The Secret Map

Travel Essays by Simon Slater

Tag: neo seoul

  • After Seoul

    Neo Seoul, South Korea. 2047. The immigrant massacre of 2045 sparked an uprising halted by a titanic explosion that cast a dark, toxic cloud over the capital.  Nobody knew for sure who gave the order, though most had an idea. In the run up to the blast, rumours had been circulating that underground Samsung labs had been engineering military weaponry…

  • Guryong Village and the Heisenberg Effect

    “Chemistry is the study of matter, but I prefer to see it as the study of change. It’s growth, then decay, then transformation. It is fascinating, really” – Walter White, Breaking Bad These were the prophetic words spoken by a then-chemistry teacher Walter White to his students. It preceded his lung cancer diagnosis and subsequent leap…