Shaman
by Kim Stanley Robinson, Manuel Mata · first published 2013
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A saga of life thirty thousand years ago during the Ice Age depicts the lives of the shaman Thorn, an outsider named Elga, and Loon, the next shaman, who is struggling to find his own path in a treacherous and uncertain world.
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…merely desiring it themselves). How else can you excuse or explain such an impoverished imagination? If you are actually looking for an answer and not simply to comfort yourself, I heartily recommend Shaman by Kim Stanley Robinson.
on “AI can interpret animal emotions better than humans” ↗I'm just finishing Shaman by Kim Stanley Robinson. While he usually writes sci-fi, this one is about a group of very early humans. It is absolutely riveting, fascinating, and beautiful. I absolutely recommend this book for anyone…
on “Pushing It Back” ↗…strongly suspect any example I provide will be attacked, so I recommend to use your imagination. I think you can do better than this. If you really want an example I recommend Kim Stanley Robinson's Shaman, who can write better than I can, who is thoughtful in his choice in how he uses research versus poetic license, who has already responded to critique on the novel. There's plenty worth critiquing but…
on “Human history in the very long run (2021)” ↗There's a book ‘Shaman’ by Kim Stanley Robinson, who's said to do a lot of research for his writing. In one scene of the book, a man goes into a cave to paint such images. Well, when his fires go out, he then spends three days…
on “Wielding lamps and torches shed new light on Stone Age cave art” ↗Dialogues and Letters -- Seneca Once a Hero -- Elizabeth Moon Shaman -- Kim Stanley Robinson Probably Approximately Correct -- Leslie Valiant Collision Course: Endless Growth on a Finite Planet -- Kerryn Higgs Prosperity Without Growth -- Tim Jackson
on “Ask HN: What are you reading?” ↗This hunting method features in Kim Stanley Robinson's Shaman where the Ice Age hunters use similar structures to corral migrating caribou. In his account (presumably based on scientific speculation), the hunters glut themselves with meat in order to gain enough…
on “Giant ‘Arrows’ Seen From Space Point to a Vanished World” ↗