Pages Tagged “Racism”

Reviews

Five Ways to Forgiveness ★★★★☆ Ursula K. Le Guin
Five loosely-connected stories set in the final years of a color-based enslaving society, the war for liberation, and the messy aftermath.
The Lathe of Heaven ★★★★★ Ursula K. Le Guin
A surreal tale of dreams changing reality, global stakes anchored by the three people involved. Be careful what you wish for.
Nomad of the Time Streams ★★★½☆ Michael Moorcock
A 19th-century British soldier in India is flung into three wildly different future wars, forcing him to reexamine the world he thought he was building.
The Old Iron Dream ★★★★★ David Forbes
An extended essay tracing the strand of military authoritarianism and white male supremacy in science-fiction, from John Campbell through Heinlein, Pournelle and other major names up through the then-present of 2013.
Parable of the Sower ★★★★★ Octavia Butler
Hard to put down. And hard to pick up again. It’s certainly not a fun book, but it’s extremely engaging, despite the bleakness of the slow-apocalypse setting and story.
Ragtime ★★★★★ Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, 2014
Ragtime has even more emotional impact on stage than the songs do alone, and the historical themes resonate strongly with the present day.
The Word for World is Forest ★★★★☆ Ursula K. Le Guin
Infuriating to read…and that’s the point. A story of colonial exploitation, asymmetric warfare, dehumanization and environmental destruction.

We Have Met The Ferengi, And They Are US
We finished re-watching Deep Space Nine a few days ago. Quark’s rants in the second-to-last episode about rolling back the reforms regarding gender and worker protections, complaining that Ferengi society has been infected by a disease, and declaring that if he becomes Nagus he’ll bring back what made Ferenginar great again sound eerily familiar. There’s […]
(Jan 2026)
CentOS List Hijack
Pissed off because some a-hole with a centos.org address posted multiple copies of a racist antisemitic diatribe to the CentOS announcement list. CentOS sent an apology to lists. Said spammers forged the sender’s address to get past moderation. Look back, name doesn’t match address.
(Jan 2009)