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“The end was near.” —Voices from the Zombie War
The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max …
Pablo Neruda: El libro de las preguntas (Spanish language, 1988, A. Bello)
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, …
He behaved to her and to his children very much as an Anarresti might. In fact, at home, he suddenly appeared as a simple, brotherly kind of man, a free man.
— The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (34%)
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, …
I want my people to come out of exile. I came here because I don't think you want that, in Thu. You are afraid of us, there. You fear we might bring back the revolution, the old one, the real one, the revolution for justice which you began and then stopped half-way. Here in A-lo they fear me less because they have forgotten the revolution. They don't believe in it anymore. They think if people can possess enough things they will be content to live in prison. But I will not believe that. I want the walls down. I want solidarity, human solidarity.
— The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (33%)
Okay this is definitely science fiction. The Leninist and the Anarchist are actually showing some level of solidarity but the Anarchist did get out this zinger.
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, …
The tour they're giving him with chaperones of all of Urras' greatest hits has big North Korea vibes
The tour they're giving him with chaperones of all of Urras' greatest hits has big North Korea vibes
"Eric Evans has written a fantastic book on how you can make the design of …
Honestly, I just can't be bothered to see it through. It was nice for general tips in the beginning but isn't particularly relevant to what I'm working on right now
Honestly, I just can't be bothered to see it through. It was nice for general tips in the beginning but isn't particularly relevant to what I'm working on right now
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down …
A woman returns from the dead with disastrous results for the family who loves her....
…I only read The Death of the Centaur. Mostly because I wanted to see the roots of Hyperion. It was a nice short story but I picked up on some weird vibes from the author again and I think it's time for me to give Dan Simmons a break for a bit....
I only read The Death of the Centaur. Mostly because I wanted to see the roots of Hyperion. It was a nice short story but I picked up on some weird vibes from the author again and I think it's time for me to give Dan Simmons a break for a bit....
What the Buddha Taught, by Theravadin Walpola Rahula, is a widely used introductory book on Buddhism. Using quotes from the …
A woman returns from the dead with disastrous results for the family who loves her....
An old-fashioned barbershop is …
Ecotopia Emerging (EE) by Ernest Callenbach is a fictionalized history of the events leading up …
Lots of thoughts. But it will have to be for later.
Ecotopia Emerging (EE) by Ernest Callenbach is a fictionalized history of the events leading up …
Okay. This guy just had a mild PTSD reaction and shot down a helicopter spraying cancerous pesticides because they did that to his wife and she died. They almost did it to his new lady so he had to stop them.
Now THAT'S big Luigi Mangione energy
Okay. This guy just had a mild PTSD reaction and shot down a helicopter spraying cancerous pesticides because they did that to his wife and she died. They almost did it to his new lady so he had to stop them.
Now THAT'S big Luigi Mangione energy
Ecotopia Emerging (EE) by Ernest Callenbach is a fictionalized history of the events leading up …
You know l'm basically a pacifist. But frankly if there was some person I could kill and be sure it would do the world some important good, I would do it without a qualm. Uncanny, isn't it?
Big Luigi vibes. (Maybe he wasn't a pacifist.... But I can't say what I really want to say so I'm saying this.)
Big Luigi vibes. (Maybe he wasn't a pacifist.... But I can't say what I really want to say so I'm saying this.)
