Category Archives: New Wave

The City & The City

Posted on May 11, 2018 by

China Mieville’s 2009 novel The City & The City is a true masterpiece. It won a lot of awards, which I realize will turn some people against it, but even a blind hog finds a truffle now and then. Now, I … Continue reading →

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Cirsova: The time to jump on the bandwagon is now.

Posted on May 10, 2018 by

I know a lot of good independent writers. I know a number of good independent artists, and few really top notch independent editors. I even know several good independent voice actors for recording audiobooks. All of which is great, because … Continue reading →

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Metaesthetics viewed as a global discriminatory function for theorem sheafs (Part VI)

Posted on April 20, 2018 by

VI. Beauty And Truth And All That Jazz Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V A successful metaesthetic formalism has scalar consistency between mechanical, narrative, and thematic elements. Generally when we speak of consistency in fiction we mean … Continue reading →

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Metaesthetics viewed as a global discriminatory function for theorem sheafs (Part V)

Posted on April 20, 2018 by

V. In Which The Audience Is Invited To Participate Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV And now, at long last (I had planned this initially as three essays) we come to the point of the series. Or rather, … Continue reading →

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Metaesthetics viewed as a global discriminatory function for theorem sheafs (Part IV)

Posted on April 20, 2018 by

IV. Aesthetics And Metaesthetics In Practice Part I Part II Part III Aesthetics is the study of the formalism of a means of communication–that is to say the relationship between what is being said to how you say it. Metaesthetics … Continue reading →

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Metaesthetics viewed as a global discriminatory function for theorem sheafs (Part III)

Posted on April 20, 2018 by

III. A Further Note On Linguistic Abstraction Part I is here, and Part II is here. To continue: The disciplines of thought can be characterized by the ways in which the symbols manipulated are parsed. An arithmetical manipulation of symbols, … Continue reading →

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Metaesthetics viewed as a global discriminatory function for theorem sheafs (Part II)

Posted on April 20, 2018 by

II. Graduated Boundaries Of Abstraction And Their Implications In my earlier post I alluded to the process of sensory abstraction as a continuum. In very general terms, a perceived structure may be interpreted as a pattern of color and form, … Continue reading →

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