the company I keep

Spotted as an exhibit in the new British Library exhibition about science fiction: Earthdoom, by David Langford and John Grant.

The exhibition's all, like, me an' Dave an' that H.G. Wossname . . .









Incidentally, the book is (over)due to be re-released by Dark Quest Books. I'd say run and place your orders, but I see it's not yet listed on the website.

This boy is Ignorance ... on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased

We have two wars going on, the economy's in difficulties, global warming is accelerating, unemployment is frighteningly high, "extreme weather events" are increasing in frequency, healthcare and education are in a shambles, working people are shouldering a higher ratio of the tax burden than ever before, unions are under attack, ACORN has been destroyed (who next? Oxfam?), poverty levels are obscene, and much, much more, and the US right thinks the most important item on the nation's political agenda is . . .

Anthony Weiner's penis.