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Toni Aittoniemi

@clive And a former nazi rocket scientist Werner von Braun created: ”Elon, the Techno King of Mars” in his 1952 science fiction novel: ”Project Mars”

The society of Mars was run like that very same technocracy, with engineers running it while a CEO-like absolute dictator calls the actual shots.

Coincidence? I think not. Musk lists his registered title as ”Techno King” in the official papers of Tesla inc.

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#elon #mars #novel #scifi

New York Post · German engineer predicted man named 'Elon' would conquer Mars in 1952 novelBy Isabel Vincent
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MikeDunnAuthor

Today In Labor History April 4, 1866: Russian revolutionary, Dmitry Karakozov attempted to assassinate Czar Alexander II. He failed and the government executed him. Some believe that Karakozov chose the year 1866, since that was the year in which a character in Chernyshevsky’s “What Is To Be Done?” planned to launch a revolution. In the book, the protagonist, Vera Pavlovna, escapes a controlling family, and an arranged marriage, to start a socialist cooperative and a truly egalitarian romantic partnership. She starts a seamstress commune, with shared living quarters, profit-sharing and an on-site school to further the women’s education. Chernyshevsky wrote the novel in response to Turgenev’s “Fathers and Sons.” He wrote the book while imprisoned in the Peter and Paul fortress. The book inspired generations of Russian radicals, including the nihilists, anarchists and even many Marxists.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #nihilism #anarchism #communism #chernyshevsky #russia #novel #fiction #Revolutionary #commune #socialism #books #fiction #author #writer @bookstadon

Cover of Chernyshevsky's "What is to be done?" with protagonist, Vera Rozalsky, in a yellow dress, and two men in the background.
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Stephen Brooke

I've nearly drowned a couple times in large surf. Once was by the Flagler Beach pier when i had doubts I'd make it to shore, but (obviously) did. This experience turned into a short story and then into a chapter from my first Cully Beach surf-and-crime #novel 'Shaper.' (available from Arachis Press)

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MikeDunnAuthor

Today in Labor History April 2, 1840: Émile Zola, French novelist, playwright, journalist was born. He was also a liberal activist, playing a significant role in the political liberalization of France, and in the exoneration of Alfred Dreyfus, the Jewish army officer falsely convicted and imprisoned on trumped up, antisemitic charges of espionage. He was also a significant influence on mid-20th century journalist-authors, like Thom Wolfe, Truman Capote, Hunter S. Thompson, Norman Mailer and Joan Didion. Wolfe said that his goal in writing fiction was to document contemporary society in the tradition of Steinbeck, Dickens, and Zola.

Zola wrote dozens of novels, but his most famous, Germinal, about a violently repressed coalminers’ strike, is one of the greatest books ever written about working class rebellion. It had a huge influence on future radicals, especially anarchists. Some anarchists named their children Germinal. Rudolf Rocker had a Yiddish-language anarchist journal in London called Germinal, in the 1910s. There were also anarchist papers called Germinal in Mexico and Brazil in the 1910s.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #zola #germinal #anarchism #writer #fiction #strike #dreyfus #antisemitism #rebellion #novel #author #books #france #mining #coal #journalism @bookstadon

Poster by Léon Choubrac advertising the publication of Zola's novel Germinal in Gil Blas, 25 November 1884. By Léon Choubrac (1847-1885) - [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1672934
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Andrew Geczy

Free Reading Wednesday: Princess Myrandae and the City of Tomorrow 1x03 “Abomination” Week 2 Remastered

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I’m writing novels like TV shows, a new chapter every month in 4 weekly 8-12 page parts! All free, no pay wall!

#Fiction #Read #Reading #Novel #Free #Scifi #sciencefiction #Storytellers #IndieAuthors #SpaceBattle

THIS MONTH: Princess Myrandae was taken captive by her toxic masculine brother, and it’s up to Frankie and Rachel to save her.

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