September 1 through 3, 2024 The Bell Riots occur San Francisco, changing the outlook and history of the United States of America (and ultimately the United Federation of Planets). (Star Trek Deep Space 9: Past Tense) #StarTrekDS9#sciencefiction
August 17, 2024: The following is the entry in The Parable of the Sower:
God is Power-
Infinite,
Irresistible,
Inexorable,
Indifferent.
And yet, God is Pliable-
Trickster,
Teacher,
Chaos,
Clay.
God exists to be shaped.
God is Change.
(Parable of the Sower, 1993)
July 20, 2024: On the opening page of The Parable of the Sower, the narrator celebrates her birthday. (Parable of the Sower, 1993) #scifi#sciencefiction#OctaviaButler
Food in 2021: “Sam ordered first. Wonton soup, sweet and sour pork - all of it made from meat and vegetable culture stock, an industry which was finally competing with animal husbandry and plant farming.” (Macrolife, 1979) #Farming#sciencefiction
Driving through New Mexico in 2021: “He thought of his own death, the death of all those he knew, the passing of humanity through historical time. ‘What are we?’ He thought. ‘What is left? Everything is hidden from us, as if deliberately.’ (Macrolife, 1979)
“The colonies were a new branch of humanity, joined to their environment through a problem-solving struggle which demanded of them the resolve to work through disagreements to the best possible conclusion, whatever that might turn out to be; (2/3)
July, 2021: After 30 years on a desert planet, the first human colony receives a signal from Earth (On Thursday We Leave for Home, #TwilightZone, 1963) #SciFi
#NYC in 2021: “The indoor climate of the upper levels was perfect, and the tiers gave an open view of land, ocean, and sky, but it would be a long time before the New City acquired the sense of tradition belonging to the original ground level.” (Macrolife, 1979)