I have noticed some synchronicity in some of the media I have been consuming. Themes and memes overlapping and repeating. Even a common tone of voice in some cases. As I thought about this just a little bit it occurred to me that this is natural, since I am the one choosing the books and movies and television I take in. But sometimes I feel certain things jumped in my path, rather than me seeking them out.
Rather than going back to the beginning, I'm going to start with the most recent. I'm going to use this as a working document, so perhaps I shall yank it back to draft status. Perhaps not.
I'm watching Wall E as I type this post. My son Jake is not happy about me not watching the screen, so I'll get this started and come back. Wall E, with its theme of survivors of an apocalypse, comes fresh on the heels of my viewing of I Am Legend, with Will Smith. And that, followed my reading of Alas, Babylon, by Pat Frank, which followed When Sysadmins Ruled The Earth, and Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow. Most recently, I read Eat the Document: A Novel, by Dana Spiota.
Hopefully on my next revision or next post I will begin to make some sense of the shared zeitgeist I feel from these disparate sources.
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