MachineMachine /stream - tagged with hgwells http://machinemachine.net/stream/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sweetcron therourke@gmail.com io9.com: Seeing the truth of the world via science fiction http://io9.com/5608671/3quarksdaily Seeing the truth of the world via science fiction:

Science fiction takes us out of our own time and place, and confronts us with alien objects as well as incomprehensible future artifacts. By doing this, argues Daniel Rourke, SF brings us closer to seeing things as they really are.

The Things ThemselvesMid-way through H.G.Wells’ The Time Machine, the protagonist stumbles into a sprawling abandoned museum. Sweeping the dust off ancient relics he ponders his machine’s ability to hasten their decay. It is at this point that The Time Traveller has an… ]]> Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:10:00 -0700 http://io9.com/5608671/3quarksdaily/seeing-the-truth-of-the-world-via-science-fiction 'The Thing Itself' : A Sci-Fi Archaeology http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2010/08/the-thing-itself-a-sc-fi-archaeology.html

by Daniel Rourke

Mid-way through H.G.Wells’ The Time Machine, the protagonist stumbles into a sprawling abandoned museum. Sweeping the dust off ancient relics he ponders how his machine would allow him to watch them crumble further in decay. It is at this point that The Time Traveller has an astounding revelation. The museum is filled with artefacts not from his past, but from his own future: The Time Traveller is surrounded by relics whose potential to speak slipped away with the civilisation that created them.

Having bypassed the normal laws of causality The Time Traveller is doomed…

]]> Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:05:00 -0700 http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2010/08/the-thing-itself-a-sc-fi-archaeology.html To crush a Morlock’s skull http://machinemachine.net/text/ideas/to-crush-a-morlock%E2%80%99s-skull

Although the Time Traveller is an inquisitive type his journey through the ancient museum offers him little insight. The relics are from his future: the arché has all but snapped off from archeology. As he leaves the museum the Time Traveller ponders how best to crush a Morlock’s skull.

The Neanderthal is the most futuristic thing I can think of. Riddled with mythic charm, and soon to have its genes… ]]> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:42:00 -0700 http://machinemachine.net/text/ideas/to-crush-a-morlock%E2%80%99s-skull