October 2011
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Media Unfriendly (Episode 6)
Stabb and Lorna were in bed. They had just had sex and were now sipping some wine from glasses. Stabb summoned the screen to solidify as the images dissolved into something they had been following for a while. It was the final episode of ‘Tordrun Uncless: Portrait of an Executive.
‘Well done for us!’ Lorna smiled as she held her glass out to be clinked. Over the last ten...
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Media Unfriendly (Episode 5)
‘And now, for my final guest…He’s been described by many as a monster, demonised as a figure of evil, a mentally ill loner who showed no remorse for his victims. On the contrary, his notoriety stems not from the calculated multiple murders he committed but the way he continued to torment the poor families of his victims via the social networking blog,’Tubeway.’ Often...
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Media Unfriendly (Episode 4)
This was no ordinary launch. It wasn’t something you could mask with a fancy lightshow, lasers, spectacular apocalyptic music or a sleek presentation courtesy of a Jim Jones messiah figure. It was too big for formalities. This was not some contrived or simple minded introduction into the new wave of mobile communication consoles or remote computer technology. It wasn’t going to promise...
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Media Unfriendly (Episode 3)
Later that evening at yet another of Tordrun Uncless’ stylish pads off the Indian Ocean, he and his rich friends were debating what to do with themselves.
‘Why don’t we shoot down some more of those American immigrants?’ Mark, the son of a British Duke suggested. Aswen, the son of a Belgian dictator proposed that all the action was in England, in the Northern Territories where they could find...
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