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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Re: What I'm listening to
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 14:36:14 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <pan$18dea$f5631184$9b04cece$bceb0f90@cpacker.org>,
Charles Packer  <mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:
>On Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:26:44 -0700, BCFD 36 wrote:
>
>> On 4/23/24 06:29, Don wrote:
>>> BCFD 36 wrote:
>>>> Currently, I am listening to "The Stars, Like Dust" by Asimov (of
>>>> course). I do this while I am doing various chores and yard work
>>>> around the house and don't need to give full attention to the chore.
>>>> It is interesting enough, but not great, IMHO. In fact, Wikipedia says
>>>> that he said it was "his least favorite novel". I had not read it
>>>> before and I found this surprising. But I love the title. The first
>>>> time I saw the Milky Way whilst camping at Lassen National Part, I was
>>>> reminded of this title. When you are up at 8000+ feet and the air is
>>>> calm and clear, the stars ARE like dust.
>>>>
>>>> I am currently rereading Glen Cook's "She is the Darkness". I am
>>>> enjoying it more than I did the first time.
>>> 
>>> Did you ever hear the story about Saul Alinsky's influence on Hillary
>>> Clinton and Barack Obama? If not you can giggle it.
>>>      Saul supposedly said something along the lines of "The very first
>>> radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it
>>> so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom -- Lucifer."
>>>      Although the modern words may belong to Saul, the sentiment
>>> doesn't. It dates back millennia to the start of Gnosticism.
>>> 
>>> _The Hidden Life is Best! - Francis Bacon and the Gnostic English
>>> Empire_
>>> talks about such topics (but not Clinton and Obama specifically).
>>> There's free audio available at
>>> <https://thehiddenlifeisbest.com/episodes>
>>> 
>>> Long story short, all of the free episodic excerpts were recently heard
>>> by me.
>>> 
>>> Danke,
>>> 
>> Why is this mess a reply to my post? It has nothing to do with my post,
>> unless "She is the Darkness" is some kind of reference to Hillary
>> Clinton. In which case it is still not welcome since I try to keep my
>> stuff non political.
>
>But "The Stars, Like Dust" itself is nothing if not political, based on
>my reading of its Wikipedia page. It involves the constitution
>of the U.S., no less.

I believe that ending was forced on Asimov by his editor, H. L. Gold.
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