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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...
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Backyard Rocket: finality
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Through the power of relativity, a million-year picnic may pass in an hour. Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Setting out to explore the unknown. The domination of one class by another. How we justify our actions. Religion, and its uses. The concept of the self. What it is to be human. The right of creation. The importance of symbols. Coping with the actions we can't justify. The threat of what is different. The need for what is different. The urge to destroy what is different. The meaning of faith. What you did is ...
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Backyard Rocket: Turtles of the Rebellion
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Through the power of relativity, a million-year picnic may pass in an hour. Thursday, May 1, 2008. Turtles of the Rebellion. Posted about Sofia’s role in the revolution. The consensus seems to be that the revolution would still have occurred without her, but that it may not have reached the same scale, or that it may have gone differently. I think that if Sofia had died, the rebellion would have died shortly thereafter. So, for your viewing pleasure:. Labels: children of god. In Space No One Can Hear You...
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Backyard Rocket: "Doubt is good."
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Through the power of relativity, a million-year picnic may pass in an hour. Wednesday, April 23, 2008. Doubt is good.". What if I showed you twenty pictures of twenty turtles on twenty fence posts? Pretty unlikely, right? So unlikely, in fact, that it would lead you to the conclusion that this could not have happened by chance. And if I told you that I had proof than no person had put the turtles on the fence posts? But then, what if I showed you a wider picture of the entire scene? Turtles on fence post...
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Backyard Rocket: We Are Star Stuff
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Through the power of relativity, a million-year picnic may pass in an hour. Sunday, April 27, 2008. We Are Star Stuff. Response to "Carl Sagan's Religion". I will dispense with a traditional introduction, considering this post already borders on 3,000 words.]. Santa Claus is Coming. Let me rephrase: Do you believe that a large man in a red suit flying a sleigh powered by reindeer visits the individual residences of millions of children in a single night? Of course, a single fat man could not and is not r...
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Backyard Rocket: March 2008
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Through the power of relativity, a million-year picnic may pass in an hour. Sunday, March 23, 2008. We'd Like to Enter an Affirmative Defense. Our class Tuesday bounced back and forth between culpability and rationalizing, but instead of comparing one instance of each to its counterpart, I though that we skipped from one side to another without marrying the two. Here's what I mean, because I'm not sure that made any sense. They create massive, intricate anthills. Maybe they could have started by rattling...
