Anyone who clings to the historically untrue and thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence never settles anything I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The ghost of Hitler could referee and the jury might well be the Dodo, the Great Auk, and the Passenger Pigeon. Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and their freedoms.
Books
I read…a lot. Here’s where I ramble about books and printed media.
Got asked to help out at the book sale for an hour. Left with another stack. Imagine that! More SF, but also some nonfiction “history of SF”, one by Lester Del Rey, the other Frederik Pohl’s memoir. #moarbooks
Four old SF anthologies, a mid-70s printing of Clockwork Orange, a Star Trek novel, and a DVD collection of four Dracula films…all for $8. Gotta love campus book sales!
Today’s page in my “Stupid Quotes” calendar. #50ShadesofGrey #FiftyShadesofGrey #peopleacutuallyenjoyreadingthisjunk
This year’s crop of Philip K. Dick nominees are here! Guessing I’ll be too busy with schoolwork to have them read by @norwescon #nwc38, but I’ll see how many I can get through!
The current post-Christmas state of my “to read” bookcase. Even in the midst of working on a master’s degree, somehow I can’t stop picking up more books.
Yay…more behind-the-scenes Trek geekiness! Only 1,000 printed, and mine is one of only the first 100 to come autographed. #startrek #trekkie #trekker #geek More info: http://creaturefeatures.com/shop/books/returntotomorrow/
Came home to find feminist inclusive smut in my mailbox! #smutpeddler @iron_spike
Saw the @trekmovie #trekselfie tag today. Here’s a gem I found this weekend at an antique store!
Found at an antique store this morning: The Gentleman’s Companion, Vol. I (Being an Exotic Cookery Book) and Vol. II (Being an Exotic Drinking Book), first published in 1939, updated in 1946.
