

Seconding this recommendation. Story of Your Life is the best sci fi story I’ve ever read
Seconding this recommendation. Story of Your Life is the best sci fi story I’ve ever read
Steampunk Prime: A Vintage Steampunk Reader, edited by Mike Ashley.
By the way, the sad reality is that many of the good sci fi stories have flat prose. It’s just something you have to accept.
Yes, people should have that, but it’s not that simple. Some liberals, particularly classical liberals, think a free market would bring those things to everyone. I don’t necessarily disagree, though I think free markets can only ever be free under communism/socialism, not capitalism. The issue with centrally planned, universal healthcare is that a hostile government could refuse to provide you care, much like insurance companies that don’t approve coverage for many things. Additionally, there needs to be strong medical privacy protections.
The truth is that NATO should be dissolved