... was probably based on Cecil Rhodes, a bu[s]inessman turned
politician ...
On Tue, 03 Feb 2026 07:05:32 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:
... was probably based on Cecil Rhodes, a bu[s]inessman turned
politician ...
Calling Cecil Rhodes a rCLbusinessman turned politicianrCY is like ... I donrCOt know ... like referring to Genghiz Khan as a pastoral herder
turned tribal chieftain ...
Remember that the entirety of the territory called rCLRhodesiarCY in his
name included both present-day Zimbabwe and South Africa (n|-e
rCLSouthern RhodesiarCY).
On Wed, 4 Feb 2026 12:07:27 -0500
Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
Perelandra is a very strange book.
The whole Space Trilogy is deeply imbued with Lewis's religous
outlook.
I'd forgotten 'til revisiting it some years ago that there's a whole
sequence at the end that almost plays like a Christian transcendental- meditation experience. Very strange book, indeed; captivatingly so.
On Tue, 03 Feb 2026 07:05:32 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:
... was probably based on Cecil Rhodes, a bu[s]inessman turned
politician ...
Calling Cecil Rhodes a rCLbusinessman turned politicianrCY is like ... I donrCOt know ... like referring to Genghiz Khan as a pastoral herder
turned tribal chieftain ...
Remember that the entirety of the territory called rCLRhodesiarCY in his
name included both present-day Zimbabwe and South Africa (n|-e
rCLSouthern RhodesiarCY).
On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 06:16:55 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
On Tue, 03 Feb 2026 07:05:32 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:
... was probably based on Cecil Rhodes, a bu[s]inessman turned
politician ...
Calling Cecil Rhodes a "businessman turned politician" is like ... I
don't know ... like referring to Genghiz Khan as a pastoral herder
turned tribal chieftain ...
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Remember that the entirety of the territory called "Rhodesia" in his
name included both present-day Zimbabwe and South Africa (noe
"Southern Rhodesia").
ITYF Northern Rhodesia became Zambia. Later (Southern) Rhodesia became Zimbabwe. SA was a previous landgrab.
In article <10ne70n$1st45$1@dont-email.me>,
Lawrence D|ore4raoOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
On Tue, 03 Feb 2026 07:05:32 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:
... was probably based on Cecil Rhodes, a bu[s]inessman turned
politician ...
Calling Cecil Rhodes a |ore4+obusinessman turned politician|ore4_ is like ... I
don|ore4raot know ... like referring to Genghiz Khan as a pastoral herder turned tribal chieftain ...
Remember that the entirety of the territory called |ore4+oRhodesia|ore4_ in his
name included both present-day Zimbabwe and South Africa (n|a--e |ore4+oSouthern Rhodesia|ore4_).
Wrong. Zimbabwe was Southern Rhodesia and Zambia was Northern Rhodesia.
On Tue, 03 Feb 2026 07:05:32 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:
... was probably based on Cecil Rhodes, a bu[s]inessman turned
politician ...
Calling Cecil Rhodes a rCLbusinessman turned politicianrCY is like ... I >donrCOt know ... like referring to Genghiz Khan as a pastoral herder
turned tribal chieftain ...
Remember that the entirety of the territory called rCLRhodesiarCY in his
name included both present-day Zimbabwe and South Africa (n|-e
rCLSouthern RhodesiarCY).
rCLThe title of a book by Tolstoy has been translated as What Then
Should We Do? My faith gives me an answer. It would be terrible
to think that life has no meaning, that we are going nowhere,
and that what we do until we die is a matter of indifference.
That is what tortures so many today.rCY
<https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/justice-alito-warns-seminarians-religious-liberty-is-in-danger>
WHAT THEN SHOULD WE DO? appears in Luke 3:10rCo14. Tolstoy's
non-fictional work describes the Russian social conditions in 1886.
It begins with a Moscow beggar being thrown into jail for begging.
WHAT THEN SHOULD WE DO will be the next book heard (eg read) by me.
With regard to the infiltration of Romance into Science Fiction,
most Science Fiction writers of the '60s kept women in the kitchen.
If The Time Traveller's Wife was marketed as Romance, it would be an
early example of an infiltration of Fantasy masquerading as Science
Fiction. And, of course, Fantasy has no place in the reality of
Romance. I'll get my coat.
I don't think it would take much to add a butler to the story. You
would expect a palace to have a full staff.
I'd forgotten 'til revisiting it some years ago that there's a whole sequence at the end that almost plays like a Christian
transcendental- meditation experience. Very strange book, indeed; captivatingly so.
It does. I can't remember if that's before or after all the human
and animal couples simultaneously decide to f*ck. (The human couples
do it in different rooms - they're decent Christians, after all).
On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 17:03:26 +1300, Titus G wrote:Perhaps similar to what /Superfolks/ did way back in 1977 with comic
With regard to the infiltration of Romance into Science Fiction,
most Science Fiction writers of the '60s kept women in the kitchen.
If The Time Traveller's Wife was marketed as Romance, it would be an
early example of an infiltration of Fantasy masquerading as Science
Fiction. And, of course, Fantasy has no place in the reality of
Romance. I'll get my coat.
Talking about genre drift, youAd be aware of the traditional snobbish >attitude towards SF from aficionados of omainstreamo or oseriouso
fiction. And the old stereotypes prevalent among them of SF being
about rockets and spaceships, bla bla bla.
ThatAs why it was amusing to me to find out that the winner of the
2024 Booker Prize is a novel called oOrbitalo, set on the
International Space Station ><https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/orbital>.
So rockets and spaceships are now part of mainstream fiction? And the
topmost level of arty mainstream fiction, at that? Of course they are!
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