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POPSSF Author: Catherine Webb Deep in the Void, the lords of Nightkeep plot to ensnare our dreaming souls. Only Leanan Kite can stand up against them; unfortunately, Haven's top-rated, kick-ass mage is kind of tied up, overthrowing false monarchs, wresting back control of the Secret Service and dealing with demonic troops. From Mirror Dreams
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POPSInner clock may lead Monarch butterflies They know where they are, according to the position of the sun. Scientists are trying to understand how a butterfly has this sense of direction, with a brain the size of a pin. Plants can grow according to the length of the day. Perhaps one day we'll develop a gene that will mean we can do without GPS
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POPSTruth vs Sincerity Quote from the 1961 Iris Murdoch essay, "Against Dryness," which is about varieties of fiction but includes this provocative philosophical assertion.
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POPSDark Ages 2.0 Scary scenario. It sure seems that things are going this way and can see how the author can get himself worked up about it. The rich get richer, widening the gap between the haves and the have-nots. The government keeps printing money to bail out corporations, that money does not go back into the economy to keep it running, the economy collapses and we may all depend on the rich to bail us out. I really do want to hang onto some amount of faith that this scenario is not going to come true. I could be wrong in doing so, but the alternative is too scary to contemplate.