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Val
is 96% done
a lot of the worldbuilding being set out in brief glossary of planetary institutions is a good idea and really interesting - probably wouldn’t have appreciated it quite as much otherwise. also love the whole framing with thravé
— Feb 02, 2025 10:42AM
Val
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Or so I tell myself. But we have existed so long, you and I, accumulating so many layers of memory and interpretation . . . what do I know, really, of who we once were? All I have left is myth.
And surely you’ve now drifted even farther. What might you have become, Siob, in all these centuries since we last met?
Even if I found you again, would you know me? Could we still decipher each other?
— Feb 02, 2025 10:25AM
And surely you’ve now drifted even farther. What might you have become, Siob, in all these centuries since we last met?
Even if I found you again, would you know me? Could we still decipher each other?
Val
is 85% done
woo! windswept sheltering seems cool. and dobroc! and training vails in the long conversation! last interlude was also really interesting for the new ways youths are interacting with their technologies and art
— Feb 02, 2025 09:34AM
Val
is 74% done
having multiple bodies with multiple streams of action going at once really adds to the drama. cool and effective presentation
— Feb 02, 2025 05:59AM
Val
is 65% done
interlude after chapter 16 interesting for perspective on the constant surveillance idea + the clip-opera
— Feb 01, 2025 02:21PM
Val
is 36% done
The clowns’ procession in chapter 9 is great - glimpses of trans-/post-(?)humanism being pushed to the limit
— Jan 31, 2025 01:02PM
Val
is 34% done
Discussion of space exploration and star-ships and terraforming and diverse, multivalent, dynamic cultures (and their cycle) vs stagnant ones (falling harder and totally) with Thavé reminds me of Terra Ignota
— Jan 31, 2025 12:53PM
Val
is 25% done
Enjoying. Whole second interlude is weird and interesting.
6. Which would you prefer: an insurrection masquerading as an artwork, or an artwork masquerading as an insurrection?
— Jan 31, 2025 11:40AM
6. Which would you prefer: an insurrection masquerading as an artwork, or an artwork masquerading as an insurrection?

