photo of participants in food at the "La Cantina
of Ibeas of Juarros . Lack Fernando Portillo, who had to leave before taking it.

Before completing the reading of "Don Quixote" and it was considering the possibility of celebrating this event with a quixotic food, which ended finally taking shape and that was to take place on Saturday, December 4, in the village of Juarros Ibeas, a few kilometers from Burgos. Despite reaching the last reading I joined it and got to finish well, why not go to lunch?, Knew virtually attendees and I decided to make the trip to Burgos.

Room at The Caraba
The first was Maria Amparo get to sign up and catch me on Friday after vacation because they are 600 kms. Car and preferred to travel with ease and go to dinner Mayte "Bipolar" had arranged for those coming from outside. Retention of works in the A-1 sent us an hour later than planned so we had just enough time to settle in the house "The Caraba" Ibeas of Juarros and looking out to the Bar Burgos Huelgas. ;

Upon entering the bar called because Mayte did not see any group of people and told me they were coming. While waiting Paco Cuesta entered the bar recognized that half but it was he who approached us and immediately then presented Esther "Aldabra" and Alberto, which incidentally were housed in "The Caraba" and had arrived before us at the bar.

Mayte came soon after with Paul "Cornelivs" Myriam, Asun, Antonio and Merche Pallares, Pedro coming later as the train in which she had thrown had broken down leaving a station. After a little initial confusion about sandwiches that we ordered to go Paco cutting for the twelve conformábamos group.

is difficult to explain with words how it feels when you meet other people who do not know personally but you know you share with them the joy of reading of Cervantes' Don Quixote. Raisins expectation of a fluid dialogue as if we knew we long, as indeed it is.

dinner
This perspectivism highlight the explanation given to us by Pedro Pablo a question about the narrators and their reliability. Were a few minutes of a lecture on "Don Quixote." Given the time we retired to bed some prisoners of fatigue of the trip while the others went for a drink and a dance on a cold night to -6 º C and snow on the street.


Fernando Alonso's Ferrari
On Saturday morning when we went to Burgos we found Esther and Albert who came to visit the Museum of Human Evolution, we had reservations to visit after seeing the Atapuerca site the next day, but as there was a tour we went with them. A newly built museum in the hour and a half we were mostly on the -1 floor, dedicated to the discovery of the Sierra de Atapuerca. On the way out we went to see Fernando Alonso's car was displayed under a tent.
José Manuel and María Amparo Burgos

few minutes late to the restaurant La Cantina where we had prepared a small room for the group Quixotic. We had grown from 12 to 22 with the addition of more bloggers and bloggers: Marina, Luz "Ele Bergón, M ª Angeles" Bee de la Vega, Celestino "Pancho", Manolo and others who did not know as Fernando Portillo or Cain . And do not forget the "sufferers" as Mariano and David (husband and son of Light) or Begoña (Paco's wife).

Seated at the table
hope the rotten pot
is the turn to read the texts of those who could not attend
We are attentive to reading Peter
it reads and ...
keep reading
Paul "Cornelivs" uncorking a bottle of cava to provide
M ª Amparo and José Manuel
Paco Cuesta
Exchange beret.
Paul now has "Cornelivs"
Marina and Begoña
talking to Antonio Pedro Aguilera
The rotten pot dessert was amazing because we first read a message Antonio Manuel de la Rosa "Tuccitano" and then Peter we read the messages he had received from Montserrat Sala, Martine and Mr. de la Vega, and finally toasted Jan Puerta found Chilean land. Before leaving we did a couple of group photos, which Manolo did you see in "La Acequia " and the title of this text I did.

Explanations of the guide in Gran Dolina

The next day dawned rainy and after visiting the foundation "Atapuerca" exposure "Sex Stone" caught the bus that took us to the railway trench to see the sites where they have Human remains found 1.2 million years ago, this is the Homo antecessor. The explanation was marred by the Gallery as the patter of water on the umbrella prevented clearly hear the guidance that eventually made a soup.
Field Gallery
We were introduced to Miquelon
Back in Ibeas of Juarros went to La Cantina for lunch and ask us lamb in the oven. It seemed difficult to overcome the previous day's rotten pot but got lamb and also were recognized and treated us very well. At 15:20 we were in the car ready to go home after spending a wonderful weekend where I met some online friends. I hope we meet again in 2011 after the new interpretation has prepared Pedro Ojeda, our teacher.