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It is faith wrapped in the cloak of science. Contact is as vague and obscure as communion with the saints or the coming of the Messiah.

Solaris by Stanisław Lem

March 18, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

You are doing all you can to stay human in an inhuman situation. Noble it may be, but it isn’t going to get you anywhere. And I’m not so sure about it being noble – not if it’s idiotic at the same time. ― Stanisław Lem, Solaris It’s what we wanted: contact with another civilization. We have it, this contact! Our own monstrous ugliness, our own buffoonery and shame, magnified as if it was under a microscope! ― Stanisław Lem, Solaris Kelvin is finally on […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: classic sci-fi, Conquerors, cosmic horror, first contact, humanity, space exploration, Speculative Fiction, Stanislaw Lem

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: classic sci-fi, Conquerors, cosmic horror, first contact, humanity, space exploration, Speculative Fiction, Stanislaw Lem ·
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Book three held its own

The Rising Tide (Island Book volume 3) by Evan Dahm

September 15, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I stole this part of my review from Melchior on Goodreads, “Obviously anyone reading the third book in the Island Book trilogy already knows by now but Evan Dahm’s art style is so perfectly suited” for this theme. However, I did not realize The Rising Tide (Island Book volume 3) was book three! I had a “wiggle” in the back of my brain that something was off, but it was not until I was halfway through that I realized my goof. Yet, for the most part, things flow perfectly. There […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Religion Tagged With: Action and adventure comics, Conquerors, Evan Dahm, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:659 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Religion · Tags: Action and adventure comics, Conquerors, Evan Dahm, Social Themes ·
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