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Massimo Marino
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The word dystopian comes from the ancient greek with δυσ-, "bad", and τόπος, "place." Alternatively it can also be called cacotopia, or anti-utopia The word dystopia represents a counterpart of utopia.
Many dystopias described in fictional works present a utopian society, where good-life seems to have been achieved, but suffering by at least one fatal issue. Whereas utopian societies are founded... Read more of this blog post »
Many dystopias described in fictional works present a utopian society, where good-life seems to have been achieved, but suffering by at least one fatal issue. Whereas utopian societies are founded... Read more of this blog post »
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Daimones (Daimones Trilogy, #1)
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Tender Moments...
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Till Death Do Us Part
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A Love To Live For
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Mother's Love
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Love is Forever
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Tender Moments
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Short Story Strands: Halloween 2012 Edition
by Jade Kerrion (Goodreads Author), P.L. Blair (Goodreads Author), Patrick Ottuso (Goodreads Author) — published 2012 |
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“Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakenly meant for his ear; the profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader; the profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until it is discovered by an equal mind and heart.”
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“Never write anything that does not move you or give you pleasure. Emotion is then transferred from the writer to the reader.”
― Massimo Marino
― Massimo Marino
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“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss
― Dr. Seuss
“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldly enough, that they didn't invest enough heart, didn't love enough. Nothing else really counts at all.”
― Ted Hughes, Letters of Ted Hughes
― Ted Hughes, Letters of Ted Hughes
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wish me luck with your goodreads giveaway :-)
Paul, I will cross fingers for you.
The giveaway is receiving a very good response from readers. I'm thinking how to make all participants a bit of a winners too... Few ideas, will announce at the end of the Giveaway.