@ruisan @andrewblasco

Je je, me pasó lo mismo con "La mano izquierda", mucha caminata por páramos helados.

En cambio, de LeGuin, me encantaron: "Los desposeidos", "Un mago de Terramar" (inspiración de Harry Potter), "Las tumbas de Atuán" y "El nombre del mundo es bosque" (inspiración de la peli Avatar).

"La costa más lejana" y "Tehanu" me gustaron menos que las otras novelas de la saga de #Terramar, pero están bien.

"El mundo de Roccanon" resulta interesantilla.

El escritor #DavidBrin escribió "Tiempo de gloria", una novela ambientada en el Ekumen de #LeGuin y en la que también juega con modificar el funcionamiento biológico de los sexos. Le añade ese toque suyo de novela de aventuras, que a ratos la hace parecer una adrenalínica novela de piratas. Úrsula K. LeGuin ha sido imitadísima.

#cienciaficción

Everyone is excited about the Artemis Mission, but Astro-physicist and sci-fi author David Brin has a different take on the matter. He coins the word "moondoggle" which IMO is just *chef's kiss* #davidbrin #artemis #astrophysics #nasa #projecthailmary #space #startrek
https://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2026/03/cancel-useful-lunar-gateway-and-drop.html
Cancel the useful Lunar Gateway and drop the modules down to the lunar surface? Are you $%@#! kidding?

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WHY we are at war again? Turns out seven reasons not in the news.

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Phases of the American Civil War

https://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2014/09/phases-of-american-civil-war.html

> A blog about science, technology, science fiction, books, and the future.

#DavidBrin #american #civilwar

Phases of the American Civil War

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RE: https://dice.camp/@martin/115855314835952424

I finished this a few days ago. It's a very interesting and ambitious work of sci-fi. I didn't love it, but I would still recommend it. Let's talk about it a bit. 🧵

#books #StartideRising #scifi #DavidBrin

@skewray After reading #GregBear ’s Blood Music, we now employ trillions of agents….

Apologies — an earlier version attributed that novel to #DavidBrin

But, so far, I'm cautiously optimistic. In chapter one we said "dolphins are like this" - but then in chapter two we had a dolphin from a minority culture / ethnic group who isn't like that and struggles with his place among the other dolphins.

My main concern so far is that none of the characters seem very likeable! Hopefully that improves.

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#books #scifi #StartideRising #DavidBrin

There are lots of other more powerful alien races and the galaxy seems organised on semi-feudal lines with client and "patron" species. So there is the looming question of how sensitively this novel will handle questions of race.

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#books #scifi #StartideRising #DavidBrin

Now reading #StartideRising by #DavidBrin.

Only a couple of chapters into this 1980s novel, but I'm intrigued already. Humans have uplifted dolphins to equal intelligence with themselves and the focus is on a ship crewed and captained by dolphins, but with a handful of human crew.

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#books #scifi #uplift

Just re-read #DavidBrin #Existence - what a #SciFi tour-de-force :-)