Tag Archives: literature

Terra Ignota On One Foot

Posted on 26/09/2022 by oligomath

i say something like “oh it’s fucked up but you should read it. it’s like an anime where all the characters are the worst aristocrats you ever heard of in a world made up of like Alpha Centauri factions where … Continue reading →

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Granny Weatherwax, Sam Vimes and the Right Man

Posted on 08/09/2022 by oligomath

tarot person on astrology podcast, expressing that of course you should run tarot like a business and charge charge charge. Doesn’t matter if you have a spiritual gift. Would you go to a doctor and expect them to consult with … Continue reading →

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Mr. Tolkien the Magus

Posted on 25/07/2022 by oligomath

trying out the idea that Tolkien was broken by the Great War and reforged by a trauma-spirit (what are they called in Worm again?) that led to a genius growing inside him, covered by a triple personality-shell of 1) being … Continue reading →

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Tolkien and Simulation

Posted on 25/07/2022 by oligomath

i think i have underconsidered the importance of the clever heretic tolkien’s belief in secondary creation to the simulationist current of religion

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The Meaning of J.E.D.D’s Power

Posted on 24/06/2022 by oligomath

oh i worked out how JEDD Mason’s religion-reading power worked. people wear their ideologies out in the open, so of course people will also wear their religions, but people will be careful not to notice the outward signs of religion, … Continue reading →

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Is Terra Ignota Squeecore?

Posted on 18/06/2022 by oligomath

receiving a disturbing message from the stricken wreck of SF fandom. the signal is mostly nonsense but i heard them say ada palmer was “squeecore” what did she/they mean by this? … on closer inspection of the signals, it seems … Continue reading →

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Kim Stanley Robinson Was Not Exaggerating

Posted on 08/05/2022 by oligomath

i thought the Reds in the Mars Trilogy were an absurd extrapolation of anti-human sentimental nature worshippers until yesterday i saw a clique on Twitter talking about how Yikes Nobody Gets To Light a Campfire Anywhere It’s Current Year because … Continue reading →

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Toop vreemd in de bottems gebroopt

Posted on 17/04/2022 by oligomath

neal stephenson seems to believe half of all Dutch people are gay which is in my opinion and experience true

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Neal’s Feed and Seed

Posted on 07/03/2022 by oligomath

people never talk about the technogimmick in The Diamond Age The Diamond Age, like all Neal Stephenson novels, is about revolutionary shifts in the means of production of something – in this case the transition from “The Feed”, a futuristic … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter is Making Children English

Posted on 26/02/2022 by oligomath

it makes sense that people would look at the harry potter books, go “is this an artful selection of fantasies describing one increasingly deranged woman’s libido or is it a portal for true facts about house elves i can memorise” … Continue reading →

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