your online writing discoveries

[Simon Bar Sinister]

a really good "sequel" of sorts to The Thing.

http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/

[Simon Bar Sinister]

the possible effects of the zombie apocalypse on international relations:

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/06/21/night_of_the_living_wonks?page=0,0

[Class-Punk]

The Americanization of Mental Illness. A 'Times article that resonates with me deeply.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/magazine/10psyche-t.html

[Simon Bar Sinister]

a zombie story from the point-of-view of one of the zombies:

http://www.burningbuilding.com/zombie.htm

[Simon Bar Sinister]

an interesting (and only 1 page! with pictures!) read on the looming infrastructure needs of China and India as they urbanize.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/08/16/prime_numbers_megacities?page=full

Edited August 17, 2010 by Simon Bar Sinister

[Simon Bar Sinister]

free books for your online perusal!

http://www.forgottenbooks.org

Edited September 25, 2010 by Simon Bar Sinister

[Simon Bar Sinister]

Did you know that William Gibson wrote a screenplay for Alien 3 that the studio rejected?

you can read it here: http://www.awesomefilm.com/script/Alien3.txt

[Class-Punk]

The Praetorian Class is formed and grown to defend the Political Class and in time becomes the dragon that rules its master. It represents a highly disturbing trend because it foretells the decline, not the advance, of a society.

The Rise of the Praetorian Class