I mostly read (hard) sci-fi written by straight white dudes, so the tweet on the screenshot made me feel a bit defensive. In the replies and qrts people are patting themselves on the back for reading marginalized fantasy writers exclusively and this "consumption as activism" seems rad-libby to me, but maybe I'm wrong.

  • Anemasta [any]
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    3 years ago

    he has a short story about like a Nazi writing a play in his head while he’s about to be executed.

    I think it's about a dude being executed by Nazis, actually. Supposedly Inception is influenced by this story.

    • duderium [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I googled around and I'm mixing up Deutsches Requiem (about an unrepentant Nazi on trial) with The Secret Miracle (about writing a play in your head before you're executed).