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Metacities

Just reading in Scalzi’s blog about Metatropolis (and that is his code),and will be getting that soon.

Part of the enthusiasm about that is the curiosity about cities and the directions that scifi puts on them. I have read about those extremes such as floating cities,about cylinders connected though hyperportals,about location adn [...]

Benedetti dies

uno no siempre hace lo que quiere pero tiene el derecho de no hacer lo que no quiere [...]

Shakespeare online!

The merchant of Venice,Act 3,Scene II:So may the outward shows be least themselves:The world is still deceived with ornament. In law,what plea so tainted and corrupt,But,being seasoned with a gracious voice,Obscures the show of evil? In religion,What damned error,but some sober brow Will bless it [...]

Si me matan

These days I am very aware of my mortality.

Poetry:If they kill me. Found here:

Canto a los hijos en marcha

by Andrés Eloy Blanco

Madre,si me matan,que no venga el hombre de las sillas negras;que no vengan todos a pasar la noche rumiando pesares,mientras tú me lloras;que no [...]

Yerby on people

From Aaron S. about the romantic novel,by quoting Frank Yerby (And would I have to subscribe to Harper’s?).

More about Yerby’s work here:Yerby called himself a costume novelist in attempt to mask from his white readers discussions of political ideologies,social movements and class antagonisms. In the meanwhile,Yerby hoped to teach his [...]

Me gustas cuando callas

Pablo Neruda –Me gustas cuando callas:

Me gustas cuando callas porque estás como ausente,y me oyes desde lejos,y mi voz no te toca. Parece que los ojos se te hubieran volado y parece que un beso te cerrara la boca.

Como todas las cosas están llenas de mi alma emerges de [...]