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"If you are only going to read one fantasy novel, read this. Much better than anything else he wrote."
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| I love a good story about events which cannot possibly be disproven. Tall tales about protagonists long dead, in places which no longer exist or have new names. Marginally magical tales, which are not fantastically silly, but are instead only slightl...more | |
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I must be in the minority on this. I found this book quite dull. I can't even put into words the many reasons I found it dull. Even though it left questions to be answered; I honestly don't care. The premise behind it was interesting and the whole...
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| While reading this book I was reminded of Keith Richard’s criticism of the Punk Rock movement. Keef noted that, while some of the music was interesting, most Punk rockers were not very good musicians. This is a problem which I increasingly see in Sci...more | |
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| The consistency of man throughout the ages is remarkable. As this story of unrequited love among the aristocracy of turn of the 19th century New York demonstrates, we always seem to have a pathological need for conformity and an unflagging dissatisfa...more | |
"I actually listed a whole host of non-silly-map-name reasons why I did not like the book, including, but not limited to, its pedestrian prose, verbose...more
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"Good luck with that. I know he's brilliant and all, but I find him to be a very dull read."
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“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”
― John Steinbeck
― John Steinbeck
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