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Nature of reality, of consciousness, of language and other futile things
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Well, I think I really should read this "Serving the Reich" book ...

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25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels No particular order 11/25 #Booksky 🪐 📚👀 #bookchallenge. Fredric Brown is known for his very short stories, some no longer than a single page. But What Mad Universe is a full-length novel : a hilarious parody of the 1950s pulp clichés !

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In a month's time, my third book will be published, marking a journey spanning over 10 years. "The Sapient Cosmos" explores the nature of consciousness and reality. Check out this short blog post introducing you to my latest metaphysical iteration: medium.com/@jnode/the-s...

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25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels No particular order 10/25 #Booksky 🪐 📚👀 #bookchallenge. Robert Sheckley is probably the funniest Sci-Fi author I have read. I love almost all his books and short stories, but this one combines absurd humor with a kind of "experimental" storytelling style...

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Phil speak: you listen

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25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels No particular order 9/25 #Booksky 🪐 📚👀 #bookchallenge. Another Zelazny - and I’m not done with him yet. This was the first book of his I read as a kid, and it highlights an idea that’s very important to me. /1

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25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels No particular order 8/25 #Booksky 🪐 📚👀 #bookchallenge. (A recent discovery: Contrary to what the title may suggest, this is not a High Fantasy book at all. Imagine William Burroughs' views on language in a cyber-hypermodern context! Brilliant! )

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I am a great fan of Ben Joffe's work. Here is his article about Tulpas: savageminds.org/2016/02/13/p...

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25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels No particular order 7/25 #Booksky 🪐 📚👀 #bookchallenge. (A brillant "lovecraftian" novel, but with fascinating ideas about the nature of superconsciousness, what Colin Wilson named "faculty X". Even clearer than in his essays)

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Well, I think I will wait for the upgrades before buying it (especially as 69 Euros is quite an expansive price). I already preferred Civ V to Civ VI....

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25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels No particular order 6/25 #Booksky 🪐 📚👀 #bookchallenge. (Sci-fi or Fantasy ? Many stories lean toward Science Fiction. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from Eldritch Horror.)

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25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels No particular order 5/25 #Booksky 🪐 📚👀 #bookchallenge. (The REAL accelerationism...)

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25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels No particular order 4/25 #Booksky 🪐 📚👀 #bookchallenge. (unavoidable, right ?)

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"Dismissed, excluded and now adored: the revenge of the women surrealists" www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

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I've worked up a blog post with a little backstory on my review of "Secrets, Lies, and Consequences," including a link to an earlier post on the subject of Mircea Eliade's early political views. Did researching the 1930s Romanian ultra-nationalist scene get a professor killed in Chicago in 1991?

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25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels No particular order 3/25 #Booksky 🪐 📚👀 #bookchallenge. (an extraordinary novel about UFOs, packed with wild ideas. Jacques Vallée on steroids)

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Language all the way down.

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New documentary about John C. Lilly, the scientist who used LSD to communicate with dolphins and invented the sensory deprivation tank (video) boingboing.net/2025/02/10/n...

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25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels No particular order 2/25 #Booksky 🪐 📚👀 #bookchallenge. (Lafferty was probably the weirdest science fiction author I have read.)

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25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels No particular order Day 1/25 #Booksky 🪐 📚👀 #bookchallenge. ("Demain les chiens" in French)

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