Sirens


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Sirens are sounds that confront us in daily life, from the sounds of police cars and fire engines to, less often, tornado warnings. Ideologies of sirens embody the protective, the seductive and the dangerous elements of siren sounds – from the US Cold War public training exercises in the 1950s and 1960s to the seductive power of the sirens entrenched in popular culture: from Wagner to Dizzee Rascal, from Kafka to Kurt Vonnegut, from Hans Christian Andersen to Walt Disney. This book argues, using a wide array of theorists from Adorno to Bloch and Kittler, that we should understand 'siren sounds' in terms of their myth and materiality, and that sirens represent a sonic confluence of power, gender and destructiveness embedded in core Western ideologies to the present day. Bull poses the question of whether we can rely on sirens, both in their mythic meanings and in their material meanings in contemporary culture.







The Sirens of Titan


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Pirates of the Withering Coast


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"Oh little one, the darkness is waiting, oh little one, run from it if you can; come little one, where the light can find you..." This was a familiar shanty to Manchester born, Trevor Henderson; having grown up being mesmerized by stories of swashbuckling rogues, adventurous pirates and captivating aquatic creatures, he was no stranger to sea shanties. These tales instilled in him a longing for the sea. Upon turning sixteen, he begins hearing whispers in the night, coaxing him to leave his posh life behind and follow his dreams; when Trevor finally takes the risk, he's swept away on an adventure he never expected. He soon learns the truth about his own identity and history, causing him to wonder if he should have set foot outside his comfort zone...




The Atlantic Sirens


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'The Atlantic Sirens' The Mysterious Case of the Charles D.'' In the late 1600s in Portsmouth New Hampshire. Maritime prosecutor, Robert Merrill and his sister Ayla who is a Captain of a privateer ship who later on gets promoted to Admiral of a special fleet in which they created called the Atlantic Sirens which involved three captains including herself as the admiral. They get involved with a case on one of their captains, John Penn who was accused of committing piracy on a British Ship the Charles D. which some how went missing out in the Northern Atlantic. Ayla and the remaining two captains will fight to the end to free John from the gallows and to locate the missing ship if time is on their side and luck does not run out




The Story of the Siren


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Sins of the Sirens


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DARK LOVE BECKONS... The seduction of an angel; the lure of the lash; the touch of psychic hands... these are just a few of the alluring sins of these three literary sirens. Look inside, but be careful they don’t lure you in too far... SINS OF THE SIRENS offers 11 erotic horror tales from three of horror's most provocative authors: Maria Alexander, Loren Rhoads and Mehitobel Wilson.