Sam

https://particle.phys.uvic.ca/~srdejong/

https://www.goodreads.com/legoman_86

Sam’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (123)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (620)
did-not-finish‎ (5)
read-comics‎ (25)
textbooks‎ (20)
to-read-discworld‎ (13)
kids-books‎ (8)
at-victoria-library‎ (161)
my-real-shelf‎ (146)

hard-sci-fi‎ (82)
at-uvic-library‎ (74)
multiply-read‎ (48)
discworld‎ (40)
post-apocalyptic‎ (39)
audiobook‎ (37)
hugo-winners‎ (35)
book-club‎ (30)
at-vancouver-island-library‎ (29)
tor-book-club‎ (24)

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space-opera‎ (22)
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nebula-winners‎ (17)
known-space‎ (14)
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to-buy‎ (11)
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Sam’s Quotes

“The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
― Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything

tags: flight, flying, hg2g, humor

4989 likes

“He claimed that nearby gun thunder cleared the mind - but most everybody else agreed it made you daft.”
― Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep

tags: humor, insanity, war

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“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

tags: adventuring, death, time

21824 likes

“I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan

tags: insightful

1364 likes

“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

tags: inspirational, lord-of-the-rings, middle-earth, sam-gamgee, tolkien

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Sam’s Groups

Victoria BC science fiction book club — 40 members — last activity Feb 12, 2024 08:32AM
A group to read and discuss science fiction and fantasy, based out of Victoria BC. There will be plenty of discussion online, so there's no need to be ...more

Goodreads Librarians Group — 322534 members — last activity 15 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

What's the Name of That Book??? — 120864 members — last activity 5 hours, 31 min ago
Can't remember the title of a book you read? Come search our bookshelves and discussion posts. If you don’t find it there, post a description on our U ...more

Hard SF — 1200 members — last activity Apr 20, 2026 07:08AM
This is a discussion group for this specific subgenre in SF where the plausibility of the science counts.