Sign in with Facebook
Ida
https://www.goodreads.com/platanus
Ida
is currently reading
Reading for the 2nd time
read in June 2019
Ida said:
"
Great. This is what I had missed in science fiction. While the first novel had an engaging story but lacked as a novel in many ways, the second book of the trilogy made up for so much of it. Nerd stuff, too, a LOT of it. "
Ida
is currently reading
Reading for the 2nd time
read in June 2017
Ida said:
"
What about a science fiction story in which the science collapses? I absolutely loved the book, despite its many flaws. Science has lured and mesmerized me more than anything else, and so what made me fall in love with some classics of science fictio ...more "
“Still that expressionless face. “Water will wear away stone, sir.” It was a proverb. Or half of one. Water will wear away stone, but it won’t cook supper. Everything has its own strengths. Said with enough irony, it could also imply that since the gods surely had a purpose for everyone the person in question must be good for something, but the speaker couldn’t fathom what it might be.”
― Ancillary Sword
― Ancillary Sword
“And what is civilization, to you, but us being properly grateful to be murdered and raped and stolen from?”
― Ancillary Sword
― Ancillary Sword
“Eggs are so inadequate, don’t you think? I mean, they ought to be able to become anything, but instead you always get a chicken. Or a duck. Or whatever they’re programmed to be. You never get anything interesting, like regret, or the middle of the night last week.”
― Ancillary Sword
― Ancillary Sword
“Oh, how I missed the rest of myself.”
― Ancillary Sword
― Ancillary Sword
“had been an ambitious poet, without a particularly delicate sense of language, but an abundance of melodrama and overwrought emotion.”
― Ancillary Sword
― Ancillary Sword
Everything Paranormal
— 468 members
— last activity Dec 03, 2020 08:27AM
This is a group for people who enjoy the paranormal. If it has Anything to do with Paranormal, then we want it in here..
SciFi and Fantasy Book Club
— 41843 members
— last activity 17 minutes ago
Hi there! SFFBC is a welcoming place for readers to share their love of speculative fiction through group reads, buddy reads, challenges, ...more
Creative Writing
— 12 members
— last activity Jan 28, 2010 06:14PM
A group that helps eachother with their creative writing; cause its always easier to write when someones writing with you..
Deutsch
— 1312 members
— last activity Dec 21, 2025 10:40AM
Deutsche, Germans Aber auch sonstige deutsch lesende Menschen wie Österreicher oder Schweizer. Halt alle, die auch auf deutsch lesen.
نیما یوشیج
— 71 members
— last activity Sep 11, 2009 11:51PM
ترا من چشم در راهم ترا من چشم در راهم شباهنگام که می گیرند در شاخ " تلاجن" سایه ها رنگ سیاهی وزان دلخستگانت راست اندوهی فراهم ترا من چشم در راهم. ...more
Ida’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ida’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
825 books
|
305 friends
886 books
|
403 friends
5,647 books
|
1,121 friends
2,223 books
|
748 friends
1,027 books
|
70 friends
3,976 books
|
2,837 friends
55 books
|
1,788 friends
1,405 books
|
230 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Ida
Lists liked by Ida
