Talking futurism and apocalypse on Bloggingheads
I had a chance to chat with James Hughes, author of Citizen Cyborg, on Bloggingheads.
It was a fun, rambling discussion, which Bloggingheads’ editors helpfully broke down into the following tracks:
Cataloging stuff white people like before it was cool (02:30)
The hidden meaning of zombies (03:39)
The ever-changing apocalypse (04:29)
A puzzle about culture analysis (02:08)
Is science fiction gaining cultural market share? (03:09)
The posthuman in pop culture (10:36)
Click through for these cigarette-break length pieces, or watch the whole thing.
May 13th, 2010 at 9:50 am
I enjoyed this interview a lot. I agree with the thought that the “how” the end of the world happened isn’t the important part of most modern post-apocalyptic story lines. What caused the end seems to be peripheral and unimportant for the most part.
Like old horrow films it’s what you don’t see that allows the imagination to run wild. I think the principle applies here.
August 12th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
An interesting talk, it was fun following the conversation. I am writing my own addition to this genre, so I appreciate the analysis of what I am writing.