Showing posts with label utopia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label utopia. Show all posts

Friday, 25 March 2011

The Future is Queer by Richard Labonte and Lawrence Schimel

A good collection of stories and one piece of graphic fiction by a variety of authors, all queer visions of the future for GLTBs.  As with all good science fiction, each story reflects on a different aspect of gay or lesbian society and issues such as identity by differentiation from the 'norm', self esteem and how a sense of self is refracted through the lens of sexuality.  Thought provoking and interesting.

Friday, 23 July 2010

DYSTOPIA #8
Island by Aldous Huxley

Journalist and life long cynic Will Farnaby wakes up to the insistent call 'Attention' after being shipwrecked on the forbidden island of Pala, located geographically somewhere around Bali.  Sent by the head of his paper, oil tycoon Aldehyde, to find out whether Pala will be easy to take over and exploit, Will finds himself in a world where the inner life is cherished and valued and even the birds in the trees have a part to play in reminding the inhabitants of this utopia how best to live and be.   Wonderful and sad.