voltaire

Jul 28

Planets Publication Day!

Alex Shvartsman

Planets is officially out today! If you haven’t preordered a copy for some strange reason, go get it now! It’s available most places, though a couple of audiobook vendors are still behind in making the files available. If you DID preorder it and you read it, would you please take a moment to...

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Jul 24

Island by Aldous Huxley (1962)

Simon

‘What charming young people!’ (The protagonist of ‘Island’, cynical journalist Will Farnaby, commenting on the lovely young Palanese couple, Radhu and Ranga, page 98) ‘Underdeveloped countries… don’t have to follow your example. They’re still free to take the road we’ve taken – the road of applied...

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