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Dillatronic 06

J Dilla · Dillatronic · Song · 2015

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I spent my entire birthday reading a book I had been wanting to read for such a long time. I completely isolated myself from the world, from work, from stress... It was the best birthday I’ve had in recent years. I feel rested.

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir It was perfect. Truly perfect. Absolutely perfect. A man wakes up from a coma on a spaceship, with no memory of who he is or why he’s there. Slowly, piece by piece, he begins to remember. His mission: to save all of humanity. That’s how the story begins but it becomes so much more than that. It was incredibly gripping and deeply heartwarming. Easily one of the best sci-fi books I’ve ever read. #vezirereads

nostrrrrrrr

A speculative concept for future tourism and entertainment: A radical form of time dilation travel. The ultimate one way vacation. You board a spacecraft designed to travel near the speed of light. For you, the journey feels short. Manageable. Almost ordinary. Months pass inside the cabin. But when you return to the world, decades have passed outside it. You are still alive. Physically unchanged. But historically displaced. Everyone you know is dead. The world has changed. The cities look different, the culture is different, the rules are different. You are in the future.

theory of relativity… time dilation... wild.

literally me this weekend

It’s my birthday and I’m 31. Despite all the madness in the world, it’s beautiful to experience life!

I’m starting Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir and I’m SO excited!

Sultanate of Women by Ahmed Refik Altınay The book tells the story of a period in the Ottoman Empire when the mothers, concubines, and wives of the sultans became very powerful and influential in politics. This book was the first to call this era the “Sultanate of Women,” a name that is now widely used today. The period covers more than a hundred years, from the 1520s to the middle of the 1600s, and it is my favorite time in Ottoman history. The book was written in 1916, so it is quite old and, in some parts, reflects a somewhat misogynistic point of view. Even so, it is considered one of the main and essential readings on the Sultanate of Women. #vezirereads

My plan for this weekend is to read books. I will spend both days just reading. If I get bored reading a book, I’ll switch to another book.