The Dispossessed - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews The Dispossessed [Amazon, Bookshop, Libro.fm (1), Libro.fm (2), Publisher, Local Library] by Ursula K Le Guin. Shown: 50th anniversary edition, foreword Karen Joy Fowler, cover Muhammad Fatchurofi. Ursula Le Guin’s The Dispossessed won pretty much all the awards for best science fiction novel in 1975. The title refers to […]
“Our timetable will achieve the stature of a natural phenomenon,” his father said. “A planet’s life is a vast, tightly interwoven fabric. Vegetation and animal changes will be determined at first by the raw physical forces we manipulate. As they establish themselves, though, our changes will become controlling influences in their own right—and we will have to deal with them, too. Keep in mind, though, that we need control only three per cent of the energy surface—only three per cent—to tip the entire structure over into our self-sustaining system.” - The Hermetic Library Blog
“Our timetable will achieve the stature of a natural phenomenon,” his father said. “A planet’s life is a vast, tightly interwoven fabric. Vegetation and animal changes will be determined at first by the raw physical forces we manipulate. As they establish themselves, though, our changes will become controlling influences in their own right—and we will […]
“Move slowly and the day of your revenge will come,” Tuek said. “Speed is a device of Shaitan.” - The Hermetic Library Blog
“Move slowly and the day of your revenge will come,” Tuek said. “Speed is a device of Shaitan.” Frank Herbert, Dune [Amazon, Bookshop, Libro.fm, Publisher, Local Library] Consider also: “Weren’t librarians meant to care about educating kids? So what if that education was about dark magic?” Supergod “Good grief, Sal thought. This is awful. They […]
John Griogair Bell
