I have similar concerns.

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What a crazy coincidence that my newly formed book club chose this as our inaugural choice and then, literally just yesterday, finished Fall of Hyperion.

I appreciate you Dan Simmons. I’m sorry people no longer get to experience your imagination.

I’m just here for the Seventh Seal picture. Y’all can ignore me.

There is no news. There’s the truth of the signal. What l see. And, there’s the puppet theater the Parliament jesters foist on the somnambulant public.

Whoever made the meme never watched Giant Bomb.

It looks like grandma!

Both of these are excellent but very different thematically. Forever War is much more “space” and “time” where Stranger in a Strange Land is a mostly an Earth story with a critical eye on the being/psychology of humanity (albeit from an “alien” perspective).

I think the original idea by Joe Haldeman is superior. I definitely like both though.

This is how you lose a time war is fantastic I haven’t read Hyperion yet but that’s definitely another vote for Time War.

What about the start of midsummer?

Gotcha. I’m the kind of person that lets art percolate for sometimes years or decades before I’ll get interested. Hope you find some quality writing.

I get the feeling that the idea of cyberpunk is more about a time period than it is an ever long genre. I’d liken it to more akin to New Wave in sci-fi. Maybe it has more legs than I’m giving it credit for but I remain unconvinced.

Why do you only want something written in the last five years?

I really hated Steinbeck because of required reading in school. I’d decried him at every opportunity since. I dunno what made me take a third chance a few years ago, or honestly a proper chance of my own choosing, but I somehow landed on East of Eden. The book did not disappoint; I was deeply engrossed in it from start to finish. Five stars from me (which I don’t do often) and I really hope you enjoy it.

What about us folks on the drier side of life?

I’m only on the first one and that only about 40% of the way through. It’s very different than the Farseer trilogy. I’d actually skipped the Liveship trilogy before without realizing it. I was still very new to fantasy at that point.

Ship of Magic has multiple protagonists and tbh I don’t like any of them. It’s extremely well written but man does everyone have glaring flaws. I’m really hoping for some serious character growth so I can start rooting for anyone.

Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb. I’d read two of the Elderlings trilogies like a decade ago. I recommended the series to a friend and he’s blasting through it. It’s about time I continued although I doubt I’ll keep up.

What a fine morning to go for a jaunte

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Concerns?! Should be ramifications

I think there’s definitely a slippery slope argument for locking features for physical hardware for anything. Just look at what John Deere for an already proven example.

There’s an argument for your point of view but I think the negatives far outweigh the positives. I doubt there’s a legal or even social argument against the practice stated in the article. I just think it’s worse for the consumer.