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Blog is by historian Ada Palmer, who also wrote some quite successful sci-fi that was a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w
by libraryofbabel 2y ago
Blog is by historian Ada Palmer, who also wrote some quite successful sci-fi that was a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Like_the_Lightning https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Like_the_Lightning . How she finds the time while also teaching as a professor at Chicago I do not know.
- roughly 2y agoOh shit, I didn’t catch the name - strongly recommend that whole series. It’s one of the most wildly inventive sci-fi series I’ve read in a long time.
- henrebotha 2y agoIt's batshit insane and truly without equal. One of the best things I've ever read.
- rvb 2y agoOne of my all-time favorite essays is by the same author: "The Shape of Rome" — https://www.exurbe.com/the-shape-of-rome/ https://www.exurbe.com/the-shape-of-rome/
- fanf2 2y agoAlso very good is “The Scariest Library” https://www.exurbe.com/the-scariest-library/ https://www.exurbe.com/the-scariest-library/