Editor’s note: This review contains spoilers. If you have not yet watched the Black Mirror episode “USS Callister” (or the entire show), please go watch it already. ‘William couldn’t find you, Dolores. But out there, among the dead, he found something else: himself.’ ─ Man in Black, Westworld The crew on USS Callister faces a…
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Pet Sounds: Janet Lau
Pet Sounds: A series in which teaching staff and students from the English Department reflect on a piece of music or song. [Read all entries.] [Revisit the “Headspace” series.] [Revisit the “Ongoing” series.] [Revisit the “Interrogative” series.] The Umbrella Man . 他出發找最愛 今天也未回來 He sets off in search of his dearest And has still not returned…
“Who Speaks?: From Self-Fictionalising Authors to Empowered Readers” by Janet Lau
The HP Series showcases excerpts from excellent Honours Projects by students from the Department of English Language and Literature. [Read all entries here.] Supervisor: Dr Tammy Lai-Ming Ho You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino’s new novel, If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller. ― Italo Calvino, If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller…
“Subverting the Authentic Reality in Black Mirror’s Playtest” by Janet Lau
Editor’s note: This review contains spoilers. If you have not yet watched the episode (or the entire show), please go watch it already. Imagine you submit yourself to a world where you cannot differentiate the real from the artificial, where you can still feel physical sensation including pain, where you need to confront your greatest…
Headspace: Janet Lau
Headspace: A series in which teaching staff and students from the English Department write about a place or space they go to write, read, study or create. [Read all entries.] [Revisit the “Ongoing” series.] [Revisit the “Interrogative” series.] St. Lucia On weekdays or weekends, placidity, which dares not come to light before midnight in the…
Ongoing Moments: Janet Lau
Ongoing Moments: A series in which teaching staff and students from the English Department respond to a photograph of their choice. [Read all entries.] [Revisit the “Interrogative” series.] From left to right: me, Nicola, Julia and Jenny. This photograph was taken when Julia was about to leave and go back to Argentina. . In late…
Department of English, Hong Kong Baptist University 