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"Finished The Tyrant's Law, which was a good, solid middle book. Series still hasn't grabbed me like Long Price did, but I like it.
Also read Wool. I re...more " |
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A boy sat down to read a book, but when he looked closely, it was not a book, but a person. The person had green skin and roller-skates for eyes. A lizard with a head as big as the moon scuttled over and sniffed the green-skinned person. "What are...
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"Yeah, I'm about 50 pages from the end and can see that now. Some hints would have been nice."
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Benjamin
is on page 120 of 509 of Wool: Read the first two stories and I'm having trouble with the fact that the silo doesn't seem to have elevators.
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“They can keep their heaven. When I die, I’d sooner go to Middle-Earth.”
― George R.R. Martin
― George R.R. Martin
“It always amazes me, how swiftly problems can be solved, once you start cutting things off people.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings
― Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings
“There's never been a rule of human behavior that hasn't been broken by someone, somewhere, sometime, in some circumstance mundane or spectacular. To be human is to transcend the rules.”
― Ian McDonald, River of Gods
― Ian McDonald, River of Gods
“Ox, at an early age a Chinese genius gazes at the path that lies ahead and reaches for a wine jar," Master Li said. "Is it any wonder that our greatest men have lurched rather than walked across the landscape as they hiccuped their way into history?”
― Barry Hughart, The Story of the Stone
― Barry Hughart, The Story of the Stone
“'O great and mighty Master Li, pray impart to me the Secret of Wisdom!' he bawled.
'Take a large bowl,' I said. 'Fill it with equal measures of fact, fantasy, history, mythology, science, superstition, logic, and lunacy. Darken the mixture with bitter tears, brighten it with howls of laughter, toss in three thousand years of civilization, bellow kan pei — which means "dry cup" — and drink to the dregs.'
Procopius stared at me. 'And I will be wise?' he asked.
'Better,' I said. 'You will be Chinese.'”
― Barry Hughart, Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was
'Take a large bowl,' I said. 'Fill it with equal measures of fact, fantasy, history, mythology, science, superstition, logic, and lunacy. Darken the mixture with bitter tears, brighten it with howls of laughter, toss in three thousand years of civilization, bellow kan pei — which means "dry cup" — and drink to the dregs.'
Procopius stared at me. 'And I will be wise?' he asked.
'Better,' I said. 'You will be Chinese.'”
― Barry Hughart, Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was
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