Anarchists in Space
Feb 07Paul Raven reviews Ursula K. Le Guin’s classic novel The Dispossessed, a tale of the confrontation between an anarcho-syndicalist culture and a state-capitalist culture. (CHT François.) Though Le Guin’s personal sympathies were with the anarchists, she doesn’t stack the deck (unlike most political science fiction): the anarcho-syndicalist culture is actually pretty sucky. But the state-capitalist [...]
Notes From All Over
Feb 07Observations of a various, sundry, and miscellaneous character: Over at Take Back the LP, check out a purpose statement by Murray Rothbard and a(n) FAQ by Morey Straus. Libertopia has a revised speakers list up. Next month I’ll be going back to Prague for the PCPE. It’s being held a month earlier than usual. On [...]
Like a Tea Tray in the Sky
Feb 07Two puzzles about the Bat-signal: a) What happens if Commissioner Gordon needs to contact Batman in the daytime? Or on a night that doesn’t have low-lying clouds? I can see why the tv version installed a Batphone. b) If I were a Gotham City villain, I’d hole up with a rocket launcher in a building [...]
Things Fall Together
Feb 07Interesting article on Chinua Achebe’s Africna trilogy. (CHT Walter Grinder.)
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