https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2012/07/22/no-hell-below-us-above-us-only-sky/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 02:56:09 -0400<![CDATA[Art imitates life. But does life imitate art? The superficial similarities between real-life neuroscience Ph.D. student James Holmes, the shooter at the Aurora, Colorado massacre, and the villain of Stephen Hunter&#8217;s not-too-well-written thriller Soft Target are uncanny. The fictional mastermind in Hunter&#8217;s book is a genius-level, upper-middle class white kid who is bored with the world. He recruits some jihadis to attack a mall (loosely modeled after the Mall of America) in a Mumbai-style attack to provide him with a little stimulation. He wants to turn the mall into the ultimate first-person multiplayer shoot-em-up game and commits the act not for money, not even for power, but just to do something way cool.]]>Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:49:00 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2012/07/22/no-hell-below-us-above-us-only-sky-n191852