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The True Memoirs of Little K
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The True Memoirs of Little K by Adrienne Sharp is a historical novel that fictionalizes the life of Mathilde Kschessinska, a famous prima ballerina and mistress to the future Tsar Nicholas II. On the podcast Modern Wisdom, during the episode titled Transhumanism; How Biotechnology Can Eradicate Suffering - David Pearce - #076, released on May 30, 2019, the host brought up literary themes involving suspended animation and long time horizons. The host remarked that the concepts being discussed sounded remarkably similar to a book he had almost finished reading, drawing a comparison to Adrienne Sharp's work. Although the conversation briefly touched upon related narrative elements involving time and preservation, the host used the reference to ground abstract philosophical ideas about human biology and future suffering into familiar literary tropes, engaging the guest in a discussion about how speculative and historical narratives handle deep existential transformations and the passage of vast periods of time.
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“sounds an awful lot like a book that I've just about finished Have you read children of time by Adrienne Tchaikovsky”
