Dave Meesters
Dave Meesters
Bizarre Gnostic Science Fiction from the Author of Bolo’bolo
A review of
AKIBA: A Gnostic Novel, by p.m. Autonomedia, 2007
AKIBA, the new novel from Swiss writer p.m., belongs to a long tradition of utopian activist novels: it is not so much a work of art as a vehicle to illustrate the author’s political vision. Fans of p.m. will recognize the ideas, but might be surprised by the new sci-fi futurism that drives them.
May 20, 2014 Read the whole text...
Dave Meesters
Katrina & the Apocalypse
What the crisis of one American city has to say about the Coming Collapse
What if the lights went out? What if you couldn’t get clean water to drink? What if there were no police, no schools, and no place to go if you were sick or hurt? If the shelves, in the grocery store were never re-stocked, and no one came to pick up the trash?
What if most everything we take for granted about the rhythms of life ceased to be? If the relentless motion--the motion that pushes us on to the next paycheck, the next month’s rent, the next deadline, social event, vacation, the next goal in our imagined future--came to a halt, and these landmarks in our lives were suddenly irrelevant?
Dec 6, 2014 Read the whole text...