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[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 77 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children) On Orwell Isaac Asimov on 1984 A Critical Read of Animal Farm Towards a Critique of Totalitarianism Some fun reading if you like people dunking on Orwell and Arendt. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Omegamint@hexbear.net 55 points 1 year ago (1 child) The Asimov critique is probably my favorite thing to send to libs who bring up anything "Orweillian". That and Ursula K. Le Guin's critique of Harry Potter permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yep! Easily shuts them down with another "hero" of theirs with much better takes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Des@hexbear.net 33 points 1 year ago (1 child) Plus Asimov comes across as pretty socialist/communist sympathetic. he's not really fully bought into red scare shit and seems to be pretty nuanced in his takes it's kind of refreshing. although i would probably consider Asimov a utopian socialist. he liked central planning, he just wanted AI to do it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yea, he was always comrade-adjacent and didn't buy into the anti-communism of the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Des@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago (2 children) i love telling people about one of the short stories in I, Robot where economic AI supercomputers just slowly take over the global economy and create communism and nobody cares because humanity's material conditions keep getting better the secret is they redistribute wealth shhhh permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Omegamint@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago (2 children) One of the funniest god damn things in the animatrix is the shorts that explain how the human v ai conflict began, and its basically just rabid reactionary humans doing a genocide, which leads the ai to form its own robo-communist country where they outproduce everyone (and are seemingly willing to work with humans to the benefit of all), only for the humans to go and nuke them because they can't have that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] filipinokilla@hexbear.net 1 point 1 year ago rightoids are already setting this shit up with the "clanker" memes and other robo slurs permalink fedilink source parent [–] Des@hexbear.net 1 point 1 year ago* YES. i'm glad i'm not the only one who noticed that. and the fact that leftists fought alongside the Ai in the streets and were exterminated along with them. it really makes shit like "Detroit Become Human" look like the derivative slop that it is. humans pack bond, and i have no doubt leftists would fight to help liberate humanoid AI slaves even if it meant dying along side them. in the animatrix you see the results towards the end when the last human mech soldiers are all religious fanatics hopped up on stimulants. the last human resistance were pure fascists and deserved to be casually disassembled by the squid robots. the AI wanted to bring us FALGSC and the reactionaries rejected it utterly (also you could take if further and since the robots set themselves up deep in the desert of Saudi Arabia I wonder if they brought prosperity to the middle east, which also threatened the economic order) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (2 children) Oh shoot! I gotta read Asimov, lol. Been putting it off too long. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] miz@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago* (1 child) the 'psychohistory' in Foundation is pretty much a thinly veiled version of historical materialism, at least that's the way it came off to me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago I'll have to check it out! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Des@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) just be prepared for some somewhat boring character interactions. he's a better world builder then dialog crafter, as is true in much sci-fi from that era. more his early stuff then later his wife wrote some stuff in his universe after he died and i think she did characters/dialog so much better. i suspect she helped him in his later works (which is super cool some of the best writing comes from couples collaborating) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago Thanks for the heads-up! The later stuff sounds especially cool. permalink fedilink source parent [–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (2 children) Oh gotta book mark Isaac Asimov on 1984. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago It's good! permalink fedilink source parent [–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago Its a quick read and pretty funny permalink fedilink source parent [–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) Lol OK Asimov almost makes me want to read 1984 in the same way one might want to watch Space Mutiny or Manos: The Hands of Fate or The Room. It sounds comical! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago I hear you, haha, but I find something that requires commitment and an active engagement like reading really sours you on it, rather than being funny. permalink fedilink source parent [+] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 1 point 1 year ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Omegamint@hexbear.net 55 points 1 year ago (1 child) The Asimov critique is probably my favorite thing to send to libs who bring up anything "Orweillian". That and Ursula K. Le Guin's critique of Harry Potter permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yep! Easily shuts them down with another "hero" of theirs with much better takes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Des@hexbear.net 33 points 1 year ago (1 child) Plus Asimov comes across as pretty socialist/communist sympathetic. he's not really fully bought into red scare shit and seems to be pretty nuanced in his takes it's kind of refreshing. although i would probably consider Asimov a utopian socialist. he liked central planning, he just wanted AI to do it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yea, he was always comrade-adjacent and didn't buy into the anti-communism of the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Des@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago (2 children) i love telling people about one of the short stories in I, Robot where economic AI supercomputers just slowly take over the global economy and create communism and nobody cares because humanity's material conditions keep getting better the secret is they redistribute wealth shhhh permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Omegamint@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago (2 children) One of the funniest god damn things in the animatrix is the shorts that explain how the human v ai conflict began, and its basically just rabid reactionary humans doing a genocide, which leads the ai to form its own robo-communist country where they outproduce everyone (and are seemingly willing to work with humans to the benefit of all), only for the humans to go and nuke them because they can't have that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] filipinokilla@hexbear.net 1 point 1 year ago rightoids are already setting this shit up with the "clanker" memes and other robo slurs permalink fedilink source parent [–] Des@hexbear.net 1 point 1 year ago* YES. i'm glad i'm not the only one who noticed that. and the fact that leftists fought alongside the Ai in the streets and were exterminated along with them. it really makes shit like "Detroit Become Human" look like the derivative slop that it is. humans pack bond, and i have no doubt leftists would fight to help liberate humanoid AI slaves even if it meant dying along side them. in the animatrix you see the results towards the end when the last human mech soldiers are all religious fanatics hopped up on stimulants. the last human resistance were pure fascists and deserved to be casually disassembled by the squid robots. the AI wanted to bring us FALGSC and the reactionaries rejected it utterly (also you could take if further and since the robots set themselves up deep in the desert of Saudi Arabia I wonder if they brought prosperity to the middle east, which also threatened the economic order) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (2 children) Oh shoot! I gotta read Asimov, lol. Been putting it off too long. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] miz@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago* (1 child) the 'psychohistory' in Foundation is pretty much a thinly veiled version of historical materialism, at least that's the way it came off to me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago I'll have to check it out! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Des@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) just be prepared for some somewhat boring character interactions. he's a better world builder then dialog crafter, as is true in much sci-fi from that era. more his early stuff then later his wife wrote some stuff in his universe after he died and i think she did characters/dialog so much better. i suspect she helped him in his later works (which is super cool some of the best writing comes from couples collaborating) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago Thanks for the heads-up! The later stuff sounds especially cool. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yep! Easily shuts them down with another "hero" of theirs with much better takes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Des@hexbear.net 33 points 1 year ago (1 child) Plus Asimov comes across as pretty socialist/communist sympathetic. he's not really fully bought into red scare shit and seems to be pretty nuanced in his takes it's kind of refreshing. although i would probably consider Asimov a utopian socialist. he liked central planning, he just wanted AI to do it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yea, he was always comrade-adjacent and didn't buy into the anti-communism of the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Des@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago (2 children) i love telling people about one of the short stories in I, Robot where economic AI supercomputers just slowly take over the global economy and create communism and nobody cares because humanity's material conditions keep getting better the secret is they redistribute wealth shhhh permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Omegamint@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago (2 children) One of the funniest god damn things in the animatrix is the shorts that explain how the human v ai conflict began, and its basically just rabid reactionary humans doing a genocide, which leads the ai to form its own robo-communist country where they outproduce everyone (and are seemingly willing to work with humans to the benefit of all), only for the humans to go and nuke them because they can't have that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] filipinokilla@hexbear.net 1 point 1 year ago rightoids are already setting this shit up with the "clanker" memes and other robo slurs permalink fedilink source parent [–] Des@hexbear.net 1 point 1 year ago* YES. i'm glad i'm not the only one who noticed that. and the fact that leftists fought alongside the Ai in the streets and were exterminated along with them. it really makes shit like "Detroit Become Human" look like the derivative slop that it is. humans pack bond, and i have no doubt leftists would fight to help liberate humanoid AI slaves even if it meant dying along side them. in the animatrix you see the results towards the end when the last human mech soldiers are all religious fanatics hopped up on stimulants. the last human resistance were pure fascists and deserved to be casually disassembled by the squid robots. the AI wanted to bring us FALGSC and the reactionaries rejected it utterly (also you could take if further and since the robots set themselves up deep in the desert of Saudi Arabia I wonder if they brought prosperity to the middle east, which also threatened the economic order) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (2 children) Oh shoot! I gotta read Asimov, lol. Been putting it off too long. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] miz@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago* (1 child) the 'psychohistory' in Foundation is pretty much a thinly veiled version of historical materialism, at least that's the way it came off to me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago I'll have to check it out! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Des@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) just be prepared for some somewhat boring character interactions. he's a better world builder then dialog crafter, as is true in much sci-fi from that era. more his early stuff then later his wife wrote some stuff in his universe after he died and i think she did characters/dialog so much better. i suspect she helped him in his later works (which is super cool some of the best writing comes from couples collaborating) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago Thanks for the heads-up! The later stuff sounds especially cool. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Des@hexbear.net 33 points 1 year ago (1 child) Plus Asimov comes across as pretty socialist/communist sympathetic. he's not really fully bought into red scare shit and seems to be pretty nuanced in his takes it's kind of refreshing. although i would probably consider Asimov a utopian socialist. he liked central planning, he just wanted AI to do it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yea, he was always comrade-adjacent and didn't buy into the anti-communism of the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Des@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago (2 children) i love telling people about one of the short stories in I, Robot where economic AI supercomputers just slowly take over the global economy and create communism and nobody cares because humanity's material conditions keep getting better the secret is they redistribute wealth shhhh permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Omegamint@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago (2 children) One of the funniest god damn things in the animatrix is the shorts that explain how the human v ai conflict began, and its basically just rabid reactionary humans doing a genocide, which leads the ai to form its own robo-communist country where they outproduce everyone (and are seemingly willing to work with humans to the benefit of all), only for the humans to go and nuke them because they can't have that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] filipinokilla@hexbear.net 1 point 1 year ago rightoids are already setting this shit up with the "clanker" memes and other robo slurs permalink fedilink source parent [–] Des@hexbear.net 1 point 1 year ago* YES. i'm glad i'm not the only one who noticed that. and the fact that leftists fought alongside the Ai in the streets and were exterminated along with them. it really makes shit like "Detroit Become Human" look like the derivative slop that it is. humans pack bond, and i have no doubt leftists would fight to help liberate humanoid AI slaves even if it meant dying along side them. in the animatrix you see the results towards the end when the last human mech soldiers are all religious fanatics hopped up on stimulants. the last human resistance were pure fascists and deserved to be casually disassembled by the squid robots. the AI wanted to bring us FALGSC and the reactionaries rejected it utterly (also you could take if further and since the robots set themselves up deep in the desert of Saudi Arabia I wonder if they brought prosperity to the middle east, which also threatened the economic order) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (2 children) Oh shoot! I gotta read Asimov, lol. Been putting it off too long. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] miz@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago* (1 child) the 'psychohistory' in Foundation is pretty much a thinly veiled version of historical materialism, at least that's the way it came off to me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago I'll have to check it out! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Des@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) just be prepared for some somewhat boring character interactions. he's a better world builder then dialog crafter, as is true in much sci-fi from that era. more his early stuff then later his wife wrote some stuff in his universe after he died and i think she did characters/dialog so much better. i suspect she helped him in his later works (which is super cool some of the best writing comes from couples collaborating) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago Thanks for the heads-up! The later stuff sounds especially cool. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yea, he was always comrade-adjacent and didn't buy into the anti-communism of the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Des@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago (2 children) i love telling people about one of the short stories in I, Robot where economic AI supercomputers just slowly take over the global economy and create communism and nobody cares because humanity's material conditions keep getting better the secret is they redistribute wealth shhhh permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Omegamint@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago (2 children) One of the funniest god damn things in the animatrix is the shorts that explain how the human v ai conflict began, and its basically just rabid reactionary humans doing a genocide, which leads the ai to form its own robo-communist country where they outproduce everyone (and are seemingly willing to work with humans to the benefit of all), only for the humans to go and nuke them because they can't have that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] filipinokilla@hexbear.net 1 point 1 year ago rightoids are already setting this shit up with the "clanker" memes and other robo slurs permalink fedilink source parent [–] Des@hexbear.net 1 point 1 year ago* YES. i'm glad i'm not the only one who noticed that. and the fact that leftists fought alongside the Ai in the streets and were exterminated along with them. it really makes shit like "Detroit Become Human" look like the derivative slop that it is. humans pack bond, and i have no doubt leftists would fight to help liberate humanoid AI slaves even if it meant dying along side them. in the animatrix you see the results towards the end when the last human mech soldiers are all religious fanatics hopped up on stimulants. the last human resistance were pure fascists and deserved to be casually disassembled by the squid robots. the AI wanted to bring us FALGSC and the reactionaries rejected it utterly (also you could take if further and since the robots set themselves up deep in the desert of Saudi Arabia I wonder if they brought prosperity to the middle east, which also threatened the economic order) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (2 children) Oh shoot! I gotta read Asimov, lol. Been putting it off too long. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] miz@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago* (1 child) the 'psychohistory' in Foundation is pretty much a thinly veiled version of historical materialism, at least that's the way it came off to me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago I'll have to check it out! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Des@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) just be prepared for some somewhat boring character interactions. he's a better world builder then dialog crafter, as is true in much sci-fi from that era. more his early stuff then later his wife wrote some stuff in his universe after he died and i think she did characters/dialog so much better. i suspect she helped him in his later works (which is super cool some of the best writing comes from couples collaborating) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago Thanks for the heads-up! The later stuff sounds especially cool. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Des@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago (2 children) i love telling people about one of the short stories in I, Robot where economic AI supercomputers just slowly take over the global economy and create communism and nobody cares because humanity's material conditions keep getting better the secret is they redistribute wealth shhhh permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Omegamint@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago (2 children) One of the funniest god damn things in the animatrix is the shorts that explain how the human v ai conflict began, and its basically just rabid reactionary humans doing a genocide, which leads the ai to form its own robo-communist country where they outproduce everyone (and are seemingly willing to work with humans to the benefit of all), only for the humans to go and nuke them because they can't have that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] filipinokilla@hexbear.net 1 point 1 year ago rightoids are already setting this shit up with the "clanker" memes and other robo slurs permalink fedilink source parent [–] Des@hexbear.net 1 point 1 year ago* YES. i'm glad i'm not the only one who noticed that. and the fact that leftists fought alongside the Ai in the streets and were exterminated along with them. it really makes shit like "Detroit Become Human" look like the derivative slop that it is. humans pack bond, and i have no doubt leftists would fight to help liberate humanoid AI slaves even if it meant dying along side them. in the animatrix you see the results towards the end when the last human mech soldiers are all religious fanatics hopped up on stimulants. the last human resistance were pure fascists and deserved to be casually disassembled by the squid robots. the AI wanted to bring us FALGSC and the reactionaries rejected it utterly (also you could take if further and since the robots set themselves up deep in the desert of Saudi Arabia I wonder if they brought prosperity to the middle east, which also threatened the economic order) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (2 children) Oh shoot! I gotta read Asimov, lol. Been putting it off too long. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] miz@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago* (1 child) the 'psychohistory' in Foundation is pretty much a thinly veiled version of historical materialism, at least that's the way it came off to me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago I'll have to check it out! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Des@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) just be prepared for some somewhat boring character interactions. he's a better world builder then dialog crafter, as is true in much sci-fi from that era. more his early stuff then later his wife wrote some stuff in his universe after he died and i think she did characters/dialog so much better. i suspect she helped him in his later works (which is super cool some of the best writing comes from couples collaborating) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago Thanks for the heads-up! The later stuff sounds especially cool. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Omegamint@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago (2 children) One of the funniest god damn things in the animatrix is the shorts that explain how the human v ai conflict began, and its basically just rabid reactionary humans doing a genocide, which leads the ai to form its own robo-communist country where they outproduce everyone (and are seemingly willing to work with humans to the benefit of all), only for the humans to go and nuke them because they can't have that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] filipinokilla@hexbear.net 1 point 1 year ago rightoids are already setting this shit up with the "clanker" memes and other robo slurs permalink fedilink source parent [–] Des@hexbear.net 1 point 1 year ago* YES. i'm glad i'm not the only one who noticed that. and the fact that leftists fought alongside the Ai in the streets and were exterminated along with them. it really makes shit like "Detroit Become Human" look like the derivative slop that it is. humans pack bond, and i have no doubt leftists would fight to help liberate humanoid AI slaves even if it meant dying along side them. in the animatrix you see the results towards the end when the last human mech soldiers are all religious fanatics hopped up on stimulants. the last human resistance were pure fascists and deserved to be casually disassembled by the squid robots. the AI wanted to bring us FALGSC and the reactionaries rejected it utterly (also you could take if further and since the robots set themselves up deep in the desert of Saudi Arabia I wonder if they brought prosperity to the middle east, which also threatened the economic order) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] filipinokilla@hexbear.net 1 point 1 year ago rightoids are already setting this shit up with the "clanker" memes and other robo slurs permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Des@hexbear.net 1 point 1 year ago* YES. i'm glad i'm not the only one who noticed that. and the fact that leftists fought alongside the Ai in the streets and were exterminated along with them. it really makes shit like "Detroit Become Human" look like the derivative slop that it is. humans pack bond, and i have no doubt leftists would fight to help liberate humanoid AI slaves even if it meant dying along side them. in the animatrix you see the results towards the end when the last human mech soldiers are all religious fanatics hopped up on stimulants. the last human resistance were pure fascists and deserved to be casually disassembled by the squid robots. the AI wanted to bring us FALGSC and the reactionaries rejected it utterly (also you could take if further and since the robots set themselves up deep in the desert of Saudi Arabia I wonder if they brought prosperity to the middle east, which also threatened the economic order) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (2 children) Oh shoot! I gotta read Asimov, lol. Been putting it off too long. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] miz@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago* (1 child) the 'psychohistory' in Foundation is pretty much a thinly veiled version of historical materialism, at least that's the way it came off to me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago I'll have to check it out! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Des@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) just be prepared for some somewhat boring character interactions. he's a better world builder then dialog crafter, as is true in much sci-fi from that era. more his early stuff then later his wife wrote some stuff in his universe after he died and i think she did characters/dialog so much better. i suspect she helped him in his later works (which is super cool some of the best writing comes from couples collaborating) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago Thanks for the heads-up! The later stuff sounds especially cool. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] miz@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago* (1 child) the 'psychohistory' in Foundation is pretty much a thinly veiled version of historical materialism, at least that's the way it came off to me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago I'll have to check it out! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago I'll have to check it out! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Des@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) just be prepared for some somewhat boring character interactions. he's a better world builder then dialog crafter, as is true in much sci-fi from that era. more his early stuff then later his wife wrote some stuff in his universe after he died and i think she did characters/dialog so much better. i suspect she helped him in his later works (which is super cool some of the best writing comes from couples collaborating) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago Thanks for the heads-up! The later stuff sounds especially cool. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago Thanks for the heads-up! The later stuff sounds especially cool. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (2 children) Oh gotta book mark Isaac Asimov on 1984. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago It's good! permalink fedilink source parent [–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago Its a quick read and pretty funny permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago Its a quick read and pretty funny permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) Lol OK Asimov almost makes me want to read 1984 in the same way one might want to watch Space Mutiny or Manos: The Hands of Fate or The Room. It sounds comical! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago I hear you, haha, but I find something that requires commitment and an active engagement like reading really sours you on it, rather than being funny. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago I hear you, haha, but I find something that requires commitment and an active engagement like reading really sours you on it, rather than being funny. permalink fedilink source parent