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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Michael Aro
Following the purchase of a box at a garage sale that contains, among other things, an interview with an unknown artist, a novelty post card, a travel chess set, technical papers, unpublished stories and a coloring book, the unnamed author of this epistolary novel suddenly finds himself standing at the intersection of language, art and technology. It is a busy intersection. While waiting for the bus to show up, he uses the time and the tools at hand to answer those ageless questions that have kept so many great minds busy over the millennia. What is the true nature of consciousness? What is the difference between language and reality, especially when you're trying to state the facts? What is art? What isn't? Does every political system eventually evolve to totalitarianism? How quickly can things change before the human mind stops caring one way or the other? Is virtual reality destined to become the best low cost alternative to physical reality for the poor and destitute? Why is it that every time you change lanes in rush hour traffic the lane you are in stops moving and the lane you were in takes off? Are ghosts real? Do aliens believe in them? The novel Art & Technology attempts to answer these and many other equally important questions.
"M" is Michael Aro's dark, satirical commentary on our twenty-first century global monoculture of capitalism, technology and entertainment. It presents the stories of a bookstore clerk, a five-dimensional alien, a cabal of nine individuals who control the worlds political, socio-economic and religious institutions, an orphan genius, a group of monks on sand mandala tour, and Artificial Intelligences modeled after Tesla, Nietzche, Erasmus, Joan of Arc and Barbie. The result is a devastatingly funny critique of contemporary civilization.
A Brief History of Civilization
Michael Aro
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
nidottu
Frank Mead believes that humanity is plunging headlong into a mass extinction event and no one and nothing can stop it. To pass the time while waiting for the worst to happen, he is writing a personal history filled not only with happy childhood memories but with loneliness, violence, sexual abuse and alienation. In other words, he is describing a typical Southern childhood. Before he can finish, his life and work converge, mutating into an entirely new form of hero's journey: Frank has recently agreed to participate in an experiment to determine if it is possible for a human to peacefully coexist with an all-knowing artificial intelligence. The AI is the creation of Aaron Zizaki, a billionaire game developer who is trying to create a super intelligence able to inhabit a living human being. Believing that humans are on the verge of self-extinction, Zizaki plans to create a transhuman race with the compassion and wisdom necessary to solve the problems of war, greed and suffering without having to eliminate homo sapiens in the process. The events that follow lead Frank to wonder whether he and the AI are about to unleash havoc on the world, save it, or both.
Simple is the first book in The Third of Three Trilogies. Divided into three sections, its poetry describes day to day life in 21st century America, a time and place which promises to be one of the most interesting periods in human existence. Portions of the book have appeared in Dan Waber's November 2010 Project and in Unlikely 2.0. Michael Aro is the pen name of Michael Harold, an award-winning author, visual artist and inventor whose books include the two trilogies The Names of Things and The Apocalypse Trilogy. The Names of Things explores the relationships between language, art and technology and contains the books Red Moon, somewords and Art & Technology. The Apocalypse Trilogy contains the dystopian novels M, The Rapture and A Brief History of Civilization. His writing is based on his personal experience of the contradictions and general insanity surrounding race, sex, religion, money and politics that are part of daily life in the 21st century.
Thirty-Two Poems Derived from Random Word Associations is exactly that. Each poem in the collection was created from random word samples taken from a classic text. The books from which the poems were made include well-known works such as Aesop's Fables, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Call of the Wild and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Other works include Kafka's The Metamorphosis, The Prince, The Kama Sutra, Paradise Lost, Jane Eyre, Sons and Lovers, Satyricon, Pascal's Pens es, Thus Spake Zarathustra and The Picture of Dorian Gray. These poems are not your typical machine generated texts. These poems are poems in every sense, insightful, beautiful and deep, each as different in style and context from the others as is the book from which it was derived. A number of the poems have been previously published in Jonathan Penton's Unlikely 2.0.
From the 1905 opening of the wildly popular, eponymous Nickelodeon in the city's downtown to the subsequent outgrowth of nickel theaters in nearly all of its neighborhoods, Pittsburgh proved to be perfect for the movies. Its urban industrial environment was a melting pot of ethnic, economic, and cultural forces—a \u201cwellspring\u201d for the development of movie culture—and nickelodeons offered citizens an inexpensive respite and handy escape from the harsh realities of the industrial world.Nickelodeon City provides a detailed view inside the city's early film trade, with insights into the politics and business dealings of the burgeoning industry. Drawing from the pages of the Pittsburgh Moving Picture Bulletin, the first known regional trade journal for the movie business, Michael Aronson profiles the major promoters in Pittsburgh, as well as many lesser-known ordinary theater owners, suppliers, and patrons. He examines early film promotion, distribution, and exhibition, and reveals the earliest forms of state censorship and the ensuing political lobbying and manipulation attempted by members of the movie trade. Aronson also explores the emergence of local exhibitor-based cinema, in which the exhibitor assumed control of the content and production of film, blurring the lines between production, consumption, and local and mass media.Nickelodeon City offers a fascinating and intimate view of a city and the socioeconomic factors that allowed an infant film industry to blossom, as well as the unique cultural fabric and neighborhood ties that kept nickelodeons prospering even after Hollywood took the industry by storm.
Serial killer Michael Leonard Robinson murdered thirteen college coeds in early 2018, impaling them on flagpoles and leaving them on highway construction jobsites for the purpose of "haunting the dawn rush hour." Police called him "The Scarecrow Killer," until he revealed in an otherwise cryptic note left for police on March 13th, 2018, that he thought of his "dolls" more as "sculptures." It was believed that The Sculptor killer perished in a massive explosion at the Mount Airy Forge in North Philadelphia at the stroke of midnight, July 18th, 2018. Authorities recovered a foot in a rubber slush boot and one arm in the blast area. They could not find the rest of the body. Last night, widower Professor Brad Winslow read a disturbing paper turned in by one of his students who had so far attended the Zoom class with the camera off. Most of the "paper" was smut, yet it did not have a college freshman's feel to it. There was a cruel joy here, as if the author was a damaged yet seasoned adult expecting the reader to find the dark writing poetic. Then, was the conclusion paragraph: Professor Winslow, I have been watching your darling daughters: Sage, the artsy tenth grader, Jody the eighth-grade tomboy, and Esther the spoiled seven-year-old, bless her heart. Here is the deal. Go to the police and I will skin the girls to the bone one square inch at a time with an X-Acto blade and a pair of splinter forceps tweezers. It will be live-streamed. You will be duct-taped to a chair with your head in a vice and your eyelids sewn open. Or . . .The Winslow Sisters will be my pawns, while you, Professor, will be my Treasure Hunter, Snake Catcher, Lord of the Worms. My new accomplice. -Michael Aronovitz writes the Bio/Reviews and Press releases for the rock and heavy metal labelEclipse Records. He is a college professor of English and lives in Wynnewood, Pennsylvaniawith his wife Kim.
John Hamrick's Blue Mouse Cinemas offers a unique, in-depth case study of regional independent film exhibition in the American Pacific Northwest. Focusing on the silent and early sound periods, this book provides important evidence of the ways an independent entrepreneur, John Hamrick—a charismatic if highly flawed theatre-owner and card-carrying Klansman—could influence Hollywood film culture, as well as exhibition and distribution patterns both within and beyond his region of operation. The Blue Mouse(s) were a set of charmingly same-named theatres that, beginning in 1920, Hamrick built, opened, and operated across the Pacific Northwest: in Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, and Astoria. In addition to the Mouses, Hamrick would at various times own, in full or in partnership, dozens of other movie houses across Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. But the Mouses were always his marquee theatres, and ultimately those most closely associated with his theatrical persona, both regionally and within the wider industry. This book helps us understand the unexplored role and influence of American indie small-chain exhibitors as they continually balanced local and national interests in the name of profitably providing entertainment. The Blue Mouse theatres were part of a well-networked commercial web working across this previously unstudied region. By considering this phenomenon, we can begin to more fully grasp the limits and possibilities of independent exhibition at the height of the studio era, and how the multivalent forces of regionalism intersected with the wider film industry.
"The Sculptor is one of the most grimly terrifying serial killers in recent literature."--Horror scholar and editor ST Joshi At age seven, Michael Leonard Robinson commits his first murder, turning tragedy into an aesthetic. By the time he turns eighteen, he has become an expert with computers, gaming systems, and the art of video imaging. And now in his forties, fully realized, he has long erased his digital footprint. He is thirty years ahead of our most advanced scientists, military ops tacticians, and elite information tech specialists. He is a master of disguise. He can invent projected realities. Of course, Michael Leonard Robinson could work his dark vision on a global scale, yet he doesn't need "the world" for a fetishistic thrill, just a police captain, his receptionist, a detective, a rookie junior officer, his sister and mother, and a lot of dark theater. Robinson appears to these characters in disguise, film clips, and flashes as he torments them. Their multiple viewpoints are puzzle pieces. When they fuse to finish the puzzle, the final sculpture becomes clear.
In this pathbreaking study, I. Michael Aronson offers a closely argued and many-faceted reinterpretation of Russian anti-Semitism and tsarist nationalities policy. He examines, and refutes, the widely held belief that the anti-Jewish pogroms in Russia in 1881 were a result of a conspiracy supported by the tsarist government or circles close to it, investigating claims and counterclaims about what happened during that fateful year and guiding the reader through a maze of events and decades of subsequent interpretations.Although the pogroms are treated within the context of Russian history, Aronson's analysis has significance for Jewish studies as well. When the Russian government adopted reactionary and repressive policies, Jews began to seek new solutions to the problems that plagued them: massive numbers emigrated to the United States; other turned to revolutionary socialism; still others were attracted to Zionism and supported the creation of the state of Israel.
Dancing with Tombstones
Cemetery Dance Publications; Michael Aronovitz
Cemetery Dance Publications
2021
pokkari
This new book from critically acclaimed genre author Michael Aronovitz collects some of his greatest stories that celebrate the beauty of the darkness in the world.In the section titled GIRLS, you'll learn "How Bria Died," and will also meet "The Sculptor" in the story that inspired Aronovitz's full-length serial killer novel of the same name.In the section featuring PSYCHOS, you'll feel the chill of the Anti-Christ in "Quest for Sadness," and fall prey to the most frightening circus creature on the face of the earth in "The Exterminator."In TOOLS & TECH, you'll find out the dark secret of "The Tool Shed," and will also experience the full-length ghost-novella, "Toll Booth."And finally, in MARTYRS & SACRIFICIAL LAMBS you'll experience hell on earth in "The Echo," and unwittingly release the darkest force of the forest in "The Falcon."With Dancing with Tombstones, the author of Alice Walks and The Sculptor deliciously thrusts us down the twisted avenues deep inside the haunt of our most secret repressions.
Michael Storrings Around the World 1000pc Book Puzzle
Galison
2023
muu
This 1000 piece puzzle book features the world around us in a artistic way. Galison puzzles are the perfect gift for puzzle and art enthusiasts alike. This book shaped keepsake box has a magnetic closure and looks great on the bookshelf or coffee table. • Box: 8.5 x 10.5 x 2.1, 216 x 267 x 53 mm • Puzzle Size: 24 X 18, 610 x 457 mm • Keepsake box with magnetic closure, printed interior box liner • Color puzzle insert featuring the full puzzle image • Puzzle greyboard contains 90% recycled paper. Packaging contains 70% recycled paper and is made responsibly from FSC-certified material. Printed with nontoxic soy-based inks
Off to see the world you go, with Michael, Mommy, and Lola School is out, and that means adventure, travel, and the great wonders of the world. Join Michael on his summer break as he travels far and wide to amazing places and countries with his mother and grandmother. Eat all the pizza you can ever imagine in Italy and walk like an Egyptian under the great shadows of the pyramids. Where adventure meets imagination, you too can travel the world with Michael and experience all there is to see in some of the coolest places on Earth. Full of fun facts and real-life sights to behold, this children's travel book is perfect for the wide-eyed adventurer in your home. Pack your bags and off you go The wonders of the world await Ages: This is great for elementary readers, who can read it alone or with parents.
Off to see the world you go, with Michael, Mommy, and Lola School is out, and that means adventure, travel, and the great wonders of the world. Join Michael on his summer break as he travels far and wide to amazing places and countries with his mother and grandmother. Eat all the pizza you can ever imagine in Italy and walk like an Egyptian under the great shadows of the pyramids. Where adventure meets imagination, you too can travel the world with Michael and experience all there is to see in some of the coolest places on Earth. This book shares an adventurous journey of a young boy, which your kids would immensely enjoy The starting of the story depicts love and bond between children and parents. It also shows a child's mindset, that every child looks forward to these little happy moments and memorable trips in addition to their academics. The story symbolizes family time and cherished moments between loved ones. AsMichael goes through his journey, his affectionate and exciting travel diary with mum and Lola takes the readers into a poise imagination that everyone enjoys. Full of fun facts and real-life sights to behold, this children's travel book is perfect for the wide-eyed adventurer in your home. Pack your bags and off you go The wonders of the world await
Pack your bags and off we go It's summer vacation and Michael, Mommy and Lola are setting offon an exciting adventure around the globe Traveling from Italy to Egypt, onto Mexico and France, each stop is more exciting than the last Follow along with Michael on this inspiring journey as he visits the animals in Africa, samples chocolates in Switzerland, learns about the Mayans in Mexico, and explores some of the other amazing places in the world Let's travel together and find out...Where in the world will Michael go next?