Comments on: R.P.M. by Chris Nakashima-Brown http://futurismic.com/2007/02/01/rpm-by-chris-nakashima-brown/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:16:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: alzaebo http://futurismic.com/2007/02/01/rpm-by-chris-nakashima-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-13394 alzaebo Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:12:11 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2007/02/01/new-fiction-from-chris-nakashima-brown/#comment-13394 Futurismic is fantastic. After many hours of searching for quality science fiction on the web, I get it all, right here. As much as I want. So glad for this site. Thanx! Futurismic is fantastic. After many hours of searching for quality science fiction on the web, I get it all, right here.
As much as I want. So glad for this site. Thanx!

]]> By: Ken McPherson http://futurismic.com/2007/02/01/rpm-by-chris-nakashima-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-13393 Ken McPherson Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:57:21 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2007/02/01/new-fiction-from-chris-nakashima-brown/#comment-13393 oops, one correction- the warehouse district is actually a branch office of the Korean underworld. Been to Olympic and Alameda many times, those canny merchants saw the economic opportunity after the riots and renovated South Central big-time! oops, one correction- the warehouse district is actually a branch office of the Korean underworld. Been to Olympic and Alameda many times, those canny merchants saw the economic opportunity after the riots and renovated South Central big-time!

]]> By: Ken McPherson http://futurismic.com/2007/02/01/rpm-by-chris-nakashima-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-13392 Ken McPherson Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:49:57 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2007/02/01/new-fiction-from-chris-nakashima-brown/#comment-13392 Well done! And here I innocently sat, my inner conservative beginning to roll his eyes at another lame indictment of "the establishment". More silly, defrauded "activists" as "heroes". The more I think about this story the more I like it. I don't think I've ever seen a better illustration of the industry of memes- and why crass capitalism will continue to outperform the naive hypocrisy of "social revolution". Even had a few nicely cynical digs at Marxism's other competitor, carbon technology... which has delivered the prosperity that the church of socialism can only promise. No wonder Percy's jealous!! Old-school realists like Takaguchi have forgotten tricks that these kids haven't even thought up yet. Experience does tell. My favorite - "We have whole precincts in South Central turning into Temporary Autonomous Zones. The only cops that’ll go there run their own rogue warlord operations... The warehouse district is a branch office of the Chinese underworld" That sounds eerily prophetic. Mr. Nakashima-Brown, you have a very good understanding of this world. Many kudos. I do love a surpise! p.s.- I use Copy and paste for just about everything. It only takes seconds, for goodness' sake. Thank you Mr. Lyon for giving us this story for free. Well done! And here I innocently sat, my inner conservative beginning to roll his eyes at another lame indictment of “the establishment”. More silly, defrauded “activists” as “heroes”. The more I think about this story the more I like it.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a better illustration of the industry of memes- and why crass capitalism will continue to outperform the naive hypocrisy of “social revolution”. Even had a few nicely cynical digs at Marxism’s other competitor, carbon technology… which has delivered the prosperity that the church of socialism can only promise. No wonder Percy’s jealous!!

Old-school realists like Takaguchi have forgotten tricks that these kids haven’t even thought up yet. Experience does tell.

My favorite -
“We have whole precincts in South Central turning into Temporary Autonomous Zones. The only cops that’ll go there run their own rogue warlord operations… The warehouse district is a branch office of the Chinese underworld”
That sounds eerily prophetic. Mr. Nakashima-Brown, you have a very good understanding of this world. Many kudos.

I do love a surpise!

p.s.- I use Copy and paste for just about everything. It only takes seconds, for goodness’ sake. Thank you Mr. Lyon for giving us this story for free.

]]> By: Jeremy Lyon http://futurismic.com/2007/02/01/rpm-by-chris-nakashima-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-610 Jeremy Lyon Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:39:37 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2007/02/01/new-fiction-from-chris-nakashima-brown/#comment-610 Lo -- I've got making a "printable" view on our stories on my long list of things to fix on the site. Glad you liked the story, sorry the site detracted from your enjoyment. -- Jeremy Lo — I’ve got making a “printable” view on our stories on my long list of things to fix on the site. Glad you liked the story, sorry the site detracted from your enjoyment. — Jeremy

]]> By: Cozby http://futurismic.com/2007/02/01/rpm-by-chris-nakashima-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Cozby Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:51:57 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2007/02/01/new-fiction-from-chris-nakashima-brown/#comment-609 Am I the only one who thinks this is horribly lame? Am I the only one who thinks this is horribly lame?

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