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The Rational Approach

‘‘Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent’‘

 We’re used to reading novels or seeing movies where almost all the resolutions are based on the physical strength and the fighting superiority of the main characters, and sadly intelligence has very little to do with this kind of fictional worlds that invades all the genres available.  But there’s a great exception to this rule, Asimov’s legendary novel saga of ‘’Foundation’’.

 In Foundation, the future troubles that will disturb humanity had been long foreseen by the highly scientific mind of the mathematician Hari Seldom, who makes the preparations for a future society that will replace the decadent Empire.

 Foundation is the history of that society, its inhabitants and the clever solutions found by the different leaders to the seemingly fated situations that menace their way of living.

 Foundation is the maximum triumph of the intellect ever made in literature, where every person and every action is like the cog of a precise and sophisticated machine. 

 If you’re looking for a smart literature work that in spite of his nature is very easy to follow and understand, with exciting and relatable main characters; Foundation is the trilogy that you MUST read!

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The Underdog’s appeal

 Why are we so attracted to characters that suffer? Why the outcasts, the bastards, the injured and deformed ones move us to bet on their success?

 Tyrion Lannister and Jon Snow from A Song of Ice and Fire, Guts from Berserker, Asta from Black Clover, Rock Lee from Naruto and Matt Murdock (also known as the vigilante Daredevil) are so different one from each other, and yet, they have something very important in common; in a way or another, all of them had been broken lots of times and evolved in base of pure endurance. They just keep at with the struggle of living in such painful conditions and all of us just want them to triumph, even is their moral code isn’t always perfectly righteous.

 It doesn’t matter how much they’re beaten, humiliated or abused, also it doesn’t matter how awful are the things that they do to achieve their goals, we still bet on them. And the reason is that every one of us is a struggler. We usually have to fight our way out of the hardships that Live throws us mercilessly and that’s why we tend to relate to the underdog’s trope presented in fictional works.

 We’re all underdogs in something, and of course, we’re constantly looking for a victory.

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The Dune Saga

 ‘’Who controls the SPICE, controls the Universe!’’

 Imagine that humanity has acquired command over the space travel and founded an Empire of a thousand planets; also try to imagine that there are no computers - all the machines that emulate human intellect had been vaned from the society who operates on a feudalistic fashion. How is this even possible? The answer is Melange. 

 Melange, or geriatric spice is a drug that amplifies human longevity and in large doses grants clairvoyant awareness. Only the spice allows the mutated Navigators to transport men from planet to planet without using computers, only the spice (in combination with other substances) allows the trained Mentat to surpass the calculation capacities of the thinking machines; without the spice, the mysterious and seemingly mystical bene gesserit acolytes couldn’t awake their genetic memory that is vital in the guidance of Mankind on the path to survival. 

 Melange is only found on one planet: Arrakis, or Dune, the desert planet, a homeworld to the dangerous sandworms and the strong Fremen tribes, where the water is the most precious resource. Arrakis is where Paul Atreides, the young heir of a noble family, will meet his epic destiny.

 Politics, love, social and genetic engineering, betrayal, mesianism, free will v.s. predestination; all these themes can be found in this magnificent opus called Dune. I highly recommend this reading.

 See you, space cowboy.

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Intro

 Hello there! This is my first test ever in tumblr and the main theme of it are...books, movies and series. I’m passionate about stories of all kinds, in every format possible. This is the space where I can talk about my preferences on novels, short stories, netflix series, anime series, american comics, manga, manhwa, mithology, cult movies, blockbusters movies and the list goes on.

 All genres are allowed here, everything is matter of debate. Feel free to enter here and participate.

 See you, space cowboy.