Ideas do not have to be correct in order to be good; its only necessary that, if they do fail, they do so in an interesting way.
Robert Rosen
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Things to ingest, look at, review, admire.
John Cleese on Creativity
Input, WisdomAn old one from the archives. I watched this again recently and, as always, was relieved to hear someone talking sense. Be kind, be positive, be welcoming and things will get better. Thank you, Mr. Cleese.
Jodorowsky’s Dune: You had me at “Dali as the mad emperor of the galaxy”
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I’ve got a yearning for some far future science fiction, so I’m starting with the purported best in the field. Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun starting with The Shadow of the Torturer.
I’m about four chapters in and I find the textured voice appealing. Giving the first person protagonist an eidetic memory is certainly one way to get detail into flashbacks. Plus, it features Latin, my go-to language for realistic strangeness.
