Geoffrey Brock talks The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco. Geoffrey Brock is a poet and translator who's landed the coveted spot of Umberto Eco's newest English translator, now that the venerable William Weaver is stepping down. The following is a spoiler-free look at Eco's new novel and new translator. Link
monochrom is an art-technology-philosophy group having its seat in Vienna and Zeta Draconis. monochrom is an unpeculiar mixture of proto-aesthetic fringe work, pop attitude, subcultural science, context hacking and political activism. Our mission is conducted everywhere, but first and foremost in culture-archeological digs into the seats (and pockets) of ideology and entertainment. monochrom has existed in this (and almost every other) form since 1993. [more]