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There is a little bit of similarity, but to be honest the complexity is completely different. Gene Wolfe is several orders of complexity higher than the Founda

There is a little bit of similarity, but to be honest the complexity is completely different. Gene Wolfe is several orders of complexity higher than the Foundation series. Its threads are tied together in ways that will blow your mind. You need to be totally, totally awake to understand what you are reading. You don't get 'clues'. You get one chance to grasp something Wolfe is telling you. It is extremely rewarding as well as intellectual. I cannot count the number of times I had a "holy fuck" moment, Wolfe is unbelievably smart. You know how people on Reddit and 4chan look for 'mindfuck' movies. This book, The Book of the New Sun, is on another level. My mind changed its frame of reference about a dozen times reading it. Normally a good author manages to accomplish that once. There is basically no way I can ruin this book for you by hyping your expectations. It is just that good. Also; I must beg a favour so I can return one to you. You must read the book (there's two volumes of 4 books total) while listening to a piece of 'music'. The Voyager Recordings. This is not actually music. It is what the sensors picked up on the spacecraft as they pointed their arrays at the different planets. If you listen to this while you read the book, it'll make it much more immersive. I know this sounds dumb as hell, but it is hard to explain. Just do it, you'll thank me later. P.S. Your initials won't happen to be N.D would they? Foundation is his favorite book also. If so I won't hold it against you, I'm not that kind of guy, but do read and listen. It is rewarding, and important, I think. I know I somehow changed after doing this, it was as if the world had deeper textures and certain things just clicked or something. Maybe I'm a strange person on the internet, but it is worth taking a risk to find out.

asdfasdfa11112 10y ago
I'm afraid those aren't my initials. I'm in California, just been enjoying the hell reading through your posts that you nicely collected into an index recently I stumbled upon. Your arguments are intriguing. I was tempted to fire off half thought through replies to what initially struck me as gaping holes in logic, but am glad I did not. The more I read, the more I realize that I need to put more effort into understanding what you're really trying to say before I can begin to evaluate it. Almost a "see it as the painter intended" moment. Anyhow, thank you for your writings, for although I don't know yet if I agree with anything you said, it's certainly exposed me to new perspectives I hadn't considered. edit - and yes, I do promise to read the books listening to your recommendation.
- internaut 10y ago
  I'll be the first to admit that there may be holes in my arguments. I hazard perhaps it just hard to articulate for ordinary mortals such as I but there is a thread running through out I feel passionately about. That is why I recommend Wolfe. He manages elegantly illustrate concepts that remain mere fizzing and bubbling of ideas in my brain. He is the master artisan, so go to him rather than me. I am convinced Thiel has seen a glimpse of something really important in the big picture. Events are in motion, as we can see from recent events, formerly influential stories we tell ourselves about the world appear to be flying apart. Please tell me what your experience was when you finish your first Labour! (My email is in my profile.) :-) Here are the specific recordings I meant, there's a few alternatives drifting about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjz9m1TkQ_A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjz9m1TkQ_A They themselves are remarkable, they took electromagnetic sensor data from Voyager 1 and 2’s trip past Jupiter and Saturn and then converted the radio waves into sound accessible to ears.

asdfasdfa11112 10y ago

I'm afraid those aren't my initials. I'm in California, just been enjoying the hell reading through your posts that you nicely collected into an index recently I stumbled upon. Your arguments are intriguing. I was tempted to fire off half thought through replies to what initially struck me as gaping holes in logic, but am glad I did not. The more I read, the more I realize that I need to put more effort into understanding what you're really trying to say before I can begin to evaluate it. Almost a "see it as the painter intended" moment. Anyhow, thank you for your writings, for although I don't know yet if I agree with anything you said, it's certainly exposed me to new perspectives I hadn't considered. edit - and yes, I do promise to read the books listening to your recommendation.

internaut 10y ago
I'll be the first to admit that there may be holes in my arguments. I hazard perhaps it just hard to articulate for ordinary mortals such as I but there is a thread running through out I feel passionately about. That is why I recommend Wolfe. He manages elegantly illustrate concepts that remain mere fizzing and bubbling of ideas in my brain. He is the master artisan, so go to him rather than me. I am convinced Thiel has seen a glimpse of something really important in the big picture. Events are in motion, as we can see from recent events, formerly influential stories we tell ourselves about the world appear to be flying apart. Please tell me what your experience was when you finish your first Labour! (My email is in my profile.) :-) Here are the specific recordings I meant, there's a few alternatives drifting about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjz9m1TkQ_A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjz9m1TkQ_A They themselves are remarkable, they took electromagnetic sensor data from Voyager 1 and 2’s trip past Jupiter and Saturn and then converted the radio waves into sound accessible to ears.