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Uncanny Valley Digest: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

Posted on 11 July 2020 by

Our Wednesday night Zamyatin discussion was the hammer and tongs! Like many thought-provoking Russian novels of its time, Yevgeny Zamyatin’s 1924 authoritarian dystopia, We, was first published in translation, outside of Russia. It is an epistolary novel of journal entries … Continue reading →

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Uncanny Valley Digest: Burning Sky by Rachel Pollack

Posted on 24 July 2018 by

Monday night’s Burning Sky discussion left no question answered! This is my favorite story of the summer so far. It grapples with potent, ambiguous questions about the inevitability of violence and grievance as a justification for force. It’s also a … Continue reading →

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Audio Book Me This: Cetus Finalis Gets Tracked!

Posted on 15 October 2017 by

Hearken, reader, to heaps of interesting developments on the horizon. Most interestingly, is on the subject of audio books. With each successive publication, a very common question I get is whether Cetus Finalis, or Chili Bill’s tome, or TJ & … Continue reading →

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