Sujet : Re: What I'm listening to
De : g (at) *nospam* crcomp.net (Don)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 23. Apr 2024, 14:29:27
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BCFD 36 wrote:
Currently, I am listening to "The Stars, Like Dust" by Asimov (of
course). I do this while I am doing various chores and yard work around
the house and don't need to give full attention to the chore. It is
interesting enough, but not great, IMHO. In fact, Wikipedia says that he
said it was "his least favorite novel". I had not read it before and I
found this surprising. But I love the title. The first time I saw the
Milky Way whilst camping at Lassen National Part, I was reminded of this
title. When you are up at 8000+ feet and the air is calm and clear, the
stars ARE like dust.
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I am currently rereading Glen Cook's "She is the Darkness". I am
enjoying it more than I did the first time.
Did you ever hear the story about Saul Alinsky's influence on Hillary
Clinton and Barack Obama? If not you can giggle it.
Saul supposedly said something along the lines of "The very first
radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did
it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom -- Lucifer."
Although the modern words may belong to Saul, the sentiment
doesn't. It dates back millennia to the start of Gnosticism.
_The Hidden Life is Best! - Francis Bacon and the Gnostic English Empire_
talks about such topics (but not Clinton and Obama specifically). There's
free audio available at <
https://thehiddenlifeisbest.com/episodes>
Long story short, all of the free episodic excerpts were recently heard
by me.
Danke,
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