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Meg Oolders's avatar

Gorgeous. And painful. In a good way. 💜

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Sharif Islam's avatar

Really fantastic and thought provoking. Reminded me of two very different books.

1. You might already know this one. Braided Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (https://bookshop.org/p/books/braiding-sweetgrass-robin-wall-kimmerer/16712606?ean=9781571313560). The book has lots of sections about walking and wondering.

2. And this Danish novel about a new type of workforce. "The human and humanoid crew members complain about their daily tasks in a series of staff reports and memos."

See reviews:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/12/the-employees-a-workplace-novel-of-the-22nd-century-by-olga-ravn-review-am-i-human

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-inhumanity-of-work-on-olga-ravns-the-employees/

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Amy Letter's avatar

Thank you! I hadn't heard about the Olga Ravn novel -- I'm going to put that next on my reading list! :)

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Mark Harbinger's avatar

Beautiful Spec Fic. Thank you.

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Brian Spears's avatar

I really like these stories you’ve been writing lately. And the ideas you’re exploring in them.

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Ingrid Finch's avatar

Thank you for the mainly positive story; your bot character was the only respectful one in there! Rituals are so important if we are to remain humans.

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