Dean Gavrilides
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“We look for the Secret - the Philosopher's Stone, the Elixir of the Wise, Supreme Enlightenment, 'God' or whatever...and all the time it is carrying us about...It is the human nervous system itself.”
― Cosmic Trigger - Volume I: Final Secret of the Illuminati
― Cosmic Trigger - Volume I: Final Secret of the Illuminati
“Inevitably it follows that anyone with an independent mind must become 'one who resists or opposes an authority or established convention': a rebel. ...And if enough people come to agree with—and follow—the REBEL, we now have a DEVIL. Until, of course, still more people agree. And then, finally, we have ... GREATNESS.”
― Rebels & Devils; A Tribute to Christopher S. Hyatt
― Rebels & Devils; A Tribute to Christopher S. Hyatt

“belief is the death of intelligence.”
― Cosmic Trigger: Die letzten Geheimnisse der Illuminaten oder An den Grenzen des erweiterten Bewusstseins
― Cosmic Trigger: Die letzten Geheimnisse der Illuminaten oder An den Grenzen des erweiterten Bewusstseins

“...reality is always plural and mutable.”
― Cosmic Trigger - Volume I: Final Secret of the Illuminati
― Cosmic Trigger - Volume I: Final Secret of the Illuminati
“The essence of independence has been to think and act according to standards from within, not without: to follow one's own path, not that of the crowd.”
― Rebels & Devils; A Tribute to Christopher S. Hyatt
― Rebels & Devils; A Tribute to Christopher S. Hyatt

For fan discussion of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice & Fire series. Occasionally referred to by the first book of the series, A Game of Thrones. ...more

Monthly round robin style book club where each member will get a turn to pick a book for the month. Thinking we'll get 3 weeks to read the book and 1 ...more

For those of us who have fallen for the Malazan series and need a place to read or re-read, discuss and dream. We did a massive reading of the Book o ...more
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