#paris 2119

[tomoleary]

Peach Momoko - Paris 2119 Original Watercolor Cover Art

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[cantsayidont]

January 2019. This science fiction graphic novel (pictured in its 2020 English edition) by Swiss cartoonist Zep (Philippe Chappuis) is such a tiresome agglomeration of grim sci-fi clichés that it's scarcely worth summarizing (it would have seemed hackneyed in 1979, much less 2019). However, the art, by Dominique Bertail from Zep's layouts, with some color work by Gaétan Georges, is exceptionally beautiful throughout. One to look at rather than read, then.

[manonamora-if]

Ask bomb

Are there any specific technologies or concepts from sci-fi books that you wish existed in the real world?

Do you consider yourself to be a picky eater?

You are given a choice to live in one of the fictional worlds where your games are set in. Which one would you choose and why?

If you were given a budget of 5000$ to upgrade your current house of tech setup, how would you spend it?

What's the most unusual item on your bedside table?

Have you read any of the IF works in chooseyourstory.com? While the forum is filled with unsavory characters, the quality of some of the works is better than most IFs found throughout the community as a whole

What's your favorite conspiracy theory, even if you don't believe it?

If you could have a conversation with your pet and they could understand you for just one minute, what would you say?

If you had a warning label, what would it say?

If aliens visited Earth and you were the first human they encountered, how would you explain our species?

What's the weirdest piece of advice you've ever received that turned out to be surprisingly useful?

What's the most absurd thing you've ever bought on impulse?

If you could have any mythical creature as a pet, which one would you choose and what would you name it?

As a french what are your thoughts on croak shoes and dad hats?

What's your favorite French expression or saying that you think the rest of the world needs to adopt?

If you could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, what would you have a good chance of winning a gold medal in?

😱

omg Anon...

Alright let's see

Teleportation. I hate the getting to places part of travelling. But also... Would it even work? Paris 2119 kinda gave me the ick about it at the same time.

I don't think I am. I'll eat almost anything and try new stuff when I can.

Any of the slice-of-life/like-the-real-world setting. Space is cool but it's too dangerous. Fantasy worlds don't have vaccines and medicine. It's like time travel: go in the past and you'll die of whatever disease is there, or in the future and maybe kill everyone with your bacteria (or was it the other way around? either way...). I'd rather live in a "normal" setting.

Half into a bed and mattress - the one you can bend up to read better. The rest in books and comics. If you give me the 5k in three years, I'll spend it in a gaming computer.

More unused bookmarks than books (I just have books on my bedside table).

I checked out the top rated listing on the main page a while back. Not my thing.

The Dead Internet Theory: the internet died some while back and is just populated by bots only. So we don't interact with people directly but through bots. It's a bit cuckoo. Or Nessie.

I've been told plants and rocks don't count as pets...

Volume not adjustable.

Don't bother, we're unsalvageable.

Touch grass. (go outside, take a walk, breath some fresh air)

Didn't buy, but I keep getting gifted croissant-related things: socks, kitchen towel... and more recently: the plushie. It is amazing. I love it.

The head of Mímir. I think we'd be drinking buddies. Especially if he is like in God of War.

Eh... Let people wear whatever they want.

« Quand le vin est tiré, il faut le boire. » - When the wine is drawn, you must drink it. Or finish your shit.

I am so average at shit, even then I wouldn't win any gold medal. And that's fine :)

[im-daphne]

To the Christian Gnostics, who believed that magic had been brought to earth by fallen angels, Hekate represents on of the five Archons appointed to rule over the 360 demons of the "Middle," the aerial place below the zodiacal sphere or the circle of the sun, which fixes the Heimarmene. She has three faces and twenty-seven demons under her command. She occupies the third level in the hierarchy of the "Middle," between two female demons, long-haired Paraplex and Ariouth the Ethiopian, and two male demons, Typhon and Iachtanabas (Pisitis Sophia).

During the same period, this secondary figure of Gnostic daemonology is also an omnipresent personage in the pantheon of magical papyruses, because of the range of meanings attributed to her emblems and because of the system of associations which link her to, and even identify her with, other gods and goddesses.

Her three forms (trimorphos PGM XXXVI, 190) and her three faces (triposopos, IV, 2119, 2880) make her, as in classical Greek tradition, the goddess of crossroads (triodites) and the protectress of roads; but they express above all the "abundance of all magical signs" (XXXVI, 190-191), possessed by the "sovereign" goddess (kuria, IV, 1432) "of many names" (poluonumos, IV, 745). The three-faced Hekate of the love charm of Pitys, contained in the magical Greek codex of Paris, has the head of a cow on the right, the head of a female dog on the left, and the head of a girl in the center (IV, 2120-2123). The Hekate engraved in a magnetized rock (IV, 2881-2884) also shows three faces: a goat on the right, a female dog on the left, and in the middle a girl with horns.

Her mouth exhales fire (puripnoa, IV, 2727); her six hands brandish torches (IV, 2119-2120). Hence, engraving her name with a bronze stylus on an ostracon (XXXVI, 189) or on a lead tablet (IV, 2956) will have the effect of a fire "burning" and "consuming" the beloved woman, so that she is deprived of sleep forever. Furthermore, the fire that inhabits Hekate, as the most subtle of the four elements, characterizes her keen intelligence and the extreme sharpness of her perception (puriboulos, IV, 2751). Her whole being radiates with the brilliance of the fire from the stars and from the ether. The Chaldaean Oracles made this Hekate "of the breasts that welcome storms, of resplendent brilliance" into an entity "descended from the Father," associated with the "implacable thunderbolts" of the gods, with the "flower of fire," and with the "powerful breath" of the paternal Intellect. Because she caries and transmits fire from above, she is the supreme goddess of vivification. The reason Hekate's womb is so remarkably "fertile" (zoogonon) is that she is filled with the fire of paternal Intellect, the source of life or the strength of thought, which it is her duty to communicate and to disseminate.

Through her emblems and her triadic conception, Hekate is associated with another goddess o time and destiny, Mene or Selene, the goddess of the moon. A prayer to the moon invokes them as one and the same entity; epithets and attributes of the two goddesses are interchangeable. Hekate/Selene also has three heads, carries torches, presides over crossroads: "You who in the three forms of the three Charites dance and fly about with the stars . . . You who wield terrible black torches in your hands, you who shake your head with hair made of fearsome snakes, you who cause the bellowing of the bulls, you whose belly is covered with reptilian scales and who carry over your shoulder a woven bag of venomous snakes" (IV, 2793-2806). She has the eye of a bull, the voice of a pack of dogs, the calves of a lion, the ankles of a wolf, and she loves fierce bitches: "This is why you are called Hekate of many names, Mene you who split the air like Artemis, shooter of arrows" (IV, 2814-2817). She is the mother (geneteria) of gods and men, Nature the universal mother (Phusis panmetor): "You come and go on Olympus and visit the vast and immense Abys: you are the beginning and end, you alone rule over all things; it is in you that all originates, and in you, eternal, that all ends" (IV, 2832-2839). Another hymn in the Paris codex used as a love charm shows the same joy in piling up titles of the goddess, who has this time become Aphrodite, the universal procreator (pangenneteria) and mother of Eros (IV, 2556-2557), at once below and above, "in the Hells, the Abys, and the Aeon" (IV, 256-2564), chthonic, holding her feats in tombs, and associated with Ereskigal, the Babylonian queen of Hells (LXX, 4), but also the "celestial traveler among the stars" (IV, 2549-2550).

Her ring, scepter and crown represent the power of the one who, possessing the triad, embraces all. Above and below, to the right and to the left, at night as during the day, she is the one "Around whom the nature of the world turns" (IV, 2551-2552), the very Soul of the world, according to the Chaldaean Oracle "the center in the middle of the Fathers", occupying, according to Psellos, an intermediary position and playing the role of the center in relation to all the other powers: t her left the source of virtues, to her right the source of souls, inside, because she remains within her own substance, but also directed to the outside with a view to procreation.

Whether invoked in love charms to bring to oneself the woman one desires (the agogai of the magic papyruses) or theiodamoi anankai of the Chaldaean philosophers, Hekate is henceforth inscribed in a table of correspondences and combinations which go far beyond her proper function as a goddess of enchantment and magic. It is from this Hekate, the product of the syncretism of the papyri, that the tradition of the Hekate of the Neoplatonic commentators on the Oracles take shape.

[balu8]

Paris 2119 by Zep,Dominique Bertail and Gaetan Georges

Magnetic Press

[lasaraconor]

[atthequillsmercy]

Lenni Reviews: "Paris 2119" by Zep & Dominique Bertail

Lenni Reviews: “Paris 2119” by Zep & Dominique Bertail

(Image Source) *This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review. Set in the far future, Tristan Keys is one of the few who still looks back on the past with nostalgia; avoiding teleportation devices in favor of walking and loving printed books. But when he see what appears to be a duplicate of his current boss wandering around insane, he is sucked into a noir-ish mystery witn dark…

[michalsstoryadventures]

A little update :)

I’ve reached 8 books for the year!

Goodreads is saying I’m 3 books behind schedule to make it to 15, but I’m gonna do my best.

Currently reading:

Emma by Jane Austen

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Pérez

Completed (as of 10/12!):

V for Vendetta

Book Love

Paris 2119

Gotham High

Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy

Birds of Prey (comic collection)

Design Fundamentals: Notes on Color Theory

Athena: Grey-Eyed Goddess

Next on my list is

While Justice Sleeps by Stacy Abrams

Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan

The Apothropecene Reviewed by John Green

An Abundance of Katherine’s by John Green

Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom

Outliers by Malcom Galdwell

[kitchen-light]

Thank you very much to @voirlvmer for tagging me and asking me to share my reading list for 2021. 2021!!! Yikes. It’s so close. This is mainly just my list at the moment, and mostly poetry collections, but it might (haha, probably will) change in a few days or weeks :)

the lost arabs by omar sakr

dmz by don mee choi

where the memory was by hibaq osman

field music by alexandria hall

poor by caleb femi

refusal by jenny molberg

wound from the mouth of a wound by torrin a. greathouse

music for the dead and resurrected by valzhyna mort

yi sang: selected works by yi sang, edited by don mee choi

a theory of birds by zaina alsous

the year of blue water by yanyi

the art of daring by carl phillips

the winged seed by li-young lee

the memory police by yōko ogawa

songs of a captive bird by jasmin darznik

mexican gothic by silvia moreno-garcia

the daevabad trilogy by s.a. chakraborty

paris 2119 (graphic novel)

tagging anyone who would like to share their own and please let me know your recommendations <3

[thecomicon]

'Black Mirror' Meets 'Blade Runner' In 'Paris 2119' On Kickstarter

‘Black Mirror’ Meets ‘Blade Runner’ In ‘Paris 2119’ On Kickstarter

Magnetic Press has hit Kickstarter to fund the release of Paris 2119, a science-fiction graphic novel from French creators Zep and Dominique Bertail described as “Black Mirror meets Blade Runner.” The mind-bending cyberpunk love story spotlights current social trends such as overconsumption, climate change, social media, identity theft, and transhumanism.

Writer Zep says:

Technology improved…

[songedunenuitdete]

Paris 2119 de Zep & Bertail

[Chronique Artemissia] Mon #avis sur Paris 2119 de Zep & Bertail qui parait ce jour chez @ruedesevresBD - Ça a failli être un coup de cœur ! Superbe BD en tout cas ❤️

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Album: 80 pages Editeur : Rue de Sèvres Date de sortie : 23 janvier 2019 Collection : BD ADO-ADULTES Langue : Français ISBN-10: 236981215X ISBN-13: 978-2369812159 Prix éditeur : 17€

De quoi ça parle ?

Paris, nous sommes en 2119, l’ambiance est futuriste mais quelques éléments du XXIème siècle perdurent. Le métro existe encore mais la plupart des personnes…

[mwah-architecture]

VERNON ZÉRO CARBONE

08-2119 / C’est l’après-midi dans la périphérie du Très-Grand-Paris. Les projets de grande envergure menés par le gouvernement au cours du dernier siècle ont repoussé les limites de la capitale jusqu’à la frontière de la Normandie. Aujourd’hui ces immenses coulées de béton ont été partiellement désertées, mais Vernon fait exception.

La proximité des nombreux terrains agricoles qui ont été préservés lui a permis de garder une partielle autonomie alimentaire. Par conséquent, sa population a augmenté considérablement, comme partout où les surfaces cultivables ont attiré les citadins fuyant les grandes métropoles au moment de la crise pétrolière.

La rue d’Albuféra a retrouvé sa vitalité d’antan. Vélos et piétons circulent avec une grande intensité ; artisans et agriculteurs y échangent leurs biens et leurs savoir-faire. Occasionnellement, le passage d’une des dernières voitures électriques attire l’attention. La difficulté d’approvisionnement en énergie électrique et l’impossibilité de trouver des pièces détachées sur le marché les ont rendues très rares.

En effet, il y a déjà quelques années, l’ère des très hautes technologies a définitivement vu sa fin. Le prix du transport des matières premières et manufacturées a augmenté de manière exponentielle, et l’importation n’est plus qu’un privilège des plus fortunés.

La production des biens de consommation a ainsi dû progressivement se relocaliser. Une nouvelle forme d’artisanat est née de ceux qui cherchent à produire local et low-tech, en mélangeant quatre millénaires d’évolution et de connaissances avec l’impossibilité de se fournir en énergie et matières fossiles.

Les éoliennes tournent sous le soleil de juillet mais du fait des énormes coûts d’entretien elles ne produisent plus d’énergie, tout comme les panneaux solaires. En revanche, des tous nouveaux moulins à eau et à vent sont venus s’installer sur le pont Clémenceau élargi, désormais abandonné par les voitures. Ils moulent les grains provenant notamment du Plateau du Vexin et ils fournissent aux petits fabricants l’énergie motrice nécessaire pour tailler, fraiser, irriguer les champs.

Après avoir essaimé sur tout le territoire, La Manufacture des Capucins a 100 ans et témoigne de ceux, élus, citoyens qui ont œuvré à la sauvegarde de notre bien commun pour la vitalité et la résilience de la ville.

Sur le boulevard Jean Jaurès, une briqueterie tourne à plein régime. Après l’alimentation et les transports, le BTP aussi a dû se réinventer pour pouvoir répondre à la demande croissante en logements des nouveaux arrivants. Ce secteur était tellement énergivore et dépendant des énergies fossiles qu’il a dû changer complètement de visage. Plus de plastique et de PVC, moins de métal et de béton. On construit avec du bois, des matériaux bio sourcés et des ressources issues du réemploi et de la déconstruction : du local adapté sur place. Quelques carrières de pierre de Vernon ont même repris leur activité. Sur les chantiers, aucune benne destinée à accueillir les gravats : à l’heure actuelle, rien n’est démoli, jeté ou même recyclé, tout est remis en état et réutilisé. Aujourd’hui, le bâti est à usage multiple et réversible. Il a pris de l’embonpoint, de l’épaisseur, de l’inertie par la matière.

La ville est dense comme elle a toujours été, mais s’est reverdie par nécessité et pour assurer une grande partie de son alimentation. Les sols, les façades et les couvertures sont végétalisés afin de protéger les espaces de vie intérieurs. Chaque habitation est répartie sur plusieurs niveaux pour s’adapter aux aléas climatiques et plus particulièrement aux fortes températures. On habite désormais les sous-sols, entresols et les toitures-terrasses jardins. Grâce aux campagnes de plantations du début du 21ème siècle, les grands arbres dessinent toujours cette ville où il fait bon vivre tous ensemble. Vernon semper viret.

Depuis 1072, Notre-Dame veille toujours,

Étienne Lemoine et Massimo Bettega architectes

[balu8]

Paris 2119, cover by Dominique Bertail 

[diogenescarrillo-blog]

Paris in love

Beep, beep! The sound of the alarm started to be heard loudly. Suddenly, she turned her face toward the digital clock and she sent a signal with her left eye to stop the noise. Immediately, she began to review her list of activities for that day and she put special attention on one of this; send a gift for Valentine’s Day. A very common situation around the world, every February 14th, even if this story is happening in 2119.

After one hundred years some things remain the same, other things have changed. In this new world, everyone can be happy. No one has been programmed to be sad, frustrated or unrealized. The key to get this amazing result is an easy formula: intelligence, health, beauty and money for everybody.

One of these lucky inhabitants is PARIS. She is 32, very smart, independent and successful. She has worked as a supervisor in a high-tech company since 2100, when she’d been moved to Pyonyang, although she was just 13. At that time, she started to work in the rebuilt of both Koreas, after the Robot World War Four.

At 7:00 pm of that day, Paris sent her gift and almost automatically she received one in response. “Wow!” She said completely excited for her gift. She can’t believe it, when she discover that her gift is the last updated from her software. This uptated is able to provide her human sensations and more than one million of random feelings. In fact, she didn’t remember that she is the first prototype robot, which is part of the Project Automatic Robot Individual System (PARIS).

In case I didn’t tell you, the world has been under control of machines since 2050. I, myself, am a robot, which is pretending to be a stupid human being. How did I do that?

February, 21th 2119

[kornstar]

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