We open with several pages of legalese explaining that it is against the law to have children with people who have either 100%, 50%, or 25% of the same genetic code as yourself. At the same time we see Tim Robbins flying over a vast desert, which surrounds the city of Shanghai. Clearly something has happened, something bad. We are never told what this something is. We are given hints that sunlight is bad-so bad that everyone now works at night and sleeps during the day. We are also told that clones and test tube babies are common. And most…
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The Host by Stephenie Meyer
first pulished on Technorati Image Robert A Heinlein’s Puppetmasters from the point of view of the alien invaders. Or the Invasion of the Body Snatchers from the point of view of the Pod People. Stephane Meyers’s Host is one more story where there is no black and white, only many shades of grey. The bad guys aren’t really bad, the good guys aren’t really good. The Host is set in the not too distant future where the Earth has been invaded and conquered by small parasitic lifeforms which attach themselves to the victim’s brains. The alien minds are stronger than…
Altered States of Consciousness Without Drugs
Altered State of Consciousness-any of various states of awareness (as dreaming sleep, a drug-induced hallucinogenic state, or a trance) that deviate from and are usually clearly demarcated from ordinary waking consciousness. A friend of mine uses Photoshop to make Mandala, he makes one or two a day. They have a fractal type quality to them, and if you stare at them they are supposed to clear your mind and help you achieve an altered state of consciousness. The ancient Greeks had the Temple of Delphi, where it is believed there was a large brass pot of water, which those wishing…