Present Unheimlich: William Gibson's Blue Ant Trilogy

Pattern Recognition by William Gibson is the first of a loose trilogy – called, alternatively, the Blue Ant or Bigend trilogy – that also includes Spook Country and Zero History. Pattern Recognition was released in 2003, and was set in the summer of 2002 – the events of September 11 form the backdrop for the plot, but are not center stage

Analysis, Book reviews, Written by: CameronCameron SummersAugust 21, 2019William Gibson, Blue Ant, Pattern Recognition, Unheimlich, Uncanny, Nostalgia, Spook Country, Zero History Comments

The Nostalgic, The Uncanny, and The Unheimlich: On ''Over the Garden Wall.'

Despite what I said a while back about History and Nostalgia being opposites (and, don't get me wrong, I largely stand by that) it may be more appropriate to say that nostalgia and the uncanny are entangled antitheses: the former a longing for the past, and the latter an unwelcome intrusion of the past into the present. And if Stranger Things is the apotheosis of nostalgia in television, then I submit that the avatar of the uncanny is the animated miniseries Over the Garden Wall.

Analysis, Written by: CameronCameron SummersJuly 24, 2019Nostalgia, Uncanny, Unheimlich, Over the Garden Wall, Americana, An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge, Camp, Billy Porter Comment