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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
i have a specific fun rec for anyone who's curious: olaf stapledon is an old-school SF writer who wrote in the 1930s and his work is really wild. try "last and first men" and then "star maker." nobody's heard of him but he's cited as an influence by some big names
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Visa ✈️ SF (Aug 2-14)
@visakanv
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I kinda wanna say, stop everything guys, stop everything and everybody go read a really old book from a different time, from a different place. You, over there. old russian novels. you. start reading dante. you. read some goethe. everybody share your notes and findings
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Berarom
@rerarom
i read the first one last year it was so fun but i keep postponing the second one it's the kind of sci fi i enjoy like foundation or dune and unlike most of it
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