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"She also touches briefly on dirigibles (which never recovered after the ‘Hindenburg’ disaster) and on the concept of artificial island air bases for refueling. Of course, land based airfields constructed to support the war effort (1940-45), plus improvements in aircraft engines and fuel capacity and economy, rendered marine and amphibious air passenger services obsolete." — Feb 25, 2021 11:01AM
"She also touches briefly on dirigibles (which never recovered after the ‘Hindenburg’ disaster) and on the concept of artificial island air bases for refueling. Of course, land based airfields constructed to support the war effort (1940-45), plus improvements in aircraft engines and fuel capacity and economy, rendered marine and amphibious air passenger services obsolete." — Feb 25, 2021 11:01AM
“Language exists less to record the actual than to liberate the imagination.”
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“Beware:
At war
Or at peace,
More people die
Of unenlightened self-interest
Than of any other disease.”
― Parable of the Talents
At war
Or at peace,
More people die
Of unenlightened self-interest
Than of any other disease.”
― Parable of the Talents
“I'll make my report as if I told a story, for I was taught as a child on my homeworld that Truth is a matter of the imagination.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
― The Left Hand of Darkness
“Science fiction deals with improbable possibilities, fantasy with plausible impossibilities.”
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“Science fiction is not prescriptive; it is descriptive.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
― The Left Hand of Darkness
Carl’s 2025 Year in Books
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