Nothing would play out like in this story. Robinson describes the best world imaginable. We are fucked.
(If you want to read a better take on our extinction read "Venomous Lumpsucker", it is funnier, because it is truer)
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2024 Reading Goal
44% complete! n_to has read 11 of 25 books.
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n_to started reading Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but …
n_to started reading Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman
n_to finished reading The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Ministry for the Future is a cli-fi novel by American science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson published in 2020. …
n_to reviewed The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Ministry for the Future is a cli-fi novel by American science fiction writer Kim …
Depressing 'coz it's an utopia
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n_to rated Non-Designer's Design Book: 5 stars
n_to finished reading Non-Designer's Design Book by Robin Williams
A fantastic book for people who have no design-background but need to understand basic design-principles.
n_to started reading Unmasking Autism by DeVon Price
Unmasking Autism by DeVon Price
A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, giving individuals the tools to …
n_to rated There Is No Antimemetics Division: 5 stars
There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties ; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, discourages or prevents people …
n_to finished reading There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties ; an idea which, by its intrinsic …
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The Butt is a satirical novel by Will Self, published in 2008.
This was an unexpectedly dark one. It is a working-class kafkaesque heart-of-darkness-style trip to a country almost unlike australia seen through the eyes of a man who isn't quite like a non-american.
n_to started reading A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #2)
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #2)
Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - possessing a personality and very …
n_to finished reading The long way to a small, angry planet by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #1)
When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The Wayfarer, …
Nice alternative Sci-Fi.