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| I often open a Duncan work wondering just how deeply I'm going to get entrenched in another beautifully-crafted world. This one was as rich as many, though somehow it didn't feel as long a read as something comparable (Such as a few of the Pandemia ...more | |
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"Time to save the world. Rad stopped and considered. Two worlds." It's difficult to wax enthusiastic about a book I new I wouldn't really enjoy.The reviews were all very promising and the blurb fascinating, but even there, there was a warning bell. S...more |
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"Now I understand why they invented television, he thought as he splashed cold water on his face and neck. No hangover." This is an excellent follow-on from the first book. The chapters are short and light, so it's perfect for a quick read, and the ...more |
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"This action-filled story of a very strange planet showcases Duncan's remarkable ability to create unique worlds", says the book jacket. Dorsey's introduction to my 2002 edition is prolific in its effusion, and so I hove to with some expectation. I en...more |
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“A learning experience is one of those
things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt
things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt
“The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them.
To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.
To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.
To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
“Everyone, at some point in their lives, wakes up in the middle of the night with the feeling that they are all alone in the world, and that nobody loves them now and that nobody will ever love them, and that they will never have a decent night's sleep again and will spend their lives wandering blearily around a loveless landscape, hoping desperately that their circumstances will improve, but suspecting, in their heart of hearts, that they will remain unloved forever. The best thing to do in these circumstances is to wake somebody else up, so that they can feel this way, too.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
“I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.”
― C.S. Lewis
― C.S. Lewis
“It is always sad when someone leaves home, unless they are simply going around the corner and will return in a few minutes with ice-cream sandwiches.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
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