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Sam’s favorite books

The Great Dune Trilogy by Frank Herbert Dragonfly by Bryan Burrough The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón The Martian by Andy Weir Dust by Hugh Howey Flash Boys by Michael Lewis The Trials of Walter Ogrod by Thomas Lowenstein Artemis by Andy Weir
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My Friends
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“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
― Isaac Asimov
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