You know all that culture we humans have that separates us from the animals? Well, apparently it’s just not that big a deal, as, according to a recent report, all it takes for apes to develop a culture of their own is a consistent source of food and a stable social group. How depressing.
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“Manifold: Origin”
The last volume in the Manifold trilogy. The conclusion is brilliant, but what a brutal trip to get there. Baxter’s conception of early hominid behavior may be accurate, but its stomach-turning.
“Manifold: Space”
by Stephen Baxter
Volume 2 in the Manifold trilogy. Humbling take on what the most likely result of first contact might be.
“Manifold: Time”
by Stephen Baxter
The first (and best) in a mind-bending, three-volume speculative riposte to the Fermi paradox.
Octavia Butler Is Gone
Octavia Butler was an intriguing, original writer whose death on Saturday will measurably impoverish American speculative fiction. I remember reading Wild Seed with mouth agape, discovering for the first time that fantasy didn’t have to be about Europeans with swords. Here’s the obit from her home town paper.