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    Before "Paranormal Activity," There Was "Whisper," The Original Sleepcam Horror Story

    Our Love For Steampunk Is A Longing For Machines That Don't Suck

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    Image of geese geese
    10/14/09

    In reply to Before "Paranormal Activity," There Was "Whisper," The Original Sleepcam Horror Story
    I really what to know who they are! there no ENDING!!!!
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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    10/14/09

    In reply to Before "Paranormal Activity," There Was "Whisper," The Original Sleepcam Horror Story
    CREEPY. Though, I really want to know who they were (even though that would kill the story).
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    Image of k4man k4man
    10/14/09

    In reply to Before "Paranormal Activity," There Was "Whisper," The Original Sleepcam Horror Story
    Great. Now I need to scour that out of my head before I go to bed tonight.
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    Image of aleden aleden
    10/14/09

    In reply to Before "Paranormal Activity," There Was "Whisper," The Original Sleepcam Horror Story
    thank you! This is one of my favorite stories and as soon as I saw the trailer for Paranormal Activity I thought of it. The whole collection is worth checking out.
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    10/14/09

    In reply to Before "Paranormal Activity," There Was "Whisper," The Original Sleepcam Horror Story
    The short story was more scary than almost all of the allegedly scary movies I've seen lately. Thanks for the link.
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    Image of nerdbomb nerdbomb
    10/14/09

    In reply to Before "Paranormal Activity," There Was "Whisper," The Original Sleepcam Horror Story
    Damn It! who are they?!

    good story
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    Image of alexburrito alexburrito
    10/14/09

    In reply to Before "Paranormal Activity," There Was "Whisper," The Original Sleepcam Horror Story
    I pulled off my wet shirt and threw it at the bathroom door. I went back to the TV. I watched as they slowely lowered my index finger in a glass of steaming water. Now, I knew the origins of my bed-wetting problem. I felt manipulated and used. Are we better off not knowing? I began to regret setting up the camcorder.
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    Image of MST3K20 MST3K20
    10/14/09

    In reply to Before "Paranormal Activity," There Was "Whisper," The Original Sleepcam Horror Story
    Aaargh! Who are they? I must know!
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    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    10/14/09

    @MST3K20: Shirtless vampires with awe-inspiring hair.
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    Image of queensowntalia queensowntalia
    10/14/09

    @Dunny0: but do they sparkle? This is important.
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    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    10/14/09

    In reply to Before "Paranormal Activity," There Was "Whisper," The Original Sleepcam Horror Story
    Neat story - kind of reminds me of the ones in the "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" series.

    And, slight nit-pick: It was a tape-recorder, not a camcorder.
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    10/14/09

    In reply to Before "Paranormal Activity," There Was "Whisper," The Original Sleepcam Horror Story
    Haven't seen the movie (Like I said yesterday..I'm a cheapskate), but that story was great. I think I will be leaving my empty house now...
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    Image of Chris Barrus Chris Barrus
    05/28/09

    In reply to Our Love For Steampunk Is A Longing For Machines That Don't Suck
    I think part of it has to be the pride of work well done. In steampunk you know that Captain Nemo's submarine isn't going to have a faulty starter: it will be a handmade, beautifully tooled piece of equipment.


    Huh? I believe the attraction here is for machines who aren't necessarily reliable but clearly idiosyncratic.

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/28/09

    @Chris Barrus: Agreed. It won't be mass-produced, so it will seem prettier, but it won't be any less faulty. Likely to break down more often, in fact, and be much harder to replace than standardized equipment.
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    05/28/09

    In reply to Our Love For Steampunk Is A Longing For Machines That Don't Suck
    Ysabel Wilce is fantastic in all senses of the word. Cannot recommend her books starting with "Flora Segunda" highly enough.

    Read them yourself, give them to your favorite tween and teens, esp. girls.
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    Image of ♪ ♪
    05/28/09

    In reply to Our Love For Steampunk Is A Longing For Machines That Don't Suck
    Already a new generation of children are 'gearing' up and creating ridiculous steampunk outfits. If more YA books are put out there I think it is a possibility that 'steampunk' will be the new emo.


    (i don't know if i am saying that as a bad thing or what)

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/28/09

    @♪: At least steampunk has more colorful clothes and they're more cheerful. If I had a teenager, I'd much rather they be steampunk than emo.
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    Image of ReallyOld ReallyOld
    05/28/09

    In reply to Our Love For Steampunk Is A Longing For Machines That Don't Suck
    Why just look at a picture of a Steampunk machine? The secondly constructed Charles Babbage Difference Engine design number 2 is currently on display at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View (Silicon Valley).

    Demos at 2:00 pm Tue-Sun, and also 1:00 pm Sat-Sun.


    I present, crank, and maintain the Engine.

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    Image of Rasselas Rasselas
    05/28/09

    @ReallyOld: "I present, crank, and maintain the Engine" sounds like the first sentence of a Golden Age short story.
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    05/28/09

    @ReallyOld: You are cool.
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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    05/28/09

    In reply to Our Love For Steampunk Is A Longing For Machines That Don't Suck
    So when will Atompunk finally take over?
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    05/28/09

    @Evlsushi:


    If by atompunk, you mean nostalgic fiction for the era that molecular manufacturing broke, I think that's pretty soon after biopunk has played itself out. (Annalee may wanna correct me on this since she coined the term.)


    Probably after some bioengineering disaster in the real world spreads a tweaked bamboo-kudzu plant that covers New York with useless grown houses or a super-algae, tweaked for food additives, that chokes the oceans to death.

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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    05/28/09

    @corpore-metal: Oh biopunk, how I love genetically unethical mega corporations experimenting on fetuses.


    As for Atompunk, the best example I can think of is Fallout 3. Very 1940's-1960's in nostalgia, complete with constant threat of The Bomb.

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