THE HAPPENING WORLD (3) DOMESTICA
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (4) MASKER AID
CONTINUITY (4) ROOMIE NATION
CONTEXT (5) THE GRAND MANOR
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (5) SCENESHIFTER
CONTEXT (6) ONE COMES OUT WHERE …
CONTINUITY (5) HEAR HEAR
THE HAPPENING WORLD (4) SPOKEN LIKE A MAN
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (6) WHICH SIDE AM I ON?
CONTEXT (7) BULL FIGHT
CONTINUITY (6) AUCTION BLOCK FOR ME
THE HAPPENING WORLD (5) CITIZEN BACILLUS
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (7) THE TOO MUCH STRAIN
CONTEXT (8) ISOLATION
CONTINUITY (7) ARMS AND IDLENESS
THE HAPPENING WORLD (6) STREET SEEN
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (8) ILL WIND
CONTINUITY (8) THE CAMEL’S BACK
CONTEXT (9) GUNCRIT
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (9) POPPYSEED
CONTEXT (10) THE BABY AND THE BATHWATER
CONTINUITY (9) DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF
THE HAPPENING WORLD (7) THE STATE OF THE ART
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (10) SMOTHERLOVE
CONTINUITY (10) DUE PROCESS
CONTEXT (11) COME OUTSIDE AND SAY THAT
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (11) THE SEALED TRAIN
CONTINUITY (11) THE SOUND OF FALLING ROCK
CONTEXT (12) THE SOCIOLOGICAL COUNTERPART OF CHEYNE-STOKES RESPIRATION
CONTINUITY (12) IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE AUTOMATIC BUT ACTUALLY YOU HAVE TO PRESS THIS BUTTON
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (12) IF YOU CAN’T BEAT THEM BEAUT THEM
THE HAPPENING WORLD (8) BE KIND TO YOUR FORFEITED FRIENDS
CONTEXT (13) THE OLD NEWSPAPER
CONTINUITY (13) MULTIPLY BY A MILLION
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (13) THE GOOSEBERRY BUSH
CONTINUITY (14) THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (14) LIGHT THE TOUCHPAPER AND RETIRE
CONTINUITY (15) DO NOT PASS GO, DO NOT COLLECT
CONTEXT (14) STORM CENTRE
THE HAPPENING WORLD (9) SHAMBLES
CONTEXT (15) BRED AND BORN
CONTINUITY (16) THE REVISED VERSION
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (15) OUR PARENTS’ FEET WERE BLACK
CONTEXT (16) MR. & MRS. EVERYWHERE: CALYPSO
CONTINUITY (17) TIMESCALES
THE HAPPENING WORLD (10) SOUR GRAPES
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (16) THE MESSENGER OF THE GOSPEL OF UNIVERSAL LOVE
CONTINUITY (18) THE WALLS OF TROY
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (17) BRIGHTER THAN A THOUSAND MEN
CONTINUITY (19) SEMPER ALIQUID NOVI
CONTEXT (17) FEELING THE OVERDRAFT
CONTINUITY (20) THE SHADOW OF GRANDFATHER LOA
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (18) IN MY YOUNG DAYS
CONTINUITY (21) MORE HASTE
CONTEXT (18) ZOCK
CONTINUITY (22) THE PRICE OF ADMISSION
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (19) SMALL WANTS AND THOSE EASILY SATISFIED
CONTINUITY (23) HE STUCK IN HIS THUMB
THE HAPPENING WORLD (11) HOW TO
CONTEXT (19) A FREE RENDERING OF TWO NATIONAL ANTHEMS
CONTINUITY (24) THIS SCENE NOT SHIFTED
CONTEXT (20) THE PROS AND CONS OF A LUNATIC SOCIETY
CONTINUITY (25) DADDY OF THEM ALL
CONTEXT (21) LETTER
CONTINUITY (26) HERE COMES A CHOPPER
THE HAPPENING WORLD (12) THE GENERAL FEELING
CONTINUITY (27) MANSCAPE
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (20) THE OLD LADY UNDER THE JUGGERNAUT
CONTINUITY (28) FROM HERE ON DOWN IT’S UPHILL ALL THE WAY
CONTEXT (22) MOTHER AND BABY DOING WELL?
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (21) THE DRY CHILD
CONTINUITY (29) I BEG TO REPORT
CONTEXT (23) TO BE AVOIDED
CONTINUITY (30) TURN HER ON AND LET HER ROLL
THE HAPPENING WORLD (13) RÉSUMÉ
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (22) THE CLIMAX OF MORE THAN A LIFETIME OF ACHIEVEMENT
CONTINUITY (31) GROUNDWORK
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (23) BEGI AND THE ORACLE
CONTINUITY (32) FIRST WITH THE NEWS
THE HAPPENING WORLD (14) RECRUITING POSTERS
CONTINUITY (33) GOT IT AND GONE
CONTEXT (24) ONE OF MANY ESSENTIALLY IDENTICAL PRINTOUTS FROM SHALMANESER
CONTINUITY (34) THERE LIVES MORE FAITH IN HONEST DOUBT
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (24) NO REASON, PURPOSE OR JUSTIFICATION
CONTINUITY (35) TO AWAIT COLLECTION
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (25) THE MAN WITHOUT CONVICTIONS
CONTEXT (25) A FAVOURITE STORY OF CHAD MULLIGAN’S
CONTINUITY (36) MAKESHIFT
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (26) ALL IN DUE TIME
CONTINUITY (37) STORAGE
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (27) RECIPE FOR A MUCKER
CONTEXT (26) TO MYSELF ON THE OCCASION OF MY TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
CONTINUITY (38) NOT FOR SALE BUT CAN BE HAD ON APPLICATION
THE HAPPENING WORLD (15) EQUAL AND OPPOSITE
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (28) THE SLOW WAY TO DIE
CONTINUITY (39) BETTER TO BE A VOLCANO
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (29) WHILE THE BALANCE OF HIS MIND WAS DISTURBED
CONTINUITY (40) OF THE GREATEST SIGNIFICANCE
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (30) DÉFENSE D’ENTRER
CONTEXT (27) STUDY GROUP REPORTS
CONTINUITY (41) SEWN ON WITH NEEDLE AND THREAD
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (31) UNTO US A CHILD
CONTINUITY (42) AND SAY WHICH SEED WILL GROW
THE HAPPENING WORLD (16) OBITUARY
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS (32) THE COOL AND DETACHED VIEW
CONTEXT (28) A MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSORS
About the Author
Also by John Brunner
Praise for Stand on Zanzibar
Copyright
CONTENTS FROM PRINT EDITION
Title Page
Dedication
Foreword
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(0) THE INNIS MODE
(1) SCANALYZE MY NAME
(2) EDITORIAL SLOT
(3) YOU HAVE TO PUSH HIM OVER
(4) THE SUBJECT MATTER
(5) THE GRAND MANOR
(6) ONE COMES OUT WHERE …
(7) BULL FIGHT
(8) ISOLATION
(9) GUNCRIT
(10) THE BABY AND THE BATHWATER
(11) COME OUTSIDE AND SAY THAT
(12) THE SOCIOLOGICAL COUNTERPART OF CHEYNE-STOKES RESPIRATION
(13) THE OLD NEWSPAPER
(14) STORM CENTRE
(15) BRED AND BORN
(16) MR. & MRS. EVERYWHERE: CALYPSO
(17) FEELING THE OVERDRAFT
(18) ZOCK
(19) A FREE RENDERING OF TWO NATIONAL ANTHEMS
(20) THE PROS AND CONS OF A LUNATIC SOCIETY
(21) LETTER
(22) MOTHER AND BABY DOING WELL?
(23) TO BE AVOIDED
(24) ONE OF MANY ESSENTIALLY IDENTICAL PRINTOUTS FROM SHALMANESER
(25) A FAVOURITE STORY OF CHAD MULLIGAN’S
(26) TO MYSELF ON THE OCCASION OF MY TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
(27) STUDY GROUP REPORTS
(28) A MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSORS
the happening world
(1) READ THE DIRECTIONS
(2) THE SOFT CELL
(3) DOMESTICA
(4) SPOKEN LIKE A MAN
(5) CITIZEN BACILLUS
(6) STREET SEEN
(7) THE STATE OF THE ART
(8) BE KIND TO YOUR FORFEITED FRIENDS
(9) SHAMBLES
(10) SOUR GRAPES
(11) HOW TO
(12) THE GENERAL FEELING
(13) RÉSUMÉ
(14) RECRUITING POSTERS
(15) EQUAL AND OPPOSITE
(16) OBITUARY
tracking with closeups
(1) MR. PRESIDENT
(2) YONDERBOY
(3
) NO YOU DON’T!
(4) MASKER AID
(5) SCENESHIFTER
(6) WHICH SIDE AM I ON?
(7) THE TOO MUCH STRAIN
(8) ILL WIND
(9) POPPYSEED
(10) SMOTHERLOVE
(11) THE SEALED TRAIN
(12) IF YOU CAN’T BEAT THEM BEAUT THEM
(13) THE GOOSEBERRY BUSH
(14) LIGHT THE TOUCHPAPER AND RETIRE
(15) OUR PARENTS’ FEET WERE BLACK
(16) THE MESSENGER OF THE GOSPEL OF UNIVERSAL LOVE
(17) BRIGHTER THAN A THOUSAND MEN
(18) IN MY YOUNG DAYS
(19) SMALL WANTS AND THOSE EASILY SATISFIED
(20) THE OLD LADY UNDER THE JUGGERNAUT
(21) THE DRY CHILD
(22) THE CLIMAX OF MORE THAN A LIFETIME OF ACHIEVEMENT
(23) BEGI AND THE ORACLE
(24) NO REASON, PURPOSE OR JUSTIFICATION
(25) THE MAN WITHOUT CONVICTIONS
(26) ALL IN DUE TIME
(27) RECIPE FOR A MUCKER
(28) THE SLOW WAY TO DIE
(29) WHILE THE BALANCE OF HIS MIND WAS DISTURBED
(30) DÉFENSE D’ENTRER
(31) UNTO US A CHILD
(32) THE COOL AND DETACHED VIEW
continuity
(1) THE GUILT-EDGED SECURITY
(2) THE DEAD HAND OF THE PAST
(3) AFTER ONE DECADE
(4) ROOMIE NATION
(5) HEAR HEAR
(6) AUCTION BLOCK FOR ME
(7) ARMS AND IDLENESS
(8) THE CAMEL’S BACK
(9) DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF
(10) DUE PROCESS
(11) THE SOUND OF FALLING ROCK
(12) IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE AUTOMATIC BUT ACTUALLY YOU HAVE TO PRESS THIS BUTTON
(13) MULTIPLY BY A MILLION
(14) THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB
(15) DO NOT PASS GO, DO NOT COLLECT
(16) THE REVISED VERSION
(17) TIMESCALES
(18) THE WALLS OF TROY
(19) SEMPER ALIQUID NOVI
(20) THE SHADOW OF GRANDFATHER LOA
(21) MORE HASTE
(22) THE PRICE OF ADMISSION
(23) HE STUCK IN HIS THUMB
(24) THIS SCENE NOT SHIFTED
(25) DADDY OF THEM ALL
(26) HERE COMES A CHOPPER
(27) MANSCAPE
(28) FROM HERE ON DOWN IT’S UPHILL ALL THE WAY
(29) I BEG TO REPORT
(30) TURN HER ON AND LET HER ROLL
(31) GROUNDWORK
(32) FIRST WITH THE NEWS
(33) GOT IT AND GONE
(34) THERE LIVES MORE FAITH IN HONEST DOUBT
(35) TO AWAIT COLLECTION
(36) MAKESHIFT
(37) STORAGE
(38) NOT FOR SALE BUT CAN BE HAD ON APPLICATION
(39) BETTER TO BE A VOLCANO
(40) OF THE GREATEST SIGNIFICANCE
(41) SEWN ON WITH NEEDLE AND THREAD
(42) AND SAY WHICH SEED WILL GROW
About the Author
Also by John Brunner
Praise for Stand on Zanzibar
Copyright
context (0)
THE INNIS MODE
There is nothing wilful or arbitrary about the Innis mode of expression. Were it to be translated into perspective prose, it would not only require huge space, but the insight into the modes of interplay among forms of organisation would also be lost. Innis sacrificed point of view and prestige to his sense of the urgent need for insight. A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding. As Innis got more insight he abandoned any mere point of view in his presentation of knowledge. When he interrelates the development of the steam press with “the consolidation of the vernaculars” and the rise of nationalism and revolution he is not reporting anybody’s point of view, least of all his own. He is setting up a mosaic configuration or galaxy for insight … Innis makes no effort to “spell out” the interrelations between the components in his galaxy. He offers no consumer packages in his later work, but only do-it-yourself kits.
—Marshall McLuhan: The Gutenberg Galaxy
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SCANALYZE MY NAME
Stock cue SOUND: “Presenting SCANALYZER, Engrelay Satelserv’s unique thrice-per-day study of the big big scene, the INdepth INdependent INmediate INterface between you and your world!”
Stock cue VISUAL: cliptage, splitscreen, cut in bridge-melder, Mr. & Mrs. Everywhere depthunder (today MAMP, Mid-Atlantic Mining Project), spaceover (today freefly-suiting), transiting (today Simplon Acceleratube), digging (today as every day homimage with autoshout).
Autoshout cue: “It’s happening it’s happening! SCANALYZER SCANALYZER SCANALYZER SCANALYZER SCANALYZER SCANALYZER—”
Stock cue VISUAL: cliptage, wholescreen, planet Earth turning jerk-jerk-jerk and holding meridians for GMT, EST, PCT, Pacific Conflict Zone Time.
Live cue SOUND: “And it’s six poppa-momma for the happening people keeping it straight and steady on that old Greenwich Mean Time—how mean can time get, you tell me, hm? Zee for zero, bee for base, counting down to one after ess ee eks—sorree—ess EYE eks! We know what’s happening happening HAPPENING but that piece of the big big scene is strictly up to you, Mr. and Mrs. Everywhere—or Mr. and Miss, or Miss and Miss, or Mister and Mister, take your pick, hah-hah! Counting down to one after one poppa-momma for that good old Eastern Standard tie-yum, one after ten anti-matter for the Pacific Coast, and for all of you fighting the good fight in lonely midocean one after seven anti-matter—PIPS!”
Clock cue: 5 × 1-sec. countdown pips on G in alt, minute signal on C in alt.
Plug cue: “No time like the present for things to happen in, no better way to keep time straight and steady than by the signal from General Technics’ critonium clock, so accuright it serves to judge the stars.”
Script cue VISUAL: cliptage, splitscreen, excerpts from day’s news.
Live cue SOUND: “And no better way to keep abreast—pardon—than with SCANALYZER!”
Cut autoshout cue. (If they haven’t made it by this time they’ve switched off.)
Plug cue: “SCANALYZER is the one single, the ONLY study of the news in depth that’s processed by General Technics’ famed computer Shalmaneser, who sees all, hears all, knows all save only that which YOU, Mr. and Mrs. Everywhere, wish to keep to yourselves.”
Script cue: the happening world.
the happening world (1)
READ THE DIRECTIONS
For toDAY third of MAY twenty-TEN ManhatTEN reports mild spring-type weather under the Fuller Dome. Ditto on the General Technics Plaza.
But Shalmaneser is a Micryogenic® computer bathed in liquid helium and it’s cold in his vault.
(DITTO Use it! The mental process involved is exactly analogous to the bandwidth-saving technique employed for your phone. If you’ve seen the scene you’ve seen the scene and there’s too much new information for you to waste time looking it over more than once. Use “ditto”. Use it!