myrmepropagandist1d ago

When you talk about people you make them important. I want to think more about who I choose to make important.

Even if you are criticizing someone, burying their bad ideas with logic and all the knives of science you're still making them and their ideas important.

You can expect me to talk about Iain M. Banks more and the questions I have about his work.

It's why it's probably is a good idea to do a critical review of Newitz and their "Terraformers" which I also have questions about.

Show threadmyrmepropagandist1d ago
I'm sick of criticizing people I don't like, you know. Let's argue about cool people instead.
Show threadeclectech1d ago

@futurebird Ooh, OK. My starter. I think Iain M. Banks wrote slightly better books as Iain Banks, than Iain M. Banks. Controversial I know.

He wrote my favourite opening line of a book ever.

"It was the day my grandmother exploded"

Show threadMalcolm Herbert
@eclectech @futurebird I think my favourite is Whit ... so bonkers and messy but full of heart ...
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Show threadeclectech1d ago
@mherbert @futurebird It is a wonderful one. It comes to my mind every time we head up the hill by the Wallace Monument and you get a great view of the curves in the river that Isis travels along.
Show threadMalcolm Herbert1d ago
@eclectech @futurebird the concept of back-bussing is ... *chef's kiss*
Show threadJulie1d ago
@mherbert @eclectech @futurebird I remember this as a funny book, but thinking about it, so dark.
Show threadMalcolm Herbert1d ago
@julie @eclectech @futurebird very dark ... some of the themes lurking in the background are hefty ... but she generally just plows ahead and rides it out somehow ...
Show threadeclectech1d ago
@mherbert @julie @futurebird I think that combination of humour and darkness is at the core of a lot of his books - the humour and optimism can hide the darkness away from you in the moment.