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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 weight = 3001 image_dir = "brain-rot/screenshots" image_max_width = 765 -menu_order = "name" abstract = "A very short review" aliases = ["/blog/2024/interesting-times/", "/brain-rot/discworld/interesting-times/"] [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. |