feat(br): heaven makers:

8 files changed, 120 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/assets/brain-rot/covers/herbert-heaven-makers.jpg b/assets/brain-rot/covers/herbert-heaven-makers.jpg
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index 0000000..ae01351
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+++ b/assets/brain-rot/covers/herbert-heaven-makers.jpg
diff --git a/content-org/brain-rot.org b/content-org/brain-rot.org
index ceb0ff8..5e5f455 100644
--- a/content-org/brain-rot.org
+++ b/content-org/brain-rot.org
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ Oshii certainly did!
 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: :primary_menu "brain-rot-wicher" 
 :END:
 
-*** DONE Time of Contempt (1995)
+*** DONE Time of Contempt (Andrzej Sapkowski, 1995)
 CLOSED: [2024-03-24 Sun 22:27]
 :PROPERTIES:
 :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: time-of-contempt
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ Sad, scary - sure; but not funny. Just like the movie.
 It was already too much.
 
 
-*** DONE Baptism of Fire (1996)
+*** DONE Baptism of Fire (Andrzej Sapkowski, 1996)
 CLOSED: [2024-04-25 Thu 16:27]
 :PROPERTIES:
 :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: andrzej-sapkowskis-baptism-of-fire
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ I hope that Ciri's plot will develop in interesting ways, as her teenage rebelli
 [fn:toc] vide [[/brain-rot/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-time-of-contempt/][my review]]
 
 
-*** DONE Tower of the Swallow (1997)
+*** DONE Tower of the Swallow (Andrzej Sapkowski, 1997)
 CLOSED: [2024-05-25 Sat 22:11]
 :PROPERTIES:
 :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: andrzej-sapkowskis-tower-of-swallow
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ But even if this makes the entire series a bit pointless, it is still a pleasure
 [fn:nerds] at least amongst us, nerds.
 
 
-*** DONE Lady of the Lake (1999)
+*** DONE Lady of the Lake (Andrzej Sapkowski, 1999)
 CLOSED: [2024-06-15 Sat 22:06]
 :PROPERTIES:
 :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: andrzej-sapkowskis-lady-of-the-lake
@@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ Those were simpler times.
 :EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: brain-rot/fantasy/discworld
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-*** DONE  Interesting Times (1995)
+*** DONE  Interesting Times (Terry Pratchett, 1995)
 CLOSED: [2024-02-13 Tue 21:06]
 :PROPERTIES:
 :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: interesting-times
@@ -1899,6 +1899,53 @@ Dune
 #+end_menu-info
 
 
+*** DONE Heaven Makers (Frank Herbert, 1967)
+CLOSED: [2024-06-19 Wed 12:06]
+:PROPERTIES:
+:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: heaven-makers-1967
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My review of an early Frank Herbert novel
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image brain-rot/covers/herbert-heaven-makers.jpg
+:END:
+
+Chems are a race of aliens being who learned technology allowing them to live forever.
+With everlasting life comes boredom.
+To mitigate it, they watch and record lives and history of /lesser/ races, one which being humanity.
+They can not intervene, but current team foreseeing operation on Earth may have broken this rule.
+Therefore, Kelexel is sent to investigate if this is the case, but he is pretending to be just a tourist.
+
+At the same time we are observing humans whose lives are being recorded and (maybe) manipulated.
+
+/Heaven Makers/ is a 1967 novel written by Frank Herbert about an immortal race of space beings who treat humanity as a toy.
+OK, there's more to that, but it all boils to this - it's a simple story which gives no indications that just a few years before Herbert published /Dune/.
+
+Let's get this out of the way: /Heaven Makers/ is not a great book.
+It's not bad, by any means.
+The plot is decent, the twists are cool, the characters are (mostly) OK.
+It's not insulting, but it's never great.
+It's also short, so all the underdeveloped or missed parts of the book never develop into real frustration.
+
+#+attr_shortcode: 3.0 "herbert-heaven-makers.jpg" 
+#+begin_rating
+Cover
+#+end_rating
+And while I have enjoyed reading it over the course of 2 evening[fn:slow] and would not call the time /wasted/, I'm afraid in a year I'll have very little recollection of the events that I've witnessed.
+If anything, it reminded me that I really need to watch /Twilight Zone/.
+/Heaven Makers/ is very much like an episode of that type a show.
+We've got an interesting question (what would you do with eternity?) with added twist (what if you are the victim of such creatures) developed into a full story.
+
+One thing reader needs to keep in mind is the age to this book.
+Your life being subjected to constant surveillance was something not only seen as scary, but also incomprehensible.
+We're now treating is as entertainment (/Big Brother/) or even a way of living.
+As always, SciFi comes with a twisted idea and warns us about it.
+What we do with it?
+Of course!
+Let's build our lives around it!
+
+If /Heaven Makers/ finds a way in your hands, sure - it's a nice read.
+But I would not propose people actively search for it.
+
+[fn:slow] I am a slow reader
+
 ** Severance 
 :PROPERTIES:
 :EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: brain-rot/american-scifi/severance
@@ -2249,3 +2296,5 @@ Too bad that there's a game attached.
 
 [fn:qte] And it still ended in a QTE.
 Shame.
+
+#  LocalWords:  a
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi/heaven-makers-1967.md b/content/brain-rot/american-scifi/heaven-makers-1967.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34f1f70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/brain-rot/american-scifi/heaven-makers-1967.md
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
++++
+title = "Heaven Makers (Frank Herbert, 1967)"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2024-06-19T12:06:00+02:00
+categories = ["brainrot"]
+draft = false
+weight = 3007
+image_dir = "brain-rot/screenshots"
+image_max_width = 765
+primary_menu = "brain-rot-ascifi"
+abstract = "My review of an early Frank Herbert novel"
+image = "brain-rot/covers/herbert-heaven-makers.jpg"
+[menu]
+  [menu.brain-rot-ascifi]
+    weight = 3007
+    identifier = "heaven-makers-frank-herbert-1967"
++++
+
+Chems are a race of aliens being who learned technology allowing them to live forever.
+With everlasting life comes boredom.
+To mitigate it, they watch and record lives and history of _lesser_ races, one which being humanity.
+They can not intervene, but current team foreseeing operation on Earth may have broken this rule.
+Therefore, Kelexel is sent to investigate if this is the case, but he is pretending to be just a tourist.
+
+At the same time we are observing humans whose lives are being recorded and (maybe) manipulated.
+
+_Heaven Makers_ is a 1967 novel written by Frank Herbert about an immortal race of space beings who treat humanity as a toy.
+OK, there's more to that, but it all boils to this - it's a simple story which gives no indications that just a few years before Herbert published _Dune_.
+
+Let's get this out of the way: _Heaven Makers_ is not a great book.
+It's not bad, by any means.
+The plot is decent, the twists are cool, the characters are (mostly) OK.
+It's not insulting, but it's never great.
+It's also short, so all the underdeveloped or missed parts of the book never develop into real frustration.
+
+{{< rating 3.0 "herbert-heaven-makers.jpg" >}}
+Cover
+{{< /rating >}}
+
+And while I have enjoyed reading it over the course of 2 evening[^fn:1] and would not call the time _wasted_, I'm afraid in a year I'll have very little recollection of the events that I've witnessed.
+If anything, it reminded me that I really need to watch _Twilight Zone_.
+_Heaven Makers_ is very much like an episode of that type a show.
+We've got an interesting question (what would you do with eternity?) with added twist (what if you are the victim of such creatures) developed into a full story.
+
+One thing reader needs to keep in mind is the age to this book.
+Your life being subjected to constant surveillance was something not only seen as scary, but also incomprehensible.
+We're now treating is as entertainment (_Big Brother_) or even a way of living.
+As always, SciFi comes with a twisted idea and warns us about it.
+What we do with it?
+Of course!
+Let's build our lives around it!
+
+If _Heaven Makers_ finds a way in your hands, sure - it's a nice read.
+But I would not propose people actively search for it.
+
+[^fn:1]: I am a slow reader
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/discworld/interesting-times.md b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/discworld/interesting-times.md
index 12ea727..97353dc 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/discworld/interesting-times.md
+++ b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/discworld/interesting-times.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 +++
-title = "Interesting Times (1995)"
+title = "Interesting Times (Terry Pratchett, 1995)"
 author = ["Michał Sapka"]
 date = 2024-02-13T21:06:00+01:00
 categories = ["brainrot"]
@@ -7,13 +7,12 @@ draft = false
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 abstract = "A very short review"
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 [menu]
   [menu.brain-rot-fantasy]
     weight = 3001
-    identifier = "interesting-times-1995"
+    identifier = "interesting-times-terry-pratchett-1995"
 +++
 
 Cover blurp:
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-baptism-of-fire.md b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-baptism-of-fire.md
index 9518a49..c8ecfc0 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-baptism-of-fire.md
+++ b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-baptism-of-fire.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 +++
-title = "Baptism of Fire (1996)"
+title = "Baptism of Fire (Andrzej Sapkowski, 1996)"
 author = ["Michał Sapka"]
 date = 2024-04-25T16:27:00+02:00
 categories = ["brainrot"]
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ aliases = ["/brain-rot/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-baptism-of-fire/"]
 [menu]
   [menu.brain-rot-wicher]
     weight = 3002
-    identifier = "baptism-of-fire-1996"
+    identifier = "baptism-of-fire-andrzej-sapkowski-1996"
 +++
 
 _Baptism of Fire_ is the third novel in the _Witcher_ saga.
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-lady-of-the-lake.md b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-lady-of-the-lake.md
index b63638d..ce7738c 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-lady-of-the-lake.md
+++ b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-lady-of-the-lake.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 +++
-title = "Lady of the Lake (1999)"
+title = "Lady of the Lake (Andrzej Sapkowski, 1999)"
 author = ["Michał Sapka"]
 date = 2024-06-15T22:06:00+02:00
 categories = ["brainrot"]
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ image = "brain-rot/covers/sapkowski-lady-of-the-lake.jpg"
 [menu]
   [menu.brain-rot-wicher]
     weight = 3004
-    identifier = "lady-of-the-lake-1999"
+    identifier = "lady-of-the-lake-andrzej-sapkowski-1999"
 +++
 
 I had a _blast_ with the Witcher saga.
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-tower-of-swallow.md b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-tower-of-swallow.md
index 1aaac28..39c6f30 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-tower-of-swallow.md
+++ b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/andrzej-sapkowskis-tower-of-swallow.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 +++
-title = "Tower of the Swallow (1997)"
+title = "Tower of the Swallow (Andrzej Sapkowski, 1997)"
 author = ["Michał Sapka"]
 date = 2024-05-25T22:11:00+02:00
 categories = ["brainrot"]
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ abstract = "My review of the 4th book in the Witcher saga"
 [menu]
   [menu.brain-rot-wicher]
     weight = 3003
-    identifier = "tower-of-the-swallow-1997"
+    identifier = "tower-of-the-swallow-andrzej-sapkowski-1997"
 +++
 
 It's hard to overestimate how popular the Witcher books were amongst polish youth in the 90s.
diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/time-of-contempt.md b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/time-of-contempt.md
index 4049fbc..0c032a8 100644
--- a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/time-of-contempt.md
+++ b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/time-of-contempt.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 +++
-title = "Time of Contempt (1995)"
+title = "Time of Contempt (Andrzej Sapkowski, 1995)"
 author = ["Michał Sapka"]
 date = 2024-03-24T22:27:00+01:00
 categories = ["brainrot"]
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ aliases = ["/blog/2024/andrzej-sapkowskis-time-of-contempt", "//brain-rot/witche
 [menu]
   [menu.brain-rot-wicher]
     weight = 3001
-    identifier = "time-of-contempt-1995"
+    identifier = "time-of-contempt-andrzej-sapkowski-1995"
 +++
 
 It's a stain of my honor - I am a Pole, but I've never read The Saga.