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A Tale for the Time Being
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Princess Tutu
Carries a strong pull into books through folklore and identity.
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Carries a strong pull into books through power and South Asia.
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A Love Supreme
Carries a strong pull into books through folklore and power.
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White Mansions - A Tale of the American Civil War 1861-1865
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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A Brief History of Time
Carries a strong pull into books through identity and South Asia.
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A Theory of Justice
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Music · Strong bridge
A Love Supreme
1960s
A four-part spiritual suite. Jazz as prayer, devotion, and transcendence.
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Anime · Strong bridge
March Comes in Like a Lion
2010s
A teenage shogi prodigy battles loneliness and depression. Found family and quiet resilience.
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The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
2010s
A bamboo cutter finds a tiny girl. Watercolor animation retelling Japan's oldest fairy tale.
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A Brief History of Time
1980s
Black holes, the Big Bang, and the nature of time explained for everyone. Science as wonder.
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Books 1980s
The Handmaid's Tale
A woman enslaved as a reproductive vessel in a theocratic America. Dystopia as feminist nightmare.
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Music 1970s
White Mansions - A Tale of the American Civil War 1861-1865
Anime 2000s
Princess Tutu
In a fairy tale come to life, the clumsy, sweet, and gentle Ahiru seems like an unlikely protagonist. In reality, Ahiru is just as magical as the talking cats and crocodiles that inhabit her town—for Ahiru really is a duck! Transformed by the mysterious Drosselmeyer into a human girl, Ahiru soon learns the reason fo...
Film 2000s
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
A robot child is programmed to love his human mother — who abandons him. Spielberg completes Kubrick's fairy tale about what it means to be real.
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Essays 1970s
A Theory of Justice
The veil of ignorance. Rawls's thought experiment for designing fair institutions — the most influential political philosophy since Mill.
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Books 1990s
A Fine Balance
Four characters navigate India's Emergency period. Compassion and cruelty in precise balance.