If 'The Right Stuff' was a dark soviet comedy it'd be 'Omon Ra'

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absurdist adventure in the Soviet space program.

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I’m not saying it was Tralfamadorians…

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Someone’s messing with me, right? https://xkcd.com/1015/

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Mmm. So it goes.

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I’ll be looking that one up.

Another great sci-fi absurdist novel is “Bill, The Galactic Hero”, by Harry Harrison.

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The distinction between Russian Comedies and Russian Tragedies always seemed to be kind of arbitrary to me.

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Damn i was wishing it was a film, have to add it to my long list of things to read

Hi Ho!

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My vote is for The Starcrossed by Ben Bova.

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On a related note:

No mention of Yuri’s Night on BB? :disappointed:

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Buddha’s Little Finger is an amazing Buddhist exegesis.

My favorite of his writings is a short story called Hermit and Six-Toes.

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