![]() ![]() Ship takes care of the people, feeds them, clothes them, ensure the life support system and hydroponics gardens continue to function. They succeeded, and countless generations later, their ship became Ship, their god, complete with prayers, proper education, sacred areas, sacred rites, and honored people who Ship speaks directly to. ![]() When Earthlings escaped an Earth’s whose sun was about to go nova, their goal was to create a living ship, an artificial intelligence that would take them through the galaxy, and take care of them. When you think of artificial intelligence, what do you think of? Do you think androids dreaming of sheep, Madeline Ashby’s vN series, Data from Star Trek, Mindships from Banks’ Culture books, and the like? And now that I’ve read The Jesus Incident, I’m excited to read Destination:Void, if only to yell at the characters “no! don’t do that! don’t you see how this could end?” So, I’ve read them out of order, and seem to have done OK. ![]() I thought it was the 1st in a series of three, that had a prequel, Destination:Void, that could be read separate. I didn’t realize The Jesus Incident is the 2nd in a series of four. The Jesus Incident, by Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom ![]()
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![]() This book is so well written and will forever be on my short list of must- reads. The relationship that Peekay develops with the Doc will touch your soul and inspire you to want to think deeper and explore your life more fully – “first with the head, then with the heart.” He shows us the power of one to change life for the better. ![]() ![]() Peekay overcomes significant adversity as he seeks to become the welter-weight champion of the world. Bryce Courtenay (Author), Humphrey Bower (Reader) 11 ratings Hardcover 6.91 16 Used from 2.93 Mass Market Paperback 14.95 1 New from 14.95 MP3 CD 12.99 4 Used from 20.51 3 New from 10.26 Born in a South Africa divided by racism and hatred, little six-year-old Peekay learns that small can beat big. Once one person has read a book and loves it, then we ALL have to read it too THE POWER OF ONE by Bryce Courtenay was one of those books. It usually gets started is when one of us reads a book, loves it, and then passes it on to a friend in the department. The author, Bryce Courtenay, brings to life some very vivid characters including Grandpa Chook, the Judge, Professor von Vollensteen (Doc), his best friend Hymie, and Herr Pete. In the Ballantine publicity department, we have an informal book club. It is the story of a young British boy, Peekay, as he comes of age in apartheid South Africa around the time of WWII. ![]() I have recommended it to many people with overall very positive feedback (though I have to say, from my experience, that men tend to like this one more than women). For years I have considered this my favorite book and it is one of a few I have read multiple times. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her flaws are written large, but, like literature’s best flaws, her hoarding is a perversion of her greatest strength. ![]() Like the characters in her earlier work, the characters here are believable and human Annabelle in particular is lovely, lonely, and strikingly real. The Book of Form and Emptiness is Ruth Ozeki’s first novel since the 2013 publication of her prize-winning A Tale for the Time Being. The Book of Form and Emptiness, Ruth Ozeki (Viking, Canongate, September 2021) It is surely never comfortable to live with someone who hoards, but Benny’s situation is complicated: he can hear the voices of material objects.īenny can also hear the narrative voice of the novel itself as it tells his story. As a few years pass, Annabelle lets their home fill with the clutter of things she thinks will fill the emptiness her husband left behind. His mother, Annabelle, too, struggles with her grief. Teenager Benny Oh has just lost his father, a Japanese-American jazz clarinetist. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Morgol of Herun rules from the City of Circles. Kraal is a port city at the mouth of the Winter River. OSTERLAND: Bordered by the Northern Wastes, the Winter and Ose Rivers to the south, Isig Mountain to the west, and the sea to the east. Kyrth is Isig's trade city on the Ose River. ISIG MOUNTAIN: The realm of Danan of Isig lies in the mountain range just east of Erlenstar Mountain. * Sol of Isig killed beneath Isig MountainĮRLENSTAR MOUNTAIN: In the far northwest, the home of the High One lies on the edge of the Northern Wastes. * College of Riddle-Masters is founded at Caithnard ![]() Sometime After the Destruction of Lungold * Deth borrows Tinrunedeth's name and enters the service of the High One as his harpist * death of Tirunedeth, Morgol Cron's harpist * Lungold is destroyed wizards dead or disappeared * birth of Deth (he was called by an unknown name at that time) ![]() * Ghisteslwchlohm founds Lungold and gathers the wizards there * Yrth makes the three-starred harp, 100 years before Lungold is founded * Rhu, 4th Morgol of Herun, dies attempting to answer a riddle about the Star-Bearer * Danan of Isig and Har of Osterland begin their reigns before Lungold is founded * birth of the wizards, long before before Lungold is founded * Years of Settlement by humans of the six kingdoms of the High One ![]() * the High One embues the land with the mystical land-rule, passed from land-ruler to land-heir * battle between the Earth Masters and shape-changers from the sea ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Whoever we are, we can take something away from stoicism and, in How to be a Stoic, with its practical tips and exercises, meditations and mindfulness, he also explains how relevant it is to every part of our modern lives. He shows how stoicism teaches us the importance of a person's character, integrity and compassion. Massimo Pigliucci explores this remarkable philosophy and how its wisdom can be applied to our everyday lives in the quest for meaning. Whenever we worry about how to be happy, we are worrying about how to lead a good life. Stoicism teaches us to acknowledge our emotions, reflect on what causes them and redirect them for our own good. ' In this thought-provoking book, Massimo Pigliucci shares his journey of discovering the power of Stoic practices in a philosophical dialogue with one of Stoicism's greatest teachers.' RYAN HOLIDAY, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE OBSTACLE IS THE WAY AND THE DAILY STOIC ![]() |