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Название книги: Radiant
Автор(ы): James Gardner
Жанр: Научная Фантастика
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Radiant-158832.html
To Bill and Veronica
AUTHOR’S NOTE
Thanks to the usual people: Linda Carson, Richard Curtis, Jennifer Brehl, and Diana Gill. Every writer needs good feedback, and yours has always been great.Some readers may ask, "Why all the Buddhism? Are you preaching something?" Not at all. First, you’ll see there are schemes afoot in the League of Peoples that are deliberately exploiting differences between Eastern and Western viewpoints. (Yes, that’s vague but I don’t want to give too much away.) Second, I thought it would be fun to confront Festina with a sort of mirror opposite, and "opposite" includes an opposing philosophical outlook. Third, I’m tired of melting-pot futures where all the cultural differences of our present day have been homogenized into some lukewarm vanilla snooze. As far as I can see, the future will continue to contain Buddhists, Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, Neo-Pagans, agnostics, atheists, etc., as well as people who invent new belief systems, people who don’t think about religion at all, and people who
Название книги: Radiant
Автор(ы): James Gardner
Жанр: Научная Фантастика
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Radiant-158832.html
To Bill and Veronica
AUTHOR’S NOTE
Thanks to the usual people: Linda Carson, Richard Curtis, Jennifer Brehl, and Diana Gill. Every writer needs good feedback, and yours has always been great.Some readers may ask, "Why all the Buddhism? Are you preaching something?" Not at all. First, you’ll see there are schemes afoot in the League of Peoples that are deliberately exploiting differences between Eastern and Western viewpoints. (Yes, that’s vague but I don’t want to give too much away.) Second, I thought it would be fun to confront Festina with a sort of mirror opposite, and "opposite" includes an opposing philosophical outlook. Third, I’m tired of melting-pot futures where all the cultural differences of our present day have been homogenized into some lukewarm vanilla snooze. As far as I can see, the future will continue to contain Buddhists, Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, Neo-Pagans, agnostics, atheists, etc., as well as people who invent new belief systems, people who don’t think about religion at all, and people who
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