The Hyperstition-Hauntology Continuum

Channel: A little light, like a rushlight

Rambling along, loosely arranged into chapters – working, at arm’s length, from sets of notes. Talking about some science fiction, prophecies about the past and histories of the future, nationalism as analogous (tricky to use the word analogue Obviously a very condensed view – and a fairly critical view, though I don’t engage particularly directly with either Land or Fisher in this piece – of the porosity of hyperstition and hauntology. Mostly accumulative rather than argumentative, as is my way. Works directly discussed: Borges, Jorge Luis. “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius.” Burroughs, William S. The Electronic Revolution. Cohen, Joshua. The Netanyahus. 2021. Fisher, Mark. Flatline Constructs. Gibson, William. Burning Chrome. Gibson, William. “The Gernsback Continuum.” Gibson, William. Neuroma

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