Monthly Archives: September 2008

Neuropath by Scott Bakker

By terje | Published: September 27, 2008
Neuropath by Scott Bakker 2008. 306 pages (with afterword). Orion TPB. “Only a small fraction of your brain is involved in conscious experience, which is why so much of what we do is unconscious. The bulk of your brain’s processing falls outside what you can experience; it simply doesn’t exist for your consciousness, not even as an absence. That’s why [...]
Posted in Ambiguity, Conflicting emotions, Discomfort, Education, Help!, Literature, Misery, Pain, Panic, Paranoia, Pessimism, Regret, Revelations, Review, Scepticism, Speculations, Speculative fiction, Stress, Whoa, Wistfulness | 7 Comments

A TV Dante

By terje | Published: September 24, 2008
My sister is one of the most important students at NTNU’s Department of Nordistics (or whatever) and Literature, primarily through her role as founder of the departemental body responsible for arranging events related to the relevant field of study (primarily Nordic linguistics and literature, as well as literature in general). Yesterday, she had arrange a [...]
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WALL-E

By terje | Published: September 20, 2008
As I went to see WALL-E (from now on Wall-E, as Nature abhors a shout, even though it’s supposed to be an acronym) last a couple of days ago, I was feeling highly ambiguous and thus also a bit scared. You see, my hopes for this movie were nothing short of astronomic, as just about [...]
Posted in A Moistening of the Eyes, A Praise Chorus, Ambiguity, Art, Awe, Bliss, Glee, Goosebumps!, Great Expectations, Hodge-podge rambling, Hope, Impressions, Irony, Love, Movies, My microcosmos, Optimism, Pimping, Pleasant surprises, Potential, Rant, Recommendations, Relief, Review, Speculations, Wistfulness, Yay! | 11 Comments

Consequences of the Middle Republic Wars — lecture #4

By terje | Published: September 17, 2008
Inner Strife and the Dynasts of the Late Republic. (This post is based on a lecture held by Jan Frode Hatlen at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, September 11 2008, but any factual errors in the text are strictly my responsibility.) (Also, lecture #3 was a discussion lecture where we were given extracts from the [...]
Posted in Hist2125, History, Roman stuff | 19 Comments

Hancock

By terje | Published: September 4, 2008
So, an action comedy about a drunken, sleazy superhero, eh? Sounds like a promising premise for an action comedy, don’t you think? I thought so, at least, when I bought tickets to see Hancock. I wasn’t much dissappointed.
Posted in Movies, Review, Speculative fiction, meh. | 2 Comments

The Last Colony by John Scalzi

By terje | Published: September 3, 2008
The Last Colony by John Scalzi. Tor Science Fiction, 2007. 320 pages. “Beware he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master.” — Commissioner Pravin Lal of the Peacekeepers, Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri.
Posted in Links, Literature, Quote of the day, Quotes, Recommendations, Review, Speculative fiction, lol | 5 Comments

The Punic Wars and Expansion — Lecture #2

By terje | Published: September 2, 2008
2nd lecture — The Punic Wars: From Village to Mediterranean Empire. (This post is based on a lecture held by Jan Frode Hatlen at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology on August 28 2008. However, any factual errors in the text is strictly my responsibility.)
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Introduction and Overview — Lecture #1

By terje | Published: September 2, 2008
Lecture #1 — A General Introduction and Overview. (This post is based on a lecture held by Jan Frode Hatlen at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, August 21 2008. However, any factual errors in the text is strictly my responsibility.) It is hard to be precise about what Rome was like before approximately 500 BCE, [...]
Posted in Byzantium, Education, Hist2125, History, Politics, Roman stuff | 11 Comments