6 days ago by Henrik Sundholm

Jag hittade ett vackert citat apropå pengar i Stranger In a Strange Land (1961) av Robert Heinlein. Romanens huvudkaraktär, en marsian vid namn Valentine Michael Smith, har precis greppat innebörden av pengasystemets betydelse: Then suddenly, with a grokking so blinding that he trembled, he understo ...

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7 days ago by geekylibrarian

Starship Troopers in one of the benchmarks of the science fiction cannon, as well as just about the most troubling book in it. This is the book that gave birth to proper military s.f; with everything from Aliens to Halo borrowing themes and idea from it. It’s the first and possibly the best book abo ...

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13 days ago by ianthecool

10. Brave New World Aldous Huxley Huxley’s future world where genetic engineering dictates the laws and structure of society is truly haunting and full of foresight. His tale is the struggle of individualism in a world where people are are literally born and raised to be a particular person and ever ...

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16 days ago by whoisfelix

I just finished reading the original/uncut version of STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND by Robert A. Heinlein. Like most times when I read something, I get all excited by it and then in the end, it’s just over. The book wrapped its self up neatly and closed. I think I better get back to reading books that ...

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20 days ago by Ian

Oh, boy. What have I gotten myself into? Well, if you haven’t read it yet, start by reading What is the Grok Project? The basic concept for this project has been lurking in my mind for years, popping up here and there in various forms… I could write a book? Teach a class? Start a business? But it wa ...

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25 days ago by whoisfelix

I am just starting this. My mom has been reccomending some pretty rad science fiction books lately and she hasn’t led me wrong yet. Thanks mom!

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28 days ago by agochar

Gnostic Strangers in a Strange Land -- Allogenes -- Music By Deep Purple: "Perfect Strangers" Sant Mat Mysticism Blog: http://santmat.gaia.com/blog "The Gnostics had the term "Alogenes," which meant "stranger" or "foreigner." -- Elaine Pagels Most people are like the "Philistine" Kierkegaard speaks ...

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42 days ago by Shan

Well, hello there blogverse. It's been a while. I would love to say that I've been an absentee landlord of these here parts because I've been on a fulfilling spiritual quest; seduced by a winsome nerd girl; or plotting how to spend my recent Mega Millions win (first on the agenda: "endow" a salary f ...

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47 days ago by careb

sinks faster than hot gravel on butter. It seems Korea is hell-bent on altering another one of those things that make it charming and unique for the sake of ‘being global’—and once again, I wonder what they suppose that means. The government has passed a bill and begun an elaborate (soon to be celeb ...

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50 days ago by eviljwinter

A mission to Mars goes horribly wrong, and the only survivor is a baby born on the Red Planet, Valentine Michael Smith. A second mission to Mars finds the Martian-raised man and brings him back. Before long, everyone wants a piece of him, but soon he is spirited away from his hospital by his nurse t ...

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