Hat tip to my brother Dan for calling this to my attention. He came at it from a business point of view, no doubt, as he’s been working heavily with India and Indian developers for years. I came at this from the point of view of a storyteller. The idea of mythology influencing culture clicked pretty heavily for me. I’ve known for some time that world-building should include mythos, but this really drove home why it matters and how one can use it. A very interesting presentation.
Projects and Progress
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Hallmark Project
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Reading List for 2024
I am reading
- It’s Our Ship: The No-Nonsense Guide to Leadership, by D. Michael Abrashoff
- Drumindor, by Michael J. Sullivan
I have completed:
- 1. The Sunlit Man, by Brandon Sanderson
- 2. Remember, Remember: Life-Changing Truths from the Book of Mormon, by Robert L. Millet
- 3. Heart of the Matter: What 100 Years of Living Have Taught Me, by Russell M. Nelson
- 4. Farilane, by Michael J. Sullivan
- 5. Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson
- 6. Spook Country, by William Gibson
- 7. Zero History, by William Gibson
- 8. John Adams, by David McCullough
- 9. Dune: Messiah, by Frank Herbert
- 10. The Three-Body Problem, by Cixin Liu
- 11. The Dark Forest, by Cixin Liu
- 12. Esrahaddon, by Michael J. Sullivan
- 13. Just Stab Me Now, by Jill Bearup
- 14. The Narrow Road Between Desires, by Patrick Rothfuss
- 15. Death’s End, by Cixin Liu
- 16. Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard, by Tom Felton
- 17. We Are Legion (We Are Bob), by Dennis E. Taylor
- 18. For We Are Many, by Dennis E. Taylor
- 19. Compassion: The Great Healer’s Art, by Ulisses Soares
- 20. All These Worlds, by Dennis E. Taylor
- 21. Nefertiti, by Michelle Moran
- 22. For Love of Country: Why I Left the Democratic Party, by Tulsi Gabbard
- 23. A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous Fourteenth Century, by Barbara W. Tuchman
- 24. Dandelion Wine, by Ray Bradbury
I have abandoned:
- The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels, by India Holton
The ‘To read’ stack:
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Cultures ALL make perfect sense when you understand the narrative that has lead to where they are now. A failure to understand that reflects a poor imagination and is one the leading signs of a closed mind.