Matt

Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Matt.

https://www.goodreads.com/celebrim

The Bruised Reed
Rate this book
Clear rating

progress: 
 
  (page 71 of 134)
"Slow going dense work, but very worthwhile." Mar 12, 2019 12:34PM

 
Project Hail Mary
Matt is currently reading
by Andy Weir (Goodreads Author)
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
Swedish Folk Tales
Matt is currently reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

Matt Matt said: " I am a collector of fairy tales, and this is a lovely sumptuous book, illustrated by the incomparable John Bauer. And the Swedish tales are truly delightful - one of the best bodies of national folk lore I've had the privilege of reading. I'll be roo ...more "

 
Loading...
Robert Silverberg
“He was only now outgrowing his playboy phase, groping his way out of frivolity the way others might grope their way out of atheism.”
Robert Silverberg, Tower of Glass

Richard P. Feynman
“Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars - mere globs of gas atoms. I too can see the stars on a desert night, and feel them. But do I see less or more? The vastness of the heavens stretches my imagination - stuck on this carousel my little eye can catch one - million - year - old light. A vast pattern - of which I am a part... What is the pattern, or the meaning, or the why? It does not do harm to the mystery to know a little about it. For far more marvelous is the truth than any artists of the past imagined it. Why do the poets of the present not speak of it? What men are poets who can speak of Jupiter if he were a man, but if he is an immense spinning sphere of methane and ammonia must be silent?”
Richard Feynman

Neal Stephenson
“every human being who is born into this universe is like a child who has been given a key to an infinite Library, written in cyphers that are more or less obscure, arranged by a scheme—of which we can at first know nothing, other than that there does appear to be some scheme.”
Neal Stephenson, The Confusion

Leo Tolstoy
“The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him.”
Leo Tolstoy, The Kingdom of God Is Within You

Theodore Dalrymple
“Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small. In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, not to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is in some small way to become evil oneself. One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. I think if you examine political correctness, it has the same effect and is intended to.”
Theodore Dalrymple

1865 SciFi and Fantasy Book Club — 35065 members — last activity 2 hours, 15 min ago
Hi there! SFFBC is a welcoming place for readers to share their love of speculative fiction through group reads, buddy reads, challenges, ...more
5796 Q&A with Steven Pressfield — 64 members — last activity Jul 17, 2011 06:20AM
Steven Pressfield will be available July 7 through July 18, 2008 to answer questions and talk about his new book, Killing Rommel.
220 Goodreads Librarians Group — 199464 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
A place where all Goodreads members can work together to improve the Goodreads book catalog. Non-librarians are welcome to join the group as well, to ...more
588 Gene Wolfe Fans — 244 members — last activity Mar 02, 2023 12:34PM
Described credibly as the greatest living writer of English, Gene Wolfe writes, fulfills, and transcends genres such Science Fiction, Speculative Fict ...more
12670 Great Novellas — 63 members — last activity Jun 20, 2012 06:17AM
The novella is quickly becoming my favorite length for fiction. Longer than the short story, the novella allows the author to examine the plot and cha ...more
More of Matt’s groups…
year in books
Kristjan
2,216 books | 115 friends

Kon R.
766 books | 1,924 friends

Old Dog...
1,650 books | 490 friends

fox
fox
4,523 books | 283 friends

Richard
5,131 books | 948 friends

[Name R...
12,804 books | 171 friends

Derek
3,041 books | 113 friends

Kyle th...
213 books | 39 friends

More friends…
The Book of the New Sun by Gene WolfeFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,775 books — 50,641 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburySnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,004 books — 23,749 voters

More…



Polls voted on by Matt

Lists liked by Matt