Website
http://www.hollywoodinmemoriam.org/
The URL for this website was found as a result of an image on a USB drive at the Feb. 25, 2007 show in Manchester, UK. The image is titled invitation and shows a destroyed Hollywood sign above the words "In Memoriam."
Content
Provides background to the "dirty bomb" incident of -13BA (see Year Zero Timeline ). Also lists names and photos of people who either went missing or died as a result of the attack.
External Links
The "archive" link at the bottom of the main page leads to a page full of photos memorializing those supposed to be lost in the incident.
"The Stand" Reference
- "My mom’s legs swelled up and her teeth started falling out. She got lymphoma and she broke all the mirrors in the house so she wouldn’t see herself. She was so scared of dying, right to the end she was terrified. Every year I have to go for tests. Each year, the week between when I do all the tests and when I get the results I re-read The Stand (I don’t know why, I just always do) and I worry."
Stephen King's novel "The Stand" has some relative ideas to this world of Year Zero. Here is the plot summary:
Captain Trips The novel is divided into 3 parts, or books. The first is entitled "Captain Trips" and takes place over 19 days, with the death of most of the human population in North America (and presumably the world) following the escape and spread of a human-made biological weapon, a superflu (influenza) virus known formally as "Project Blue" and colloquially as "Captain Trips." 99.4% of people are susceptible to Captain Trips, and the disease has a mortality rate of 100%. King outlines the total breakdown and destruction of society through widespread violence, the failure of martial law to contain the outbreak, and eventually the death of just about everyone.
The expanded edition opens with a prologue entitled "The Circle Opens" that explains just how the superflu escaped the compound where it was developed.
On the Border
Intertwining cross-country odysseys are undertaken by a small number of survivors, including: a pregnant college student (Frances Goldsmith) and an overweight high school outcast (Harold Lauder) from Ogunquit, Maine; a laid-off factory worker (Stuart Redman) from Texas; a dissatisfied pop musician (Larry Underwood); an insightful deaf-mute wanderer (Nick Andros); a virginal teacher with a dark secret (Nadine Cross); a savage amnesiac telepathic boy (Joe/Leo Rockway); a quick-witted pessimistic sociology professor (Glen Bateman); a jolly dandyish sodbuster (Ralph Brentner) from Oklahoma; and a kind-hearted mentally retarded man (Tom Cullen). They are drawn together by their shared dreams of a 108 year old black woman from Hemingford Home, Nebraska, whom they see as a refuge. This woman, Abagail Freemantle (known as Mother Abagail), becomes the spiritual leader of this group of survivors, who begin an attempt to re-establish a democratic society in the city of Boulder, Colorado. Boulder is found to be the only city in America that is largely clear of plague victims, the city having emptied out due to a rumor spread during the plague that the disease started in the Boulder air testing center.
Meanwhile, another group of survivors, including: a not too bright common thief (Lloyd Henreid); an insane pyromaniac (Donald Merwin Elbert, known as the Trashcan Man); an ex-army cook and butcher (Whitney Horgan); a mercurial, oversexed teenager (Julie Lawry); and a former detective of the Santa Monica Police Department (Barry Dorgan) are drawn to Las Vegas, Nevada by Randall Flagg (known as the "dark man", "the hardcase", and the "Walkin' Dude"), an evil being with supernatural powers. Flagg's rule is tyrannical and brutal, with crucifixion and other torments as punishment for those who are disloyal. His group is able to quickly rebuild the city and amass weapons.
The Stand The stage is now set for the final confrontation as the two camps become aware of one another, and each recognizes the other as a threat to its survival, leading to the 'stand' of good against evil. The novel ends on a somewhat grim note as two of 'the surviving protagonists question whether the human race can learn from its mistakes. The answer, given in the last line of the novel proper, is ambiguous: "I don't know."'
The expanded edition also includes a brief epilogue entitled "The Circle Closes." This coda reveals what happened to Randall Flagg after the final showdown in Las Vegas, and fits in with King's ongoing "wheel of ka" theme.
to read on about more of this novel, go to: [[1]]
Background Text
In yet another case of the importance of what appears to be random background text, there's a reference to Walt Whitman's Caution. More information can be found at Year Zero Research/Proven Leads.
Hidden Numbers
The number sequence 24.17.1 is found hidden on the "Hollywood in Memorial" page.
This seems to contradict the current understanding of halo.track.letter, but perhaps indicates a 17th track of Year Zero.