Editorial Note
It is with great sorrow that I must write this note as but one—using the first-person singular pronoun rather than the first-person plural—in the wake of the untimely death of Ctrl-Z’s founding Co-Editor Niall Lucy in early June, 2014.
Niall was a thinker and a cultural critic of unquestionable merit. His international reputation as an authority on deconstruction and postmodernism was built on a series of insightful, inventive readings of Derrida, while his later work has been admired for its eclectic approach to cultural analysis and for its success in crossing divides between disciplines, genres and readerships. A scholar and writer of great wit, Niall was a source of inspiration and delight for those who have had the chance to enjoy his many books, articles and minor works.
Well known to many academics across the globe for his professional achievements, Niall was also known personally by members of the Ctrl-Z Editorial Board. And while the pages of Ctrl-Z, and humanities scholarship generally, will feel barer for a lack of future contributions from Niall, it is his humour, amity and loyalty that will be missed most by those who were fortunate enough to count him as a friend.
Niall and I were in the final stages of preparing this current issue of Ctrl-Z for publication when he died. Issue #4 is hereby dedicated to his memory.
RB
June 2014
Ctrl-Z: New Media Philosophy
ISSN 2200-8616