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[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So I put Grok in Brave search and which one is melon-musk

  • Grock is a neologism coined by American writer Robert A. Heinlein for his 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land.

  • According to Merriam-Webster, grok means to understand profoundly and intuitively.

  • Grock was a Swiss clown, composer, and musician who was once the most highly paid entertainer in Europe.

[–] oktherebuddy@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Stranger in a Strange land sucks unbelievable amounts of ass (not in like a cool way), this video on it is a classic. The one-two punch of that book & Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke made me realize that any sci-fi written by a man before like 1999 is unreadable dogshit.

[–] GinAndJuche@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Asimov erasure. He was a liberal, but far from the worst. “Foundation” is basically babies first DiaMat.

[–] oktherebuddy@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

idk I also re-read some foundation novels and they were really childish. The fact that UKLG was publishing contemporarily just puts them all to shame.

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Iain M. Banks' The Culture series started in 1987

[–] oktherebuddy@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Fair, good counterexample.

[–] TheRealChrisR@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Whats wrong with Childhoods End?

[–] oktherebuddy@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You don't think there's wrong with benevolent hyperintelligent aliens visiting earth and going totally hands off except for stopping violence against white farmers in South Africa?

[–] TheRealChrisR@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

I read the book in high school over a decade ago and missed that part

[–] DerEwigeAtheist@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

Grog around here is rum with hot water, or tea.