In the novel there are many smoke and mirror scenes that can make you think and analyze what you’re thinking.From the relationships to the technology often advanced yet primal in many ways. Paradoxes in relationships in which characters act nice but otherwise can be condescending can be seen in page 54.As one of the characters were caught in a lie. As quoted “Ravna lied when she said the blab is dead”. Instead of Ravna just full out fighting against her enemies. The use of manipulation plays a huge theme to get the blabber. It shows how no one can be trusted as they are often are patronizing or deceptive.As the famous saying goes “all us fair in love and war” (Llyly 1578)
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- Aldiss, Brian–Supertoys Last all Summer
- Bacigalupi, Paulo–The People of Sand and Slag
- Bear, Greg–Shrodinger's Plague
- Bradbury, Ray–The Veldt
- Bradbury, Ray–There Will Come Soft Rains
- Butler, Octavia–Bloodchild
- Chiang, Ted–Lifecycle of Software Objects (long)
- Chiang, Ted–The Story of Your Life
- Dick, Philip K.–Autofac
- Dick, Philip K.–The Commuter
- Dick, Philip K.–We Can Remember it for You Wholesale
- Ellison, Harlan–I Have no Mouth and I Must Scream
- Forster, E.M.–The Machine Stops
- Hodgson, William–The Voice in the Night
- Kafka, Franz–In the Penal Colony
- LeGuin, Ursula–The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
- LeGuin–American Sci Fi and the Other
- LeGuin–Introduction to Science Fiction
- Lovecraft, H.P. –"From Beyond"
- Sterling, Bruce–The Bicycle Repairman
- Tiptree, James (Alice Sheldon)–The Girl Who Was Plugged in
- Tiptree, James (Alice Sheldon)–The Women Men Don't See
- Vinge, Vernor–The Blabber (long)
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I love how you mentioned what was on your mind before inputting the evidence from the text and then tying it back to why you mentioned what you’ve already said.
This post doesn’t respond in a manner that elucidates the question the prompt poses.