Ah yes - the best Star Trek film of them all.
Just a few chapters into "Rendezvous with Rama" by A.C. Clarke (I recently enjoyed "Childhood's End" so I thought I'd read a few more of Clarke's better-known works). So far, it's pretty good, although kinda cringe-worthy when he talks about how distracting women's breasts can be in zero gravity. Nerd :-)
- VoltaireTo learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize
I can tell you this (and I am probably one of the ONLY people who can tell you this) : "E.T." is a MUCH better movie, if you have no idea what ET looks like, or anything about him. I just happened to see that movie before any of the publicity came out. The suspense of the first half hour or so is just GONE, if you know beforehand what he looks like. My point is, a spoiler doesn't always have to give away a "twist" to change the way you see the movie.
"The Diamond Age" - Neal Stephenson "The Left Hand of Darkness" - Ursula Le Guin "Queen of Angels" - Greg Bear The "V.A.L.I.S." trilogy - Philip K. Dick The "Illuminatus" trilogy - Robert Anton Wilson / Robert Shea "The Mote in God's Eye" - Larry Niven / Jerry Pournelle "The Martian Chronicles" - Ray Bradbury [edit] I'm adding Harlan Ellison's "Deathbird Stories"; it's a short-story collection, not a novel, but there's some great writing in there.
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Just for fun :
Some real advice : if you get the option, sit in the front of the class. Helps a lot, I found. If you find yourself falling behind, ask for help, early, before it overwhelms you. Do all the work; if the class is really challenging, do the work before it's due, show it to the instructor, and ask if it's what they are looking for.
Makes sense if you look at each column, comparing left and right.
Highest order column = One 9 on left, nine 1's on right.
Next : Two 8's on left, eight 2's on right.
Next : Three 7's on left, seven 3's on right.
etc.
I still don't get why it's okay for the USA to assassinate people in Pakistan in the first place.
Great question. I'm not sure if this is my final answer, but this was my first thought - from Thomas Jefferson :We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.