![]() ![]() Science fiction professor Lisa Yaszek was initially intrigued by the book’s female lead Wyoming Knot, and was disappointed that the character plays such a minor role in the story. Unfortunately one aspect of the novel that has dated badly is its stereotypical view of gender roles. It’s a very fair introduction to our philosophy, with some really juicy sci-fi stuff.” “But the book is really good, despite very much being about those two exact things. ![]() “I feel like if you described it-accurately-as an instruction manual for building a catapult crossed with a libertarian manifesto/sales pitch, that would alienate everyone,” he says. Political journalist Robby Soave enjoyed the book’s mix of science fiction and politics. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, which depicts a lunar society with no laws or government, has been an inspiration to many young libertarians. I can totally see why you would be charmed by his intelligence and talent.” He attracted a lot of fans and acolytes, and I can totally see that. “You can see why he took the pulp magazines by storm when he appeared. ![]() “He’s a very appealing writer,” Kirtley says. ![]() Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy host David Barr Kirtley agrees that Heinlein is a natural-born storyteller. ![]()
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![]() ![]() WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Law enforcement officials announced the indictment of fifteen Ohio Valley residents alleged to be involved in the distribution of tens of thousands of prescription painkillers, along with cocaine and other drugs. ![]() Ohio Valley Drug Task Force investigation leads to 83 count indictment Contact: Chris Zumpetta-Parr, Public Affairs Specialist.1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Famous early stories like “Technical Error” and “Superiority” dealt with issues of problematic future technology.Ĭlarke’s 1962 novel A Fall of Moondust is very much a story of technical problems and how they are solved (and the resolution is a happier one than those in the other titles just mentioned). ![]() And of course the center section of 2001 is all about diagnosing a malfunctioning part, and dealing with a malfunctioning supercomputer. Prelude to Space (covered here) has its philosophical overtones, but is basically about the technical and political issues of launching a rocket to the moon. ![]() But another type of story turns up regularly throughout his career: the near-term technological puzzle story. Clarke is best known for his visionary, philosophical tales of human destiny, with their explorations of the depths of time and space, their brushing contact with godlike aliens: Childhood’s End, The City and the Stars, “The Star,” “The Nine Billion Names of God,” and of course 2001: A Space Odyssey. Clarke First Edition: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962.Ĭover art Arthur Hawkins. ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments Mafalda & friends 1![]() ![]() Other times, when asked what Mafalda’s future might have been, he’d say she’d have been disappeared by Argentina’s military dictatorship. Asked why he stopped, he’d sometimes say he’d run out of ideas. Quino, the pen name of Mafalda’s creator, published the enormously popular strip for nine years, from 1964–73. For a kids’ comic, it had some sharp edges, and it took its hero and her questions seriously even when her friends mocked her for being a downer. She took the news personally: She swaddled her globe instead of her doll, putting Band-Aids on its war zones and taking its temperature as it lay in her toy crib. She loved the Beatles, hated soup, and listened avidly to radio reports on the Vietnam War. The comic offered plenty of sharp jokes about the world as kids see it, but with a twist: Mafalda was a politically passionate child. ![]() ![]() Starring a group of little kids, the Argentine strip about the anxieties and misunderstandings of childhood was like Peanuts meets Calvin and Hobbes, then crossed with Doonesbury. Like a lot of South American children, I grew up reading Mafalda comics. ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments Inglorious empire online![]() ![]() ![]() His premise is not based on the mere ‘cruel empire’ outlook, rather to look at it in a prismatic manner, acknowledging the complexities on both sides and its various flavors in the quest for free India. The polemic takes on no particular chronology of the colonists’ entry, rather to pick the several critical socioeconomic factors that contributed to the nation’s down fall. His argument on the wrongs inflicted on the nation by the 200 years colonial empire has been carefully narrated taking the numerous British counter arguments into account. Shashi was hailed for his eloquent debate, still he thought the points he made were basic ‘Indian Nationalism 101’, later realizing they were not basic at all, even for Indians, thereby giving birth to this book as an excellent re-introduction to the topic. Shashi Tharoor, an Indian politician whose debate at Oxford on ‘Why Britain owes reparations to her colonies’ became a full fledged notion unearthing the realities of colonialism in India. A book born out of a 15-minute Oxford debate lays out the scene of 200 years of colonialism in India and its breathtaking effect on the nation. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments The range david epstein![]() ![]() “Teaching kids to read a little early is not a lasting advantage. “The sampling period is not incidental to the development of great performers-something to be excised in the interest of a head start-it is integral.” Yo-Yo Ma “started on violin, moved to piano, and then to the cello because he didn’t really like the first two instruments.” ![]() “As complexity increases-as technology spins the world into vaster webs of interconnected systems in which each individual only sees a small part-we also need more Rogers: people who start broad and embrace diverse experiences and perspectives while they progress.” The book starts by contrasting Tiger Woods, who began golfing at age two, and Roger Federer, who dabbled in a lot of activities before taking up competitive tennis. ![]() In Range, David Epstein examines the advantages of having a range of experiences, a broader perspective, an interdisciplinary approach, and the value of flexible thinking and reasoning in a world full complexity and uncertainty where precise, deterministic solutions are unknowable. “The response, in every field, to a ballooning library of human knowledge and an interconnected world has been to exalt increasingly narrow focus… Both training and professional incentives are aligning to accelerate specialization, creating intellectual archipelagos.” Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Think and grow rich secret![]() ![]() ![]() For true success, desire is necessary as wishes will only result in frustration. What is needed is a deep burning desire for something that will automatically result in actions that will bring results. Simple wanting or a wish will not produce results as it is just wishful thinking. Without this desire, there would be no motivation or cause for action. RELATED: The Great Secret (Law Of Attraction) Inspirational Music Speech that may just change your life! First Principle: Desireįor anyone to be successful, it is crucial that there exist within them the desire to be great or at least better than their current state. Here, we are going to provide you a summary of these 13 principles for all those who do not have time to read the book but want to benefit from these principles as well as for those who want a recap of the great principles. For most of us, this is a book that needs to be read, reread and then read some more until the secrets and principles of this book have sunk deep and hit home. If you want to feel like a success or just feel there has to be something better to life than this, you must read this book. The well-known & long time best selling book by Napoleon Hill is a classic that contains lessons for anyone who wants to find their purpose in life. Think & Grow Rich chapter summary – Napoleon Hill (Principles Of Think & Grow Rich) ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Conversion by Katherine Howe![]() ![]() ![]() While the drama unfolds around her, Colleen is reading The Crucible for extra credit, assigned to her by the mysterious substitute teacher. Until one of her own best friends gets sick. A media storm and internal drama won’t let Colleen’s already stressful last year of high school continue on as usual, but she’s a focused and driven main character who tries not to buy into the sensationalism all around her. Soon enough, Clara’s friends and then dozens of other girls fall victim to the strange disease which seems to defy all classification and remedy. It starts out in Colleen’s homeroom, where the popular and (usually) utterly poised Clara suddenly dissolves into violent twitches and tics. Joan’s Academy, where teenage girls are falling ill with no rhyme or reason. Most prominently, in modern times, are the events surrounding St. ![]() The story in Conversion unfolds in two different timelines. Catholic school! Teenage hysteria! Mysteries! Witchcraft! Friendship! Katherine Howe took some fairly common subjects in YA and made them original through some plausible plot twists and good historical detail. This YA novel by Catherine Howe (author of The Physick Book Of Deliverance Dane) is about quite a few subjects I like. ![]() 5/22/2023 0 Comments Madeleine urban & abigail roux![]() ![]() But no plan survives first contact with the enemy - especially when you can't even find out who he is!ĭespite what a cluster the assignment is from the start, the six men try to get their act together to track down the rogue operative, and in the process they discover there's more to life than the next assignment. This team is made up of the best of the best, and if it can't succeed in this impossible mission, no one can. ![]() There are three field agents: one at the top of his game, one hoping to retire, and another walking the line a cold-blooded assassin who can use any weapon known to man a demolitions expert who can't resist the allure of fire and a computer hacker with more tricks in his mouse than Houdini. Rocked to the core by traitors and spies, the Organization made an unprecedented move in bringing together six highly trained men to track down one rogue wolf: The Archer. ![]() ![]() ![]() Bach, played by Igor Levit (courtesy of Findebaran):Īlexander von Humboldt (1769 – 1859), is called ‘the great lost scientist’ for good reason. ![]() Should reflect equally on little things.” “Our imagination is struck only by what is great To know and embrace everything that surrounds him?” ![]() “People often say that I’m curious about too many things at once…īut can you really forbid a man from harbouring a desire ![]() |