Message from @HeimatFreiheitTradition
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oh ok. well focus on IC, my short stories don't really count towards our conversation anyway 😃
for fiction I'm currently reading Heinlein's Stranger In A Strange Land
oh i love that one!
Heinlein is the man when it comes to sci-fi, and Valentine Michael Smith is the best character he has ever created
yes, I love that it pushes the boundary of what is knowABLE in a perfectly believable and smooth way
I'm not that far in, but very curious about VMS' psyche and the martian society and views
what do you think about the Fair Witnesses in the book?
have you read the word grok yet?
grok = to share water, but also to commune in a deep way
Fair Witnesses = awesome invention! purely dispassionate observers, only relaying what *can* be known from a perspective
as far as I got it, grok = deep understanding, being immersed in the thing-ness of a concept
/ or person or thing
exactly, and throught them Heinlein makes us question what is being presented to us, and even more importantly makes us as WHO is giving us information
yea you seem to grok the concept of grok 😃
In undergrad I had to take a class on Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, and the teacher was a woman named Dr. Kelley and she would work a problem on the board, then turn around and make sure we grokked it - and yes she used the word. She was awesome
best stats class ever
"Have SPace Suit, Will Travel" = REQUIRED PRECURSOR READING
yes, to me, grokking is most apparent in math
the moment it switches from symbol-pushing to concept-manipulating
true Brett, I do love that story. his YA was so under rated i think
AGREED ENTIRELY
HE WROTE "YA" LIKE TOLKIEN DID
I.E. SPANNING CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD
NOT THE MILQUETOAST SHIT THE FEMME MFAs PUMP OUT THESE DAYS
yea, it was allegedly for young pepole, but older people would read it and find value and meaning in his words as well
my favorite YA (is it?) novel is Bradbury's Dandelion Wine
MFA's should all be beaten with a stick until they repay their absurd student loans
have either of you read it?
yea Dandelion Wine is YA usually, so is THe Halloween Tree
I've read it
YES BUT LIKE 25 YEARS AGO
AM A LARGE FAN OF THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES HOWEVER
I like the martian chronicles, but as far as space opera (would it be proper to call it space opera? /discuss) I prefer A Princess of Mars
haven't read it. my recent fav space opera is the Hyperion series - though mostly the first entry
NO, WOULD NOT CALL THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES SPACE OPERA
Hyperion? Was that the James S.A. Corey serise?
IT IS A TRAGEDY IN THE GREEK SENSE
no, the Dan Simmons one
TMC IS UNDERRATED AS LITERATURE IMHO