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Ben
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Last Gleaming (Season 8, Vol. 8)
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| Read this originally online. Didn't think it was really grabbing me, but for some reason I kept reading until there was no more to read. The characters and story are not always the most compelling, but there is an underlying thread that persists upon...more | |
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| Read this a couple years back. One of the most compelling books on medicinal development in east Asia. | |
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| Three stars is for the art. I dig it. The story on the other hand...well, I suppose there's enough of it to necessitate art. Overall, the characters are bland, the story is boring and derivative. Let's just say Walt should stick to drawing, not writi...more | |
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“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.”
― C.S. Lewis
― C.S. Lewis
“People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy.”
― Joss Whedon
― Joss Whedon
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn.”
― Joss Whedon
― Joss Whedon
“I'm just running through this list of potential nannies and wondered if we should go for a superhero this time. Do you think Wolverine would be interested? He seems to be on every other team right now...”
― Mark Millar
― Mark Millar
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