Doorways in the Sand
by Roger Zelazny · first published 1976
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If you liked Dobson's book then I heartily recommend Zelazny's "Doorways in the Sand", which I've read half a dozen times over the years with equal pleasure.
on “Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022” ↗…way for there to be endless education, I'd be down for that (and would sign up in a heartbeat --- I'd love to have the wherewithal to pursue a PhD --- one of my most favourite books is Roger Zelazny's _Doorways in the Sand_ and a big part of that is envy for the protagonist's situation, his rich uncle's will provides for his full tuition, room, board, and a generous stipend for so long as he attends his uncle's _alma mater_…
on “Under federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off or lose financial aid” ↗Snowcrash Doorways in the Sand
on “Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impact on your life?” ↗…Samuel Eliot of Harvard made the conceptual leap of dividing education by the college credit hour and allowing customization beyond the rote repetition of previous generations in his wonderful novel _Doorways in the Sand_ --- perhaps that should be extended down on some sort of skills basis? The school I attended after Mississippi did reading with a pair of boxes of Scholastic Reading Assessment (SRA) booklets, which,…
on “If childhood is half of subjective life, how should that change how we live?” ↗The concept also features in Roger Zelazny's novel "Doorways in the Sand."
on “Mirror life” ↗Sounds familiar. Ah, yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doorways_in_the_Sand had an interstellar version of one as a plot point. :-)
on “Kula Ring” ↗