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The granddaddy of them all
From "The Thing" to "Prometheus," all sci-fi horror owes Lovecraft a cold one
Oct 9
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Harrison Blackman
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"The Cortège" and our ambiguous cybernetic present
Welcome to "Clanker City": an exploration of automation's impact on Los Angeles
Oct 2
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Harrison Blackman
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Monster Dogs
A closer look at maybe the weirdest novel ever
Sep 11
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Harrison Blackman
1
Now Entering the Real Twin Peaks
"That gum you like is going to come back in style"
Aug 28
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Harrison Blackman
2
The Art of Time in Fiction
How should we "write time" in fiction? Joan Silber has some answers
Aug 21
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Harrison Blackman
2
The World Planner
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The visionary in the marsh
Doxiadis and the dream of Eastwick, Philadelphia
Mar 6
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Harrison Blackman
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The void and the infinite
The mysterious Lagos Handbook, Rem Koolhaas, and Doxiadis Associates
Jan 30
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Harrison Blackman
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Doxiadis at the turning point
Constantinos Doxiadis and the Marshall Plan in Greece
Jan 2
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Harrison Blackman
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The modern ruins at Porto Rafti
The saga of C.A. Doxiadis' demolished architectural masterpiece
Jun 22, 2023
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Harrison Blackman
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A hundred years an architect
The last interview with international architect Athanasios Hadjopoulos
Mar 30, 2023
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Harrison Blackman
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Interviews
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Case Q. Kerns's "Habitat"
An inventive debut sci-fi novel reminiscent of David Mitchell and Philip K. Dick
Aug 7
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Harrison Blackman
4
The Wildcat Behind Glass
Karen Emmerich on her new translation of Alki Zei's classic novel
Jun 26
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Harrison Blackman
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Enheduana
Sophus Helle on his translation of the world's first author
May 8
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Harrison Blackman
2
Cypria
Alex Christofi's spellbinding journey into Cypriot history
Apr 17
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Harrison Blackman
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After 1177 B.C.
Eric Cline on the survival of civilizations after the Bronze Age collapse
Mar 20
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Harrison Blackman
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Narrative Architecture
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The granddaddy of them all
From "The Thing" to "Prometheus," all sci-fi horror owes Lovecraft a cold one
Oct 9
•
Harrison Blackman
1
Monster Dogs
A closer look at maybe the weirdest novel ever
Sep 11
•
Harrison Blackman
1
The Art of Time in Fiction
How should we "write time" in fiction? Joan Silber has some answers
Aug 21
•
Harrison Blackman
2
Cryptonomicon
The lack of propulsion in Neal Stephenson's doorstop "thriller"
Jul 17
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Harrison Blackman
1
Night Film
Multimodal storytelling in Marisha Pessl's thriller
Jun 5
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Harrison Blackman
1
Usonian+
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Now Entering the Real Twin Peaks
"That gum you like is going to come back in style"
Aug 28
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Harrison Blackman
2
Now Entering Oppenheimer Land
If Oppie only knew that Los Alamos would end up a creepy strip mall
Jul 31
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Harrison Blackman
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David Lynch
On his unique legacy shading the history of Hollywood cinema
Jun 12
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Harrison Blackman
The Museum of Fruit
The most delightful museum of all time, next to two of the scariest
May 15
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Harrison Blackman
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Poetry's big weekend
Scribblings on AWP 2025
Apr 24
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Harrison Blackman
The Cyprus Files
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Famagusta, the eco-city?
Famagusta Collage, Pt. IV: Looking ahead at the future of Varosha
Apr 10
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Harrison Blackman
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Heritage under siege
How USAID's dissolution undermines efforts to preserve global heritage
Feb 13
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Harrison Blackman
2
The return
After two years, a homecoming in the island of Aphrodite
Jul 11, 2024
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Harrison Blackman
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The architect who wants to be the mayor
A 2022 interview with Giannis Armeftis, candidate for mayor of Limassol
May 9, 2024
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Harrison Blackman
2
The Limassol Carnival
When a city's cultural heritage is intangible
Mar 7, 2024
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Harrison Blackman
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Recent posts
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Case Q. Kerns's "Habitat"
An inventive debut sci-fi novel reminiscent of David Mitchell and Philip K. Dick
Aug 7
•
Harrison Blackman
4
Now Entering Oppenheimer Land
If Oppie only knew that Los Alamos would end up a creepy strip mall
Jul 31
•
Harrison Blackman
1
Cryptonomicon
The lack of propulsion in Neal Stephenson's doorstop "thriller"
Jul 17
•
Harrison Blackman
1
An early warning system for the internet
My new feature story takes us down the rabbit hole
Jul 10
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Harrison Blackman
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