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C.D. Covington

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CD Covington’s first German textbook had a map with the eastern third shaded dark red and labeled “Deutsche Demokratische Republik.” By the time it got to her hands, the vocabulary was long outdated (bell bottoms and reel-to-reels). The map was obsolete shortly thereafter, but the history of divided Germany continues to intrigue her.

There aren’t many opportunities to use her German skills in her adopted home in central North Carolina, but she keeps them up by visiting Germany, watching Bundesliga matches, or reading news sites.

She is a graduate of Viable Paradise 17. She has reviewed books for Bull Spec, and she blogs occasionally for BundesligaFanatic.com. You can find her fiction and her blog at cdcovington.com, and follow her on Twitter ...more

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Just about the only good thing to come out of this pandemic is a whole lot of online conventions. I've been able to attend more cons than usual, since there's no travel expenses and all that.

Next weekend, April 16-18, I'm going to be at Flights of Foundry, where I'll be moderating a panel on Multi-Lingual Creativity, with panelists Aliette de Bodard, Anna Martino, Nina Niskanen, and Sofia Rhei. Re

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	Bull Spec #6 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn (Editor), Dan Campbell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ann VanderMeer (Interviewee) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Bull Spec #8+9 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn (Editor), Melinda Thielbar (Goodreads Author), Dan Campbell (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Great War and Modern Memory

by Paul Fussell

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Spice: The History of a Temptation

by Jack Turner

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The Flea Palace

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This book punched me in the heart. When I finished reading it, I gave it a day to digest, then read it again. It was amazing.
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“Most of life is so dull that there is nothing to be said about it, and the books and talk that would describe it as interesting are obliged to exaggerate, in the hope of justifying their own existence. Inside its cocoon of work or social obligation, the human spirit slumbers for the most part, registering the distinction between pleasure and pain, but not nearly as alert as we pretend. There are periods in the most thrilling day during which nothing happens, and though we continue to exclaim 'I do enjoy myself' or 'I am horrified' we are insincere. 'As far as I feel anything, it is enjoyment, horror' - it's no more than that really, and a perfectly adjusted organism would be silent.”
― E.M. Forster, A Passage to India

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“But pain... seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life. Being dead is quite painless. Pain, like time, is going to come on regardless. Question is, what glorious moments can you win from life in addition to the pain?”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Barrayar

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