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chris_gerrib) wrote2018-09-20 10:23 am
chris_gerrib) wrote2018-09-20 10:23 am
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In Fairness...
In fairness to Comcast, having grumbled about my slow Internet, they did get out last night and fix it. Also as part of the fixing, I got a new TV box and a $70/month reduction in my bill. Go me!
In other news, I read and devoured Mary Robinette Kowal's latest novel, The Fated Sky. It's book 2 of her "punchcard punk" universe, in which a large asteroid forces man to accelerate the space race in the early 1950s. In this edition, Elma York, our "Lady Astronaut" goes to Mars. It's a wonderful book, but you'll never look at a donut or rice the same way again. In even better news, Mary signed a six-figure deal with Tor to produce three more books in the same universe. Yeah team!
Finally, I backed a Kickstarter project for Unidentified Funny Objects 7, an anthology of humorous SF. My ebook came today. More on that anon.
In other news, I read and devoured Mary Robinette Kowal's latest novel, The Fated Sky. It's book 2 of her "punchcard punk" universe, in which a large asteroid forces man to accelerate the space race in the early 1950s. In this edition, Elma York, our "Lady Astronaut" goes to Mars. It's a wonderful book, but you'll never look at a donut or rice the same way again. In even better news, Mary signed a six-figure deal with Tor to produce three more books in the same universe. Yeah team!
Finally, I backed a Kickstarter project for Unidentified Funny Objects 7, an anthology of humorous SF. My ebook came today. More on that anon.
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“Praise for The Calculating Stars”
- is deeply disturbing to read.
“If you gotta message, send a telegram.”
Chris, seriously, whatever your personal political views may be, do you truly see nothing wrong with praising a work not because it’s good - and it sounds like it may be - not because it has good ideas or is well-written - but because it is politically correct? Because it speaks Correct Thought, choreographed to the Party line like an Alcatraz lockstep? That's not right. Being goodthinkful, expressing the only opinions that would be permitted if these people had their way, is not how the value of a work should be determined!
We won the Cold War. Didn't we?
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