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The mountains of Parnassus = Gâory Parnasu
Written in the 1970s and published posthumously in Polish in 2012, Milosz's deliberately unfinished novel is set in a dystopian future where hierarchy, patriarchy, and religion no longer exist. Echoing the structure of The Captive Mind and written in an experimental, postmodern style, Milosz's sole work of science fiction follows four individuals: Karel, a disaffected young rebel; Lino, an astronaut who abandons his life of privilege; Petro, a cardinal racked with doubt; and Ephraim, a potential prophet in exile.
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Media -- On the Horizon: Visions of Sci-Fi Writers Inspire Director Ridley Scott to Jump In
[...] on-air commentary by film director Paul Verhoeven and theoretical physicist Dr. Michio Kaku analyze how Philip K. Dick's writings forecasted modern-day civilian surveillance and virtual reality.
Newspaper Article
Augustown
\"Augustown--set in the backlands of Jamaica--is a magical and haunting novel of one woman's struggle to rise above the brutal vicissitudes of history, race, class, collective memory, violence, and myth. Ma Taffy may be blind but she sees everything. So when her great-nephew Kaia comes home from school in tears, what she senses sends a deep fear running through her. While they wait for his mama to come home from work, Ma Taffy recalls the story of the flying preacherman and a great thing that did not happen. A poor suburban sprawl in the Jamaican heartland, Augustown is a place where many things that should happen don't, and plenty of things that shouldn't happen do. For the story of Kaia leads back to another momentous day in Jamaican history, the birth of the Rastafari and the desire for a better life\"--Provided by publisher.
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The last supper before Ragnarok
\"Tanis Barlas, snake-woman assassin. Cason Cole, the killer of gods. Louie Fitzsimmons, the last known Prophet. And Rupert Wong, a chef who just wants to eat his instant noodles and stay home. The Greek Pantheon has been obliterated, and gods and monsters across the globe are looking to fill the vacuum. But Rupert, Case, Fitz, and Tanis have bigger problems to deal with. It's time to answer the biggest question of all: Where did the father gods go?\" -- From publisher's description.
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Moral Rights in Copyright of GCC Countries: Between Islamic Law and Current Laws
The author has the right to claim or disclaim a work as his own (authorship) and to safeguard the work from distortion, mutilation, and other amendments that would be prejudicial to his or her reputation or honour (integrity).10 Based on moral rights, an author can prevent others from passing offhis or her work as theirs or he or she can block usage of a work, such as in parody, which he or she feels will prejudice his or her honour.11 The purpose of this article is to elucidate the extent to which Sharia law knew or developed means protecting moral rights.12 The article approaches this subject not only historically but also analytically. [...]the article concludes with a set of conclusions. Copyright is about protecting and respecting human thought and creativity, which are valued in Islam.26 In upholding this right, one is protecting human society and the basis of its development.27 Therefore, copyright goes beyond positive law, being fundamental in Sharia law. Early Muslim-Arab society continued the practices of the pre-Islamic period and even broadened them.46 Sharia law includes several considerations whose effects are similar to those of modern intellectual property laws.47 For example, the Caliphs - religious and political leaders who are successors of the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w)-\"would buy books they considered important and make copies of them after paying an adequate compensation to the author.
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