#lterature

[tofutasties]

Kojima on the decline of science fiction

I first awakened to reading in the fifth grade and immediately dove into mystery novels from all over the world. This continued through sixth grade; then, when I graduated elementary school, I moved on to science fiction, which was to be my partner until I went to college. During that period, I hardly remember consuming anything other than science fiction and yet I never suffered from malnutrition. I owe that to the breadth of the platter that was 1970s science fiction. Spread atop SF’s dining table were all kinds of ingredients; a variety of cooking methods were being tested, and the cooks themselves were diverse. I tasted many, ranging from the big three (Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein), to Vonnegut and Orwell, and all the way to Kobo Abe. They worked across an expansive variety of genres, and each created their own original dishes. These stories of the unknown could be broken down into many types: science fiction, fantasy, metafiction, and more — but collectively, they were all our SF. But following the incredible popularity of Star Wars, at some point in the ’80s, SF began to be pulled toward commercialism, and the genre left behind was a shell of its former self. The dishes and cooking methods were overrun by stale space operas and fantasies, and our SF had stalled out. Before I knew it, I’d completely stopped reading SF. —Hideo Kojima, The Creative Gene (2013)

#kojima #science fiction #lterature #creative gene

[holgerkrentz]

Dieser Hai ist in Gefahr!!!!

Thema Umwelt- Weltmeere erstellt von Holger Krentz

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#Werbung slogandesignmachdieweltbunt #Designkreieren. #lteratur kunstDenkensinnsucheStory #SehnsuchtloveFernwehLeidenschaft

[jpf-sydney]

Jinkō genshō de Nihon wa dō naru?

New item:

Shelf: 334.31 KAW Jinkō genshō de Nihon wa dō naru? : mirai no shakai ni tsuite kangaeyō! by Kawai Masashi.

Tōkyō : PHP Kenkyūjo, 2020. ISBN: 9784569789491

63 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 29 cm. (Tanoshii shirabe gakushū shirīzu).

Includes index (pages 54-55). Text in Japanese with furigana on all kanji characters.

#population aging #demographic transition #social conditions #juvenile lterature #jlearner #jteacher

[mortallydelicateruins]

Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road,

Healthy, free, the world before me,

The long brown path before me leading me wherever I choose.

From Song of the Open Road by Walt Whitman

#walt whitman #song of the open road #poetry #lterature #quotes #reading

[waitingfordoomsday]

it’s our six-month anniversary, which clearly calls for a haiku

With you, time is a

sprint, marathon, blink — perfect 

perpetuity.

#poetry #poem #writing #haiku #lit #lterature #creative #love #time #happiness #anniversary

[existential-celestial]

Sorrow everywhere. Slaughter everywhere.

Jack Gilbert, from “A Brief For The Defense,” in Refusing Heaven: Poems

#jack gilbert #quote #poem #lit #lterature #sorrows #an island mixed with blood #sociopolitical climate #*

[lethargic-judge]

Want to read a blog about Classical Mythology, feminism, and contemporary literature? 

Want to read a blog about one woman’s journey through her PhD? 

Want to read a blog post about lesbian and genderqueer myths? 

Look no further! 

#blog #phd #phd life #academia #dark academia #classics #mythology #myth #feminism #feminist #lterature #english literature #lgbtq #lgbt #queer #queer theory

[finita-la-commedia]

All your words question me, even when you say things that are not related to me.

Maurice Blanchot, from “Heavenly Summation”, translated from French by John Gregg

#literature #French literature #lterature #French writer

[jessica-marie-baumgartner]

This is just a fun epic story I couldn’t keep from sharing

#fantasy #fiction #lterature #chapter #books #reading #read #blog #epic #adventure #journey #hero #sword & sorcery #sword & sorcerer #story #free fiction #free read #free chapters #writer #author #writing #worthy woman warrior #family #motherhood #warrior #the tales of bronherrn

[patriciocuadra]

De cuando era primavera. #primavera #spring #margaritas #daisies #literatura #lterature (en Zamora, Spain) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-XDa02AbuZ/?igshid=csnnial6g9fj

#primavera #spring #margaritas #daisies #literatura #lterature

[paperbacksunday]

Francie thought that all the books in the world were in that library and she had a plan about reading all the books in the world.

Betty Smith, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn

#betty smith #a tree grows in brooklyn #francie nolan #lit #lterature #literaryjournals #literaryexcerpt #words #quotes #wordsnquotes #library #books #bibliophile #bookworm #thoughts #world

[madlovenovelist]

This quote stuck in my head, it's very close to something my mother always used to say... I always try not to be judgmental because I know the sting of hurt it can cause. It's something that is very relevant today when you can comment online in a shroud of anonymity.

#Casey Carlisle #book quotes #reading #amreading #TBR #science fiction #dystopia #YA #YA Fiction #YA Lterature #Alive #Scott Sigler

[holgerkrentz]

Folgen sie mir zu einer Stadtrundfahrt durch Atlantis City über den Wolken

sinnsuche.craft.me/0LTmPwQThRgg4o Fantasyinspiration , erstellte Bilder von Holger Krentz

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#Werbung slogandesignmachdieweltbunt #Designkreieren. #holgerkrentzArtstationBehance Viewbug #loveherzHarmonieÄsthetik #lteratur kunstDenkensinnsucheStory #SehnsuchtloveFernwehLeidenschaft

[onroses]

'But the great fact was the land itself, which seemed to overwhelm the little beginnings of human society that struggles in its sombre wastes. It was from facing this vast hardness that the boys mouth had become so bitter; because he felt that men were too weak to make any mark here, that the land wanted to be let alone, to preserve its own fierce strength, its peculiar, savage kind of beauty, its uninterrupted mournfulness.'

Oh Pioneers! - by Willa Cather

#willa cather #o pioneers! #o pioneers #american lterature #quotes #cather #quote #book quote #american midwest #agrarianism #the oversoul

[mlorenzetti]

Here, an exposure of a one hundred year old piece of sheet music, exposed again over the north wall fresco and stained glass of the Grand Staircase.

Oh Peter Go Ring Dem Bells Negro Spirituals Arranged by H. T. Burleigh, 1917 Sheet Music Archive, Music Room The Detroit Public Library, 3/10/17

Graphic Arts and Prose Fresco Edwin Blashfield and Vincent Aderente, 1922 Painted Glass Window Frederick J. Wiley, 1922 The Detroit Public Library, 3/10/17

Marco Lorenzetti

#detroit #detroit public library #documentary #book project #lterature #books #library #archives #sheetmusic #negro spirituals #double exposure #film #kodak #TriX #darkroom #contemporary photography #deardorff #large format #community space #portraits #cass gilbert #edwin blashfield

[chibi-tan25]

Seeing Good Omens Fan Art and Posts...

I think this is the most I’ve seen of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett on tumblr since the TV series Good Omens started. Usually I have to search on my own for content of their books or even a small amount of fan art. Like actually searching and making me think not many people read their books.

Specially here in the U.S. where it feels their books are almost non-existing because I have search so many book stores and only luck on Neil Gaiman. And then all the sudden all the Good Omens fan art and posts just keep coming to me like no problem. I’m shook and happy...mostly shook.

#good omens #I feel like ive lived under a rock away from the lterature world #like its been q while since I’ve read a proper book that wasn’t manga #neil gaiman #terry pratchett #david tennant #michael sheen