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'3,100 words omitted' No, no you can't do that Minerva, ignore sweet Grampa Laz and gimme that sauce!
'3,100 words omitted' No, no you can't do that Minerva, ignore sweet Grampa Laz and gimme that sauce!
“Sure—and any bright young inventor can get a job with them. And then he‘s a kept man—the inventions belong to the corporation, and only those that fit into the pattern of the powers-that-be ever see the light. The rest are shelved. Do you really think that they‘d let a free lance like you upset investments of billions of dollars?”
so-soMany millions of years hence, the most evolved form of humans, having learnt that the Sun is about to become a supernova, send back a message to us about the historical and evolutionary path from us to them.
It is a novel of ideas rather than of character or plot since we rarely see individuals rather than historical movements and descriptions of types of human. I found it compelling if somewhat heavy-going at times, but I am so glad it is done
My first ereader is still going strong... I might switch back for longer than just that book (loving the instant opening of books and the metal casing, plus that cover was hand made by a friend)
That's why I keep going back to reading Heinlein even with his backward view on women... Because I started by reading stranger in a strange land and his way of defining mariage and found family is not conventional and strangely aligned to mine.
My current ereader (à pocketbook touch lux, 6 or 7 years old) is taking ages to open the tagged epub, so I'm trying to revive my older Sony ereader, while reading on my husband Kobo...
I don't want to buy another reader but that lagging for big books is inconvenient and the firmware has not had an update since 2014... It's mostly a good ereader just not today.
Planning my summer reading by uploading books on the tablet... But that not taking into account paper books or reticence by Gail Carriger which will be out in August and a priority read ;)
