The other night I ended up watching a clip of Alan Moore being interviewed by John Higgs on the 20th century, particularly Moore's thing in From Hell of it being 'birthed' by the Ripper murders, and it ended up spiraling off into a discussion of Lovecraft being the birth of modern horror, the impact of science fiction on people like von Braun and the idea that America's relative lack of history meant that they had to look to the future.
Anyway...
Do you think there's any overarching structure to the 20th century? What comes to mind when you think of it? What do you feel were the most significant events, inventions and discoveries? Do you view it as an anomaly or a continuation?
Anyway...
Do you think there's any overarching structure to the 20th century? What comes to mind when you think of it? What do you feel were the most significant events, inventions and discoveries? Do you view it as an anomaly or a continuation?
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