25. V: THE MINISERIES (1983)
Created by Kenneth Johnson
Giant fascist lizards from outer space � it sounds like something you’d see on Mystery Science Theater 3000. But this parable of tolerance is far more complex and frightening than it seems. While the ”Visitors” say they ”come in peace,” they really want to drain Earth’s water supply. [...]
25) At The Fillmore East–The Allman Brothers Band: If you haven’t had your fill of “Whipping Post,” you didn’t grow up on FM Radio. Southern Rock never quite reached its potential–unless you consider Molly Hatchet transcendent–but its roots were sharp and shaggy. Had Duane Allman lived, would he have had the power to re-route its [...]
© Mikhail Nekrasov/Shutterstock
Li River Valley, China
Chinese artists regularly depict scenes set against rounded, knobby mountains like giant stone haystacks, but everyone knows those don’t exist—except in China. The Li River Valley in the Yangshuo region is home to what geologists call tower karst, forested limestone pillars that erode from without and within, feeding the Li [...]
1. The Hero Can Immediately Use Any UI
Break into a company — possibly in a foreign country or on an alien planet — and step up to the computer. How long does it take you to figure out the UI and use the new applications for the first time? Less than a minute if you’re [...]