Pritzker and Walz have reasonable criticisms, like they are too rich or not rich enough, whereas Newsom has cartoon evil criticisms, like he throws away homeless people's wheelchairs.
Paz Pardo
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Talk like Sam Spade, live like Miss Marple. Real life: Buenos Aires. Fiction: debut novel THE SHAMSHINE BLIND (scifi noir alternate history!) from Atria Books
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Oh this sounds RIGHT up my alley
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Truly!
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This is why every single piece of fiction I've ever written has a "worm-cat of pure destruction from the chaotic darkness between stars" at the core of the text.
I realize not everyone knows this, but when the Canon Creators convened to invent science fiction they actually specified that the first word is an acronym of "Science, Chaos, Invertebrates, Extraterrestrials, Cats, and Entropy" and I for one think it's important the genre respect its roots
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TRADITIONAL! Tradition!
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Exactly! Can you even call yourself a fan if you havenât
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INVERTEBRATES. Shit, I knew I forgot something.
I realize not everyone knows this, but when the Canon Creators convened to invent science fiction they actually specified that the first word is an acronym of "Science, Chaos, Invertebrates, Extraterrestrials, Cats, and Entropy" and I for one think it's important the genre respect its roots
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YOINKING HARDER
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I am so glad you asked! For this I would refer you to the reflections (no pun intended) of Jorge Luis Borges on mirrors, sex, and embedded acrosticsâwhich I believe is a sly reference to this situationâin his story "TlĂśn, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius"
coup dâetat within the commission. The discussion has been conducted across centuries and continents, with everyone from Jorge Luis Borges (âThe Missing Nâ) to modern-day critics weighing in (see, particularly, Strange Horizons's Narwhal-focused special issue from August 2006)
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Taking that trophy and running away with it
