Monday, November 18, 2024


i finished reading 'everything must go,' by dorian lynskey, a pretty interesting read especially if you're a sci fi nut like me. it catalogues various fears about armageddon from revelation, through to artificial intelligence, and looks at the ideas roots and the journey it has taken to current times. i learnt quite a lot actually reading this book as it was written in a very accessible style and hugely engaging. ironically a hopeful book when you look at human history and all the near misses we have had. there are various left wing tropes that pop up which is fair enough, without them the book would never have found a big publisher so all forgiven and it's certainly nothing major but it does make me wonder how a book about the end has a weird lean to the left. in the same way a review of the christopher nolan batman's films were savaged by the guardian for being...wait for it, to right wing and pro capitalist. sometimes people just need to enjoy a film about a man who dresses like a bat and catches criminals without over thinking. anyways, this is a great book if you consider science fiction as predictive literature, for it all starts in sci fi.

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