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[rebeccarobota]

NAME: Rebecca (Becky)
AGE: 32
INTERESTS & HOBBIES: I write and read fantasy and science fiction and enjoy comics, social history, public radio, vegetables, and attempting to identify trees. I knit and play the ukulele (with limited skill and bursts of enthusiasm). I'm fond of Silmarillion fan fiction, idolize Ursula K. Le Guin, and fangirl Steven Universe and Stand Still Stay Silent.
LOOKING FOR: People who write about books, making art, interesting topics, and everyday life.
ANYTHING ELSE?: I am a librarian and live in North Carolina with the best cat.

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[rebeccarobota]

I discovered that if you make the font small enough, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas fits on one page and is still readable. It is hanging on my wall at work for moments of melancholy contemplation.

I need to give Iain Banks another try—I read The Player of Games a while back and while I enjoyed it, I didn't quite connect with his writing.

Ahh, Mac Lir has a rat buddy! And an excellent name.

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On your suggestion, I've just given it a go. Yes, a one-page version of Omelas, 8pt font, 0.42cm margin, Liberation Serif. I'm tempted to print out a few crazed copies and leave them lying around the philosophy department. Such a fine lesson in utilitarianism.

The Player of Games is a personal favourite, but the book which set the scene for The Culture is Consider Phlebas. His non-SF writing is really worth a look as well, The Wasp Factory being the most famous, with Complicity being a rather great example as well.

Mac Lir had a rattie friend; that was Riff-Raff now long departed (he was old in the photo). Over a decade or so I had quite a multitude of rodents scampering about and Mac really looked after them (and on two occasions even saved their lives). Alas, no ratties for a couple of years now. I have travel plans a-foot and getting a rats to move internationally is a tricky proposition.