Posted on June 17, 2009 by docflamingo
We are all born of the far-flung debris
Of ancient lights that have gone from the night.
We and the trees, the rocks and the soil:
All brothers brewed in a cosmic cauldron.
We race our way along the expanse in
A seething tempest, too huge to be seen;
Strewn wide like seeds through the boundless reaches
And reunited by gravity’s [...]
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Posted on June 5, 2009 by docflamingo
“Being scourge of the galaxy involved more work than he counted on as a young lad; still, he did get to kill the customers and was his own boss.”
“Iceni Queen: A Pirate Yarn” ©2009 Jason Maffettone
Plot Summary: Julian McAllister, son of an escaped slave, is a favorite son of the Riftward Marches; a loose confederation [...]
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Posted on May 25, 2009 by docflamingo
Premise: Ethics are superior to morality. Morality is arbitrary and more matter of prevailing taste then a logical system upon which top base a society. Morality can be anything that enough people agree upon, however absurd. Like saying it is immoral to claim the Earth revolves around the sun. Sounds foolish to us (most of [...]
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