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We are the Mice: Reflecting on The Sparrow
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We are the Mice. Speak softly (and throw big rocks). Sunday, April 13, 2008. Reflecting on The Sparrow. One thing I liked about the general conversation about The Sparrow. Was the mention that it was treated as though it's "better" than sci-fi. Which makes me think of the quote. I've always liked the idea of a special Hugo to be awarded (by force, perhaps) to literary authors who. Write books dripping with themes filleted from mainstream SF and then deny that it's science fiction. All the stars in the sk...
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We are the Mice: Substantive post, Look to Windward
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We are the Mice. Speak softly (and throw big rocks). Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Substantive post, Look to Windward. Are the five billion people that Quilan is supposed to kill guilty simply because they were complacent in what happened during the war all those years ago and have done nothing to make up for it since then? I wouldn't say that starting the way that Look to Windward. May 6, 2008 at 8:09 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Liberals and anarchists and post scarcity oh My!
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We are the Mice: Refection for Children Of God
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We are the Mice. Speak softly (and throw big rocks). Thursday, May 1, 2008. Refection for Children Of God. Firstly, there has been a lot of impressions that the novel offered a simple idea of whether there is a god or not (see the two previous posts and comments. A more interesting angle was how did believe or the degree of believe affect the different members. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Liberals and anarchists and post scarcity oh My! Substantive post, Look to Windward.
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We are the Mice: Substantive post, The Sparrow
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We are the Mice. Speak softly (and throw big rocks). Tuesday, April 8, 2008. Substantive post, The Sparrow. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Children of God, Reflection post. Moral of the Story: Jews and Catholics are partial. Children of God, substantive post. Children of God: Not as different as we thought. Columbus, Card, and the Alien. Reflective post, The Conquest of America. Conquest by Traffic Sign. Substantive post, The Conquest of America. Unprepared expeditions CS Lewis=Bad.
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We are the Mice: For the Love of God come Armed
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We are the Mice. Speak softly (and throw big rocks). Tuesday, April 8, 2008. For the Love of God come Armed. Though its no surprise that naiveté is the rule of the day. Jesus has ordained this mission so of course everything will work out real well. That is…if Jesus actually gave a flying crap. The willful delusions of the expedition’s leadership to assume that things were ordained and that the intelligent life would never attack them were poorly advised. That and bringing only one Lander. Reflective pos...
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We are the Mice: Substantive post, The Conquest of America
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We are the Mice. Speak softly (and throw big rocks). Tuesday, April 15, 2008. Substantive post, The Conquest of America. Was it really nothing to do with technological might and infecting the natives with disease, i.e. smallpox? OR is it a combination of these factors that caused history to play out the way it did. Like I said, I don't know the answer or even my own opinion about it but it is a point that I found very interesting to contemplate. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Conquest by Traffic Sign.
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Backyard Rocket: Vignettes
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Through the power of relativity, a million-year picnic may pass in an hour. Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Well, especially considering the lengths of my last posts, I'll try to keep this one very short. The hour has little to do with it, I swear. To that end, I'll eschew talking about the actual plot and focus on Banks' general style. (And I'll just add that I. Post-scarcity economies. And I thought a Replicator where you could order "Tea. Earl Gray. Hot." was good.). Question near the beginning. I don't hav...
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Backyard Rocket: Children of Some god or Another
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Through the power of relativity, a million-year picnic may pass in an hour. Tuesday, April 22, 2008. Children of Some god or Another. I think it's much more fair to compare a sequel to its predecessor than our heartless comparison of movie adaptations to the novels they're based on. With that disclaimer, I'll begin with my The Sparrow/Children of God comparison. As for the entire Revolution idea.it was far too easy. Just like The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Emilio he was going to add something to the plot&...
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Backyard Rocket: May 2008
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Through the power of relativity, a million-year picnic may pass in an hour. Tuesday, May 6, 2008. I found it interesting that though one of the themes of the novel seemed to be the infinite scope of the universe, only individual planets or systems have a "windward" to look to. Just a thought. If technology did advance so far, what would people do? Would we all just throw ourselves into reckless adventures and lava rafting, even though it's no longer reckless? Setting out to explore the unknown. These are...
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Backyard Rocket: Tragedy?
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Through the power of relativity, a million-year picnic may pass in an hour. Tuesday, April 15, 2008. History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce." - Karl Marx. Comedy is tragedy plus time." - Old adage, probably not by Mark Twain, but most certainly attributed to him. As we were walking out of Martin "The Horror" Sheen's little shindig, Phil pretty much summed up. The Conquest of America. Something to the effect that it's exactly. The land was just there, and it was, like, free! Speaking of...
