{"id":4167,"date":"2012-07-28T08:39:32","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T16:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/?p=4167"},"modified":"2012-07-28T14:45:21","modified_gmt":"2012-07-28T22:45:21","slug":"transrealism-interview-with-leon-marvell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rudyrucker.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/28\/transrealism-interview-with-leon-marvell\/","title":{"rendered":"Transrealism Interview With Leon Marvell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My scholarly friend Leon Marvell has been visiting from Melbourne, Australia. Today he made a video of us in conversation, with an eye to editing the material in weird ways later on—the video not yet available. I made an audio tape into a podcast The topics were my novel, Turing & Burroughs<\/em>, transrealism, surrealism, the richness of the world, the natural incompleteness theorem, predictability, the book business, self-publishing, and beatnik SF. Click on the icon below to access the podcast via Rudy Rucker Podcasts.<\/p>\n

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And here\u2019s Leon himself. Trained as an art historian, Leon now teaches film and media studies. Two years ago, Leon and I gave a talk on \u201cLifebox Immortality,\u201d\u009d see my Lifebox page <\/a>for more info and for a link to the paper. Leon studies art history, but now teaches film and meadia art, and is intersted in esotericism. His best-known work is his book, Transfigured Light: Philosophy, Science, and the Hermetic Imaginary.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Before he arrived, I found a two-dimensional mandala on the sidewalk. <\/p>\n

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As I mentioned, my wife and I were on a road trip through the Wild West earlier this month, and I\u2019m going to start posting some images from that. Here\u2019s a nice picture taken at the upper New Fork Lake near Pinedale, Wyoming. I love the wiggle of the mountains and the clouds in the water. As above, so below.<\/p>\n

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On the way out there we spent a night at the Border Inn on the line between Utah and Nevada. Saw a glorious Western desert sunset. In this photo, I\u2019m standing in Utah and the buildings are in Nevada.<\/p>\n

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The dinner cost $20, and I won $20 on a slot machine. The room was like a storage locker with a bed and an air-conditioner. A pleasant place nonetheless. <\/p>\n

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With a solitary basketball hoop in the desert.<\/p>\n

Exciting to be so far off the grid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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