{"id":15368,"date":"2020-01-11T16:20:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T21:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=15368"},"modified":"2021-08-30T20:39:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T00:39:24","slug":"necessity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/necessity\/","title":{"rendered":"Necessity"},"content":{"rendered":"

{4.5\/5} “People from the Republics hold the pursuit of excellence as a goal. The other cultural goals I have encountered in my experience and researches seem much less conducive to producing happiness for individuals and societies. Additionally, we do all believe in constant examination of facts and positions; and even when this decays to pious lip service, as it sometimes can, it is a valuable ideal.”<\/p>\n

Necessity<\/strong> by Jo Walton, published in 2016<\/p>\n

Zeus has taken the people from the Just City and the other cities on Thera and put them somewhere they can’t affect Earth history — on another planet, in the 26th century. The planet has been named Plato. They met 2 species of aliens, some of whom stuck around. Apollo learns that Athene has gotten herself lost outside of time, and he means to rescue her.<\/p>\n

This is the sequel to The Philsopher Kings<\/strong><\/a>. It concludes the trilogy.<\/p>\n

The point of view characters for most of the book are: Apollo; Jason, whose job is fishing; Marsilia, daughter of Neleus, granddaughter of Simmea, who works on the council but also likes fishing; and Crocus, one of the sentient machines.<\/p>\n

It’s about learning, freedom, and friendship. Readers of the earlier books will definitely want to stick around for the conclusion.<\/p>\n

I’ve read 7 of Walton’s novels, 1 collection, and some of her nonfiction book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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