Featured Article
The SDMB was saddened to learn of the recent, untimely death of Doper (and
teemings contributor)
LiveOnAPlane. We are dedicating this issue to his memory.
True Life Adventures
blinkie has been living with Locked In Syndrome since a 2001 stroke. We are proud to be presenting his memoirs here in
teemings. This chapter, the third, describes what happened immediately after his stroke. If you’re just tuning in now, the first chapter is
here and the second chapter is
here.
Not all of life’s adventures are big and dramatic.
brujaja shares a moment that has stayed with her.
Essays and Criticism
We regard the brain as not only the seat of consciousness but the essence of self. For years, science fiction authors have played with images of the brain removed from its fleshy apparatus and kept alive in a lab container. This month,
CalMeacham investigates the sources of that imagery.
Sports
“It’s not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game” — unless you’re a fan of professional sports, of course. Stephen Taylor looks at how the various sports do in providing winners for hometown fans.
Fiction
Thirsty. I woke up so thirsty, so incredibly thirsty. My throat is swollen and my tongue feels like a piece of brittle charcoal in my mouth; my lips are chapped like raw leather. How long has it been since I had something to drink? I can’t remember. But I can’t drink now; wouldn’t even if I could. I know
that, even if I don’t know why. [
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Well, not an awful lot went on in Potter’s Point last month, except that Christie Bunting returned to town for the first time in about two decades, an event that didn’t mean a lot to many folks except for Henry Haskins.
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Regular Columns
The origins of mainstream slang can be obscure; the origins of the slang of subcultures can be completely mysterious. This issue,
samclem tackles an example of the latter.
In this month’s column,
WordMan discusses the recently rediscovered Detroit band Death, whose proto-punk sound raises a few questions about what it means to be punk.
JustEd, who loves a good story, thinks about what his obligation is as a member of the audience, as well as the obligations of the storyteller to him.
