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  • I allways promote Stanisław Lem, mainly Solaris.
    Quick explanation: small group of scientists trying to study a possibly-intelligent ocean (called Solaris).
    Why I like it: the worldbuilding is done by providing basic facts about Solaris, plus a lot of Solaristic theories, which creates space for your imagination and new theories. The interactions between humans are realistic and have meaningful dynamics. Every character has their unique perspective and I find it worthy of re-reading from that perspective. And it’s also quite short.

    I’ve also read some other Lem’s books, but while they aren’t bad, I don’t find them as excellent as Solaris, maybe with exception of Fables for Robots, The Cyberiad and Memairs found in a Bathtub.





  • There Are many ecosystems that hardly depend on human activity. Fields And cities, but also fragile places as orchid maedows.
    In some parts of world (Europe definitelly), these ecosystems evolved right after the end of the last ice age, there was no interregnum of “Wild forests” (with this part I’m not so sure, but if it weren’t true, It doesn’t affect the main argument).
    Without humans, these ecosystems would rapidly get destroyed by bushes And forests, part of the manifold world would have gone.

    And yes, I aknowledge that were destroing these ecosystems too, by industrialized agronomy. And I understand the feeling nature=forests without human disturbing, but it’s simply not the whole picture.