Schmeisser Update

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We used to have the Schmeisser monument in Sofia, commemorating the Soviet’s occupation (or liberation, depending on who you ask) of Bulgaria. Most of the giant monument, strategically located in front of the Turkish embassy, is still menacing there.

A few years ago, the top statue got torn apart and removed for “restoration”, and the entire area got surrounded with a wall, pending more decisive political times. The area behind the wall started turning into a jungle, like any space left unattended in Sofia. Now that Giro d’Italia is coming to Sofia, the wall suddenly became too expensive to keep. I thought it was gone and went to document the development but it didn’t, it just shrank, leaving behind Nature’s attempt to conquer the monument.

Photo report below.

The big sign on the monument says “We want Bulgarian monument”.

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Mickey7 by Edward Ashton, Book Review

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Mickey is a colonist on the wrong planet. It’s cold and icy, and also inhabited by the metal-eating creepers. His only advantage is that he can be respawned, if the colony considers his respawn worthy the loss of calories. The cold and icy planet doesn’t provide much food sources, so everyone is hungry. Respawning might not be a priority.

Quite a terrible situation for the 7th iteration of Mickey but it gets worse when he survives to only discover that Mickey8 has already been spawned, without him being dead. Having two copies of the same person is considered a mortal sin, punishable by death. The twin Mickies will have to figure it out.

This is supposed to be a distant future space opera, but it felt like a post-apocalyptic thriller in the world of Silo. Either way, it is a fantastic sci-fi. A creative person in a terrible situation. 5/5.

This is also the 12th book from the Nebula series I finish. I might be able to read the whole series, if I only have the bravery to start Children of Ruin.