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An engineer by day and writer by night, Riley O’Connor mostly writes science fiction focusing on down-to-earth humor in extra-planetary situations. His first book is a rip-roaring space odyssey called The Sword and The Cipher.

Average rating: 4.38 · 8 ratings · 1 review · 3 distinct works
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The Sword and the Cipher

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A Room with a View
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Riley O'Connor and 8 other people liked kirkesque's review of Infinite Jest:
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
""Because we have proclaimed it as a Modern Literary Classic it must be good."

So begin the words of the Esteemed Literati. They have declared it thus, thus it is so. There is in no sense in second guessing the Esteemed Literati, for way back in the Ye" Read more of this review »
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"Okay, if you are friends with anyone that says, “Oh, I really enjoyed Infinite Jest” or, even worse, “Infinite Jest is one of my favorite books,” you need to dump that person immediately from your life, because they are liars and if they are lying ab" Read more of this review »
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Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
"Life is short and life is precious. Bathe in the sun. Dance in the moonlight. Read something that grabs you by the shoulders and looks you in the eyes. Don’t read Infinite Jest."
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
"The True Infinite Jest is that I fell for all of the fantastic reviews and actually slogged through this entire book thinking at some stage it would get better... Jokes on me I suppose.

Not that David Foster Wallace is not a brilliant writer, but hon" Read more of this review »
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Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
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“Killing solves immediate problems: saving oneself, or preventing the deaths of innocent people, or loss of property. But it doesn’t stop the idea that set your enemies on their path. It only justifies their hatred, their sense of justice. Fighting fire with fire only spreads it.”
Riley O'Connor, The Sword and the Cipher

“Sometimes all we have is what little we are given, and the resolution to see it through.”
Riley O'Connor, The Sword and the Cipher

“Safe upon the dirt below
Teeming masses live and die
Come with me, to thee I’ll show
Our soaring cities in the sky

But if we tread not careful
And linger long around
Those who far beneath us dwell
Will bring us to the ground.

–Stevari Children’s Song”
Riley O'Connor, The Sword and the Cipher

“Safe upon the dirt below
Teeming masses live and die
Come with me, to thee I’ll show
Our soaring cities in the sky

But if we tread not careful
And linger long around
Those who far beneath us dwell
Will bring us to the ground.

–Stevari Children’s Song”
Riley O'Connor, The Sword and the Cipher

“Killing solves immediate problems: saving oneself, or preventing the deaths of innocent people, or loss of property. But it doesn’t stop the idea that set your enemies on their path. It only justifies their hatred, their sense of justice. Fighting fire with fire only spreads it.”
Riley O'Connor, The Sword and the Cipher

“Sometimes all we have is what little we are given, and the resolution to see it through.”
Riley O'Connor, The Sword and the Cipher

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