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Abby’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Abby’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Abby Goldsmith
Goodreads Author
Born
in The United States
Website
Twitter
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Influences
Stephen King, George R.R. Martin, Robert Jordan, Scott Sigler
Member Since
August 2013
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/abby_goldsmith
More books by Abby Goldsmith…
Hugo and Nebula Awards… An Opinion
Do the Hugo and Nebula Awards really represent the best science fiction and fantasy books? Or do they reflect the tastes of a particular publishing circle? Why hasn’t indie sensation Dungeon Crawler Carl been nominated for a Hugo or Nebula? In this video, sci-fi author Abby Goldsmith shares her firsthand experiences attending WorldCon and World […]
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| I have mixed feelings after reading Book 1, and I don't think I'll continue with this series. I am a picky reader, and I generally want something more than bog standard litRPG. Montana is fun (sorry guy, I keep thinking Hannah Montana). But everythin ...more | |
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| This is among my all-time top five favorite series, and if you've seen how many series I read, you know that's strong praise. Just... genius. On all levels. Character dynamics. Emotional. Action sequences. Dialogue. World-building. Thematic. Cinemati ...more | |
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| This series is maintaining its quality, which is hard to do for many authors! It's funny, it has heart, and it's just a great read, especially on audio. ...more | |
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| Five stars for shining a light on this horrific topic. Three stars for the coverage, which is repetitive and verbose. I think the repetition does not serve the narrative, especially for readers like me who have read King Leopold's Ghost and other non ...more | |
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The author passionately believes that billionaires and global corporations have a moral responsibility to be decent human beings and to use their power for good. She's not wrong. I, too, am disgusted by workplace nepotism and cowardly executives and ...more |
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“If you ask me what I want, I'll tell you. I want everything.”
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“The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. It is not a creed. Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more.”
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“Drinking wine and wearing trousers were nothing compared to reading the history of ideas.”
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“As a reader, I could put on someone else's shoes and live through his adventures, borrow his individuality and make choices that I didn't have at home.”
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“It takes a long time to dissolve the bars of a mental cage.”
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