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Semantic Kat

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I read books. I am still getting used to social media.

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"Science fiction is an expression born from dissatisfaction with where the world is versus where the world could be. The same is true for protest." -- Micaiah Johnson, intro to "Those Beyond the Wall"

02.02.2025 13:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"What a world this would be, were it not held wholly and solely in the grip of stubborn old men." -- from Empire of the Vampire, by Jay Kristoff

20.01.2025 13:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"It is the obligation of those of us born to power or who earn it to wield that power with virtue, because power is no virtue unto itself." -- from Demon in White, by Christopher Ruocchio

18.01.2025 12:52 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

"...wasn't marriage itself a long bath? ... she wanted a steady surface to sink beneath when the world around them grew chaotic and cold ... warm water to ease the things in life that ached." --from In Universes, by Emet North

15.01.2025 04:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Who started the romantasy trend of referring to elf/faerie characters as "the male" and "the female"? Was it you, SJM? Whoever is responsible, let it be known that I hate this trend. Not only does it enforce a strict gender binary, it also makes them all sound like animals in a zoo.

05.12.2024 14:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0