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Thomas M. Disch

A twine dedicated to the memory of an unjustly underrated writer of science fiction, suspense, and poetry: Tom Disch, whose untimely death early this year shocked the SF community. My goal here is to present his work to younger generations.

TAGS: science fiction,; poetry,; literature,

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William Burroughs

Writer. Beat. He who believed that language is a virus. He who spread the word, the virus, and changed literature forever.

TAGS: literature,; post-modernism,; post-modern,; science fiction,; beat generation,

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Marshall McLuhan

McLuhan was a Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar - and mostly a communications theorist. McLuhan's work is viewed as one of the cornerstones of the study of media theory. He is known for coining the expressions "the medium is the message" and "global village."

TAGS: communications,; media,; media theory,

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Zygmunt Bauman

Bauman is a Polish sociologist who lives in England since 1971. Professor of sociology at the University of Leeds (and since 1990 emeritus professor), Bauman has become best known for his analyses of postmodern consumerism, and the coinage of the term "liquid modernity".

TAGS: sociology,; philosophy,; post-modernity,; liquid modernity,; consumerism,

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Thomas Merton

A tribute to one of the most influential Catholic writers of the 20th century. Trappist monk, poet, social activist, proponent of inter-religious understanding.