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dude who wrote 2001. I dunno what to say except that it is one of the best sci-fi pieces or art i'v ever consumed.i like sci-fi as analogy / modern mythology. the most popular political critiques like star wars and matrix are subliminally about issues swept under the rug in mainstream discourse, but allowed and celebrated in fantasy setting, we see it explode with popularity.with real life or non-fiction we like to pretend things we don't like aren't happening, but we can face them in sci-fi.
May 30, 2023
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Really good 50s/60s sci-fi book, a history of America covering the several thousand years after a nuclear apocalypse in the 1960s from the point of view of an obscure catholic monastic order who preserve and worship pre apocalypse relics such as shopping lists and blueprints. Theres something deeper to it than a lot of the other pulp scifi from the era. The end is great, one of those books where you finish it and say “damn” quietly to yourself.
Jan 23, 2024
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Clark was a believer in UFO's as ET spacecraft. Kubrick's films consistently reveal the culture of that shadow society in the know. This film is the blueprint of the conspiracy theory underlying them all: our evolution has been guided by extraterrestrial life evolved to awareness that we are each a critical speck of the infinite block universes that sprout in a fractal bloom from the seed of a single supreme consciousness. Life is the yin to entropy's yang. We are collectively the inevitable Infinite to the One.
Oct 30, 2024
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Obsessed with this Chinese sci-fi novel right now. It's putting to words a lot of the unavoidable existential dread that we're all trying to ignore. I'm not usually a big fan of super hard sci-fi because I'm for the most part scientifically illiterate, but this book does such a good job of making physics poetic and kind of horrifying.
Sep 20, 2022
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Canned Tuna. Completely slept on. I swear I never go out and hear people talking about Tuna as their favorite meat. It's def my favorite meat tho. ...beef? chicken? fuck that. rabbit 2nd, lamb 3rd. forgive me, my sweet beasts...!
May 30, 2023
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all the 24hr restaurants have been washed away by the pandemonium...(talking about the best new york food places is tough -the instinct is to keep the underrated spots to yourself so you don’t blow up the spot and then have to deal with a line of people.On the other hand you want them to do well and stay open forever and spread the word.)This is the 24 hour spot for the most mindblowing food. looks like a gas station booth honestly. but secretly Pakistan's finest. chicken sandwich or Samosa Chaat , all GREAT.if you wanna sit and eat 24/7 seems like only Remedy Diner at the moment unfortunately. Crazy. NYC: the city that now sometimes sleeps
May 30, 2023
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The best breakfast in the world is in NYC hidden in the new remade Essex Market. Punk rock fearlessness poured into the cooking (and attitude) here. Feels like it should be as well known as Katz's or any of these other NYC places people always talk about. It's family owned and has been in New York since the 70's. amazing music too, always. they're Mets fans too. magical place. one of the only authentix of old NY left.
May 30, 2023