Heinlein, Robert. The Past Through Tomorrow: Future History Stories. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1967. Print.The Past through Tomorrow (1967), trad. it. in due voll. di Giuseppe Lippi, La storia futura, Milano, Mondadori, 1987; La storia futura: ancora piu lontano, Milano, Mondadori, 1988....
Robert Heinlein’sThe Past Through Tomorrowwas a reading recommendation by a friend, who knew I liked science fiction and Heinlein’s work. It’s worth reading, but with 900 pages and small text, it took longer to get through than I expected. Written in the 1940s, which was fairly early...
In a twist of fate, Dominic DeVolt is shown archeologist Moira Joanna White’s beauty through the Eye of Ra. Trying to save his niece and nephew from evil Fae powers, he’s sucked into the past and dumped in the middle of her Egyptian archaeology dig. Moira fears the attractive man who...
137. “Throughout history, every period of enlightenment has been accompanied by darkness, pushing in opposition. Such are laws of nature and balance.”― Dan Brown 138. “History belongs to the intercessors – those who believe and pray the future into being.”― Walter Wink 139. What we ...
[Robert A. Heinlein] 2. I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. [Thomas Jefferson]luxury, n. 1. the reward for someone’s hard work, enjoyed by the other members of his family. 2. the lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters...
Heinlein said that “the price of freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle anywhere, any time and with utter recklessness.” How do you do that? As a wise man once said, “with heart, faith, and skill.” But it also helps to have a good rifle, the skill to wield it effective...
of the anxiety is reflected also in bleakly downbeat stories whose nihilistic temper is most unusual for a pulp-descended genre; examples include Robert AHeinlein's "The Year of the Jackpot" (March 1952Galaxy), E CTubb's "Tomorrow" (1954Science Fantasy#8) and RobertSilverberg's "Road to...
“Our turn tomorrow, perhaps, to feel skies exploding on our heads or the ground opening under our feet, to be attacked by the extraordinary army of projectiles, and to be swept by breaths of hurricane a hundred and thousand times stronger than the hurricane…” Fun fact: One of the ...
Coming through in stereo When everybody loves you You can never be lonely Well, I’m gonna paint my picture Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray All of the beautiful colors are very, very meaningful Yeah, well, you know gray is my favorite color ...
though not many people have had the motivation to move past that barrier and dig deeper for Blake’s true intentions. Blake was often categorized as anti-Christian, but he felt that this was exaggerated.Although his ideas were different than his peers, he felt that no one’s thoughts should...