At this point, in the US, it's "stab myself in the gonads to spite my face".
deadbeef79000
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Mainly the blood though.
make it through a hard time with positivity.
No down votes from me: all power to you bro! That's probably the only healthy option.
I think this presidency will be different.
You (the People) will be scammed/cheated/pillaged/repressed/etcetera even harder this time.
I love the book, but still rolled my eyes at the mystery mysticism. Then again, I haven't reread it in years.
IIRC There is a bit in the book that states the surface of the Way is Terraformed for a billion km or so around axis city. I took that as implying that at least some humans live on the surface and a diaspora among worlds connected to the Way is implied.
I also recall an explanation about evacuation of the thistledown being because they knew that when the way was connected that they'd been whipped into another universe, assumed it was a crap one and yolo'd down the way. Also, that it was forced by the geshels(?) and the naderites were none to happy about it.
I actually prefer my SF to not get too deep into tech details. It avoids the story being dated by the technology of the time of its writing: e.g so much golden age SF describe computers as banks of switches and spools of tapes.
I found that the sequel Eternity, while a bit of a slog, fills in quite a few of those gaps.
A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.
There are no sequels to Rama.
There's only six Dune books too ;-)
The Fountains of Paradise It's literally an SF love letter to engineering.
Also there are two (or three?) sequels to Rendezvous with Rama.
Greg Bear's Eon/Eternity and The Forge of God/Anvil of Stars are all engineering delight.
2001, 2010, 2051, 3001 are great classics.
I bulled my way though all three.
There was enough story for one novel, padded out with crap to fill enough books for a "clever" post on the titles.
If someone's looking for a good Mars read: Moving Mars by Greg Bear.
I meant, out of context, that listening to your professors rather than internet randoms is the correct position to hold.
The Lord's work.