Hinterlands

I'm reminded of the short story "Hinterlands" by William Gibson; the succession of explorers did come back (to a space station) with plenty of patent-worthy info but almost always insane or DOA by suicide ... and as one of the handlers says "Even now, knowing what I know, I still want to go."

One-Way Mars Missions? 2009

I'm reminded of the short story "Hinterlands" by William Gibson; the succession of explorers did come back (to a space station) with plenty of patent-worthy info but almost always insane or DOA by suicide ... and as one of the handlers says "Even now, knowing what I know, I still want to go."

One-Way Mars Missions? » E-Mail 2009

Roadside Picnic (famously filmed by Tarkovsky as Stalker), about the aftereffects of an alien intrusion of a weirdness that could give a Kelly Link story a run for its money, is very different, but even more brilliant; like William Gibson's "Hinterlands" it gives us a universe that in its fundamental and permanent incomprehensibility forces us to come face to face with ourselves.

MIND MELD: The Forgotten Books of SF/F/H 2009

Starting off with "Hinterlands" is sort of insulting.

BlueOregon 2009

Starting off with "Hinterlands" is sort of insulting.

BlueOregon 2009

First off, there is no place on an Oregon map with the name, "Hinterlands".

BlueOregon 2009

First off, there is no place on an Oregon map with the name, "Hinterlands".

BlueOregon 2009

Starting off with "Hinterlands" is sort of insulting.

BlueOregon 2009

First off, there is no place on an Oregon map with the name, "Hinterlands".

BlueOregon 2009

It certainly is a marvelous expression of the sort of cosmic horror that is so often called "Lovecraftian," though I doubt HPL was a direct inspiration for "The Hinterlands."

"With my eyes closed I'll look closer..." greygirlbeast 2009