So I live perhaps a year or more as that Kirk Allen in a few minutes of this Kirk Allen’s time. But what got me into trouble, I think, and led to my being sent here, is the fact that I’ve been spending more and more of my time as the other Kirk Allen.
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Replying to @NegarestaniReza
(a possibly irrelevant note) And the other Allen was only recalling another one, probably with the same relativity, right? So, a fractal rememberance is the whole of the universe, and Lindred was the apocalyptharpy, although he himself got pregnant. End = cure+newlyplantedseed2
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You know the man in question is reportedly Cordwainer Smith, the godson of Sun Yet-Sen, the high ranking CIA officer who wrote the treatise on psychological warfare and finally, a top diplomat in China?
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Replying to @NegarestaniReza
I read (by sheer chance) Aldiss' text about him maybe 2-3 months ago. Never read his own work, or his grandfather for that matter.
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Replying to @lesoiseauxdumal
His sci-fi work is extremely out there. It is fantastical and full of details. His military work is equally great.
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He is however not anywhere near classic authors like Heinlein, Lem or the Strugatsky brothers.
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Never liked Heinlein perosnaly. Lem is a genius in his own realm. Always been fascinated by new-wavers like Delany and Ballard. Bester is the only 'Classic' author i relatively enjoy, and to some extent, Sturgeon.
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Replying to @lesoiseauxdumal
Heinlein is great, how come you didn't like him because of his rabid libertarianism? His juvenile books are fantastic. Star Beast's diplomat Mr Kiku is one of my all time favorites and let's not talk about The Man Who Sold the Moon, a pure capitalist exercise in cosmism .
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Replying to @NegarestaniReza @lesoiseauxdumal
Ballard is too monotonic for my taste even tho I love Applied Ballardianism and some of Ballard's own short stories. Delany is ok but he gets too tortous at points. Sturgeon's stories are ok but his fame is mostly due to introducing the soviet sci-fi to western readers.
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Replying to @NegarestaniReza
Recently re-read parts of 'more than human' and i was blown away. On ballard, i enjoy some of the short stories a lot. Also thomas disch is an interesting one. Have you read concentration camp? I read it after a dear friend recommended it to me, and i think you would enjoy it 2
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No not Thomas Disch. Should I? I'm far behind my novel reading habits. I wish I could just read novels all day but I have to read stupid philosophy books so I can steal from them, appropriate them and pay the bills.
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Replying to @NegarestaniReza
I think you should. And that's 'Camp concentration', i dunno why i went with the nazi version there
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Replying to @lesoiseauxdumal @NegarestaniReza
And what about M. John Harrison? If you haven't already, you definitely should give the Light trilogy (or Kefahuchi tract trilogy) a try for sure.
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