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An astute reader of the first chapter wondered whether the red barn of our tale might be the scene of the infamous 1827 murder of Maria Marten, perhaps in order to unfold Maria’s tragic plot. That does not seem to be so, however, given the events that occur in this and the prior instalment, which… Read more
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While researching old newspaper archives for a novel set in the Victorian period, I uncovered an intriguing British serialized penny dreadful, The Mystery of the Marsh; or The Red Barn at Deerhurst, which I plan to resurrect in its entirety here on Furin Chime, chapter by chapter. The work is unattributed in the instalments, but… Read more
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Reflecting on a post-Tipp-Ex era I ponder questions surrounding the concept of Cyberspace. Remembrance of Tipp-Ex past Be it fortunate or unfortunate, the years locate me at a pivotal time in the evolution of cyberspace. I don’t claim to be among its first denizens. Arpanet, the forerunner of the Internet was “operational” in the United… Read more
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Anachronism is an obvious comic device in The King (1990), Donald Barthelme’s last, posthumously published novel, and as such invariably commands comment. Barthelme places or “transposes” the Arthurian court into the period of Second World War Britain, something in the manner of what’s known today as the allohistorical genre, in which it is imagined how… Read more
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Here are some more circa 2000 commercial images from Japan. There’s not much difference between Eastern and Western cultures in the way they fabricate mythological/ideological messages via semiotic techniques. But there are cultural idiosyncrasies as well, which feed easily into a global mythological context. 50 cc “naked” Zoomer Let’s kick start this post with the… Read more
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