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Notes on Walls

Drilling into the ruminations of concrete to the blood within.

by China Miéville

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Miéville, C. (2017). Notes on Walls. , 4, pp. 99-108

the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind

101

We experience the breach and inrush of monstrous apocalypse with a vivid affect. The horror of an end; a relief; a prurience; car-crash fascination on eschatological scale

—p.101 by China Miéville
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4 months, 3 weeks ago

We experience the breach and inrush of monstrous apocalypse with a vivid affect. The horror of an end; a relief; a prurience; car-crash fascination on eschatological scale

—p.101 by China Miéville
notable
4 months, 3 weeks ago

(noun) an ultimate end (from Greek)

101

Ever since the trumpets at Jericho, at least, the telos of a wall is to be breached. It is at once its failure and its disavowed purpose to speed its way to ruin. To keep apocalypse out and to let it in.

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—p.101 by China Miéville
notable
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Ever since the trumpets at Jericho, at least, the telos of a wall is to be breached. It is at once its failure and its disavowed purpose to speed its way to ruin. To keep apocalypse out and to let it in.

pretty

—p.101 by China Miéville
notable
4 months, 3 weeks ago