Six Concepts for the End of the World by Steve Beard -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half Title Series Information Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Acknowledgements Intro: Field Notes on a Residency 1 Sociology: End of America

Field Notes on a Residency Eight One-Pagers for a Hollywood End-of-the-World Disaster Movie

1 Particles 2 Ilsa and the Gene Bomb 3 Lost in Algospace 4 Planet Earth Has Fallen 5 Goodnight, Sweet Detroit 6 The Legend of Alice D Apocalypse 7 Claustropolis 8 Ark of Uriel

2 Technology: Global Accident

Field Notes on a Residency Six Tech-Based Scenarios for the Global Accident

1 Bioengineering Apocalypse 2 Computer Apocalypse 3 Psychoactive Drug Apocalypse 4 Rocket Apocalypse 5 Space Medicine Apocalypse 6 Television Apocalypse

Research Notes: Eight Tech-Based Models of a Local Accident

1 Death of Jesse Gelsinger (Bioengineering Accident)

Local Accident Investigation Report

2 Flash Crash (Computer Accident)

Local Accident Investigation Report

3 Manson Family Murders (Psychoactive Drug Accident)

Local Accident Investigation Report

4 Challenger Disaster (Rocket Accident)

Local Accident Investigation Report

5 Biosphere 2 Collapse (Space Medicine Accident)

Local Accident Investigation Report

6 7/7 London Bombings (Television Accident)

Local Accident Investigation Report

7 Chernobyl Disaster (Nuclear Accident)

Local Accident Investigation Report

8 9/11 Attack (Jet Plane Accident)

Local Accident Investigation Report

3 Geography: Pandemic

Field Notes on a Residency Proposal for a Global Emergency Responder Training Exercise

Invitation to Tender Response to Invitation

4 Psychology: Mass PTSD

Field Notes on a Residency Transcript of the Keynote Speech from a UFO Abduction Conference

5 Theology: Birth of Antichrist

Field Notes on a Residency Voiceover Script from an Occult Art Film

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Research Notes: A Fortean Scholar Comments on an Occult Art Film

‘the Order’ ‘entity at Phi Aquarii’ ‘Archbishop’s operator’ ‘New Age’ ‘Red Dragon’ ‘seen in the stars’ ‘unholy opposite’ ‘Bishop of the California Lodge’ ‘Babylon’ ‘Belarion Working’ ‘abortions’ ‘into the Sahara desert’ ‘second death’ ‘the third seal and the fourth seal’ ‘German secret society’ ‘disc-shaped spacecraft’ ‘the sign promised to him’ ‘Howard Robard Hughes’ ‘to discover the truth’ ‘Cay Sal’ ‘Bill Gay’ ‘Mormon’ ‘a composite of recorded memories’ ‘Richard Nixon landed in Dallas’ ‘human experimentation’ ‘persistence of Christian belief’ ‘new Heaven’

6 Narratology: Liveblogging the End-Times

Field Notes on a Residency Model of a Global Accident Blog: MH370 Disappearance

Tuesday 11/03/14: Malaysian Jet Disaster and Media Scapegoating within the First 72 Hours Friday 14/03/14: Response to Malaysian Jet Disaster Takes Crowdsourcing Past the Tipping Point Sunday 16/03/14: Imitative Magic, Accident Investigation and the Missing Malaysian Jet Monday 17/03/14: Shamanic Ritual in Pursuit of the Missing Malaysian Jet Reconsidered as Performance Art Tuesday 18/03/14: Missing Malaysian Jet Considered as a Media Black Hole Thursday 20/03/14: Shamanism Meets Conspiracy Theory in the Case of the Missing Malaysian Jet Friday 21/03/14: Missing Malaysian Jet Considered as an Electromagnetic Trace Object Saturday 22/03/14: #prayforMH370 and the Kuala Lumpur Airport Memorial Sunday 23/03/14: Flight MH370 Considered as a Metaphysical Event Monday 24/03/14: The Crash of Flight MH370 Is Officially an Algorithmic Event Tuesday 25/03/14: The Search for MH370 Debris Considered as a Mourning Ritual Wednesday 26/03/14: MH370 Families Considered as a Political Avant-Garde Thursday 27/03/14: The Search for MH370 Debris Considered as a Moment of Awakening Friday 28/03/14: MH370 Disaster Response and the Architecture of Command Sunday 30/03/14: Mh370 Crash Considered as an Instance of Negative Theology Thursday 03/04/14: The Search for the MH370 Black Box Considered as a Psychoanalytical Fantasy Friday 04/04/14: Flight MH370 Conspiracy Theories and Digital Provenance Tuesday 08/04/14: Mh370 Conspiracy Theories and UFO Disinformation Thursday 10/04/14: MH370 Considered as a Precursor of the ‘Global Accident’ Wednesday 23/04/14: Underwater Drones, MH370 and the High-Resolution Mapping of the Ocean Floor Friday 02/05/14: MH370 Crash Considered as an ‘Inverse Miracle’ Thursday 29/05/14: The Abyss Stares Back at the Flight MH370 Search Team

Outro: Field Notes on a Residency

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